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Mr. Wright from Zuni, NM is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Light and Sound

My students need 7 science resources including sound and light exploration kits, an eye dissection set and a model eye, and a plate tectonics set.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Wright's classroom raised $832

This project is fully funded

At this Native American reservation school, we're trying to put science into the service of community and culture.

My students attend a small alternative school on an Indian Reservation,, where they face the daily onslaught of poverty and disenfranchisement that pervades so many reservation communities. But in a place where education has often been a cultural imposition, we are working to make it a tool of discovery and empowerment. To give science meaning and context, my class will pair up with the language arts teacher to have students photograph and record interviews with elders in their community. As they do this, they will learn the science behind light and sound, and even dissect sheep eyes to see how they compare to cameras.

To complete this project, my students need lab supply kits to explore the properties of light and sound, and an eye dissection kit so that they can see how these principles manifest themselves in biology, as well as in their homemade cameras. As they work with the english teacher to create portraits of their community, they will learn how science and technology play a role in the world around them.

Your support will make this exciting project possible, and give my students the chance to connect their school experience to themselves and their community.

Mr. Wright Twin Buttes Cyber Academy Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plate Tectonics Demonstration Model, Refill Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $18.95 1 $18.95
Inquiry Investigations™ Exploring Light & Optics Lab • Frey Scientific, Inc. $139.95 1 $139.95
Plate Tectonics Demonstration Model • Frey Scientific, Inc. $134.95 1 $134.95
Inquiry Investigations™ Exploring Sound Waves Lab • Frey Scientific, Inc. $109.95 1 $109.95
Sheep Eye Classroom Pack • Frey Scientific, Inc. $85.00 1 $85.00
Eye Model • Frey Scientific, Inc. $52.95 1 $52.95
Frey Scientific Laser Pointer • Frey Scientific, Inc. $49.10 1 $49.10

Materials cost

$590.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.09

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$682.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.71

Total project goal

$831.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $831.71

1 Donor

-$98.85

Donations toward project cost

-$84.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.83

match offer

-$703.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$576.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$126.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.61

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