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Mrs. Mayeaux-Carter from Lake Charles, LA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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DNA & Human Karyotype Models

Help me give my students a great visual of DNA and a human karyotype!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Mayeaux-Carter's classroom raised $226

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have not yet met my students for the upcoming school year. However, there is one thing I can always expect from my high school students - the love of physically “doing” while learning.

Their curiosity is taken to the next level when they get hands-on activities to expand their content knowledge.

I love to see this curiosity in my students, which is one of the main reasons I decided to become a STEM teacher!

My Project

When I hear the word "karyotype", I think about a picture of chromosomes. A human karyotype is in fact an individual's collection of chromosomes. When somebody has their blood studied to look at how many chromosomes they have and whether the chromosomes are complete, we come up with a picture in which we can line up all the chromosomes and count them. That way we can tell whether or not somebody has all the proper number of chromosomes, which is 46, and that way we can look at the X and the Y chromosomes and determine if it's a female or male. Somebody might order a chromosome study and look at a karyotype if they were worried that a child might have an extra or missing bit of chromosome material. Students need a good model of this in order to see what it looks like!

Mrs. Mayeaux-Carter Sam Houston High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lake Charles, LA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT MAGNETIC KARYOTYPING TD CT • Ward's Science $79.86 1 $79.86
DNA MODEL PRE-ASSEMBLED • Ward's Science $67.15 1 $67.15

Materials cost

$147.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.90

Total project goal

$225.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $225.98

4 Donors

-$175.98

Donations toward project cost

-$149.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.40

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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