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Ms. Mahajan's classroom raised $337

Crime Scene Investigation with the Proscope Digital Microscope

The cost of the Proscope SE-7386 USB Digial Microscope is $337 including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

This project expired on June 27, 2006.

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Ms. Mahajan Camino Nuevo Church AC Siart
Los Angeles, CA Grades 6-8

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

I tell my students to imagine if they were assistant detectives, and arrived upon a scene of a crime to solve a murder mystery. The body is outlined on the ground and my students are needed to help figure out who committed this awful crime. With their knowledge of DNA, genetics (finger printing and blood typing), crystal structure of chemicals, and the scientific method, they can determine who the real suspect is! I have been a 7th grade math and science teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles for the past 4 years. My students are mostly Mexican immigrants whose first language is not English. Ninety-seven percent of my students receive free school lunches. I have found that many times teachers do not bring science to life in fear that students will not understand the concepts due to language barriers or low reading levels, but I have found that hands on labs motivate students to ask more questions, learn the vocabulary, and help them remember the concepts. All 60 of my students will participate in this crime scene lab activity in which they will be able to use the scientific method, in combination with genetic, chemical structure, and microscope knowledge to solve the crime. We already have all the materials (which were donated by the parents), except for a hand held Proscope digital microscope. The Proscope hand held digital microscope will enable students to look at the structures of the chemical left at the crime science without touching the chemicals. The Proscope digital microscope projects images through our computer so that the whole class can look at the magnified image at one time. Students will not have to wait their turn to see and draw their images on their data tables which can take more that three class periods! We will also be able to use this microscope to look at patterns of the fingerprints, and hair samples left at the crime scene. Additionally, the Proscope digital microscope can be used to teach other concepts, such as the differences between human cheek cells and onion cells, as well as the process of Mitosis. Your kind donation will help students get excited about science, and give them the experience they need to realize that science may be a field they want to continue to study after middle school. Thank You.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Mahajan Camino Nuevo Church AC Siart Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

60 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Proscope USB Digital Microscope • Pasco Scientific $229.00 1 $229.00

Materials cost

$229.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$275.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.53

Total project goal

$336.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.26

4 Donors

-$323.58

Donations toward project cost

-$276.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.07

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