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Mr. Parker's classroom raised $549

Electromagnetic Spectrum in the Chemistry Classroom

My chemistry students need a grating spectroscope.

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Mr. Parker Auburn High School
Rockford, IL Grades 9-12

I would like a grating spectroscope for my chemistry classroom. I teach chemistry and advanced placement chemistry to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders in the gifted academy in an urban district in Illinois.

My students really like the unit on electromagnetic radiation. The problem we face is that our spectroscopes are not very precise. We would like to measure the frequency of the spectrum in a precise fashion, and a grating spectroscope would allow us to do this task.

A grating spectroscope is an instrument that takes precise mathematical measurements of the electromagnetic spectrum. The students then can apply mathematics to their science laboratory reports. A precise instrument such as this will allow the students to study the spectrum in a mathematical manner. They presently are not able to do so with the current spectroscopes that we have.

Your help will ensure that my students have access to equipment that will make their laboratory work more meaningful. With your help my students will be able to study the electromagnetic spectrum using an instrument that precisely measures the radiation emitted.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 2 donors
Mr. Parker Auburn High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Rockford, IL 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grating Spectroscope • Frey Scientific, Inc. $385.00 1 $385.00

Materials cost

$385.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$450.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.78

Total project goal

$548.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $548.78

2 Donors

-$529.41

Donations toward project cost

-$450.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.37

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