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Ms. Pocius from Roxbury, MA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Pocius's classroom raised $787

Delving Into DNA

Help me give my students miniPCR kits to develop their understanding of biotechnology principles and connect their learning to real ecological issues.

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Ms. Pocius John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Roxbury, MA Grades 9-12

My Project

Students benefit most from science when they can actually roll up their sleeves and do it, which is exactly why miniPCR bio makes such intuitive, accessible gear. While we are incredibly lucky to already have several of their gel electrophoresis kits and pipettes in our classroom, my students need new Learning Labs this year to keep that momentum going. Without new curriculum scenarios, this excellent equipment will just sit on the shelf or get used for repetitive exercises. New kits will give my students fresh, real-world problems to solve, such as analyzing DNA evidence or tracking an outbreak, turning standard classroom lessons into actual scientific discoveries.

Through these kits, students will learn how to perform gel electrophoresis and run PCR, and gain a much deeper understanding of the use of biotechnology in environmental and marine science.

In the Shark Lab: Great White Migration lab, students use DNA fingerprinting to explore shark ecology in this engaging gel electrophoresis activity.

In the Conservation Genetics Lab: Discovering Lemur Diversity, students analyze authentic field data and perform gel electrophoresis to determine whether scientists may have rediscovered a lemur species thought extinct.

In the eDNA Project: Sampling Soil for Antibiotic Resistance, students will use PCR and gel electrophoresis to help monitor the spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment.

In the Galápagos Penguin Lab: Biodiversity at Risk lab, students use gel electrophoresis to compare the genetic diversity of different penguin species and link their findings to differences in ecology and extinction risk. This is especially relevant because it is an El Niño year, and Galápagos penguins have experienced multiple population declines during El Niño events.

In the Agricultural Monitoring Lab: A Case Study in Antibiotic Resistance, students use PCR to test soil samples from neighboring farms to determine whether antibiotic-resistant bacteria are present, indicating that the bacteria have traveled from one farm to another.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 12 donors
Ms. Pocius John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Roxbury, MA View local requests

More than half of 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 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Minipcr Soil Antibiotic Resistance Lab • Ward's Science $170.49 1 $170.49
Kit Shark Lab • Ward's Science $82.89 2 $165.78
Minipcr Agricultural Monitoring Lab • Ward's Science $104.19 1 $104.19
Kit Galapagos Penguin Lab • Ward's Science $94.29 1 $94.29
Minipcr Conservation Genetics Lab • Ward's Science $93.99 1 $93.99

Materials cost

$628.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$668.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.91

Total project goal

$786.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $786.08

8 Donors

-$417.17

Donations toward project cost

-$398.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.59

Matching donations from our partners

-$317.17

Match offers toward project cost

-$269.59

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.75

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 $0.00

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