Exploring the Microscopic! - Up Close & Personal In Biology
My students need a Digital Compound Microscope with USB connection. This will allow my students to dive deep into the microscopic world.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Smitka's classroom raised $616
This project is fully funded
My Students
We are teaching in an ever-changing world. Our students demand information, not in minutes, but in seconds. Technology influences everything we do from how we entertain and communicate, to how we live our daily lives. But what about science? What about education?
I am a 9th grade Biology teacher from a large urban fringe school district where many of my students, due to the economy, are struggling at home and at school.
These hardships allow them limited opportunities to explore and discover the scientific world. For many of my students, the only experiences with microscopic life may be the bugs in their backyard.
Our school has a large percentage of students on free or reduced lunch and often, funds are short at home as well as in the classroom. I want to be able to give my students the world, but I only have the resources to give them a slice of it. This is where you come in! I believe that bringing science-technology into our classrooms is a vital part of helping our students. It allows a new window into a wonderful, mysterious and microscopic world. Your donations will help us achieve this by purchasing a digital USB connected compound microscope.
My Project
I feel that we need to create opportunities for our students to discover and critically think. This will prepare them for the work that they will face in college. I want to help them find the missing link that makes them appreciate what makes up life and create a spark, igniting a love for science.
In order to prepare my students, I want to challenge them to take part in college style science labs. However, in order to perform these labs, microscopes with digital interaction is needed and we do not have the sufficient funds to buy them. I want to be able to give my students this opportunity, but without the supplies, my students' lab experiences will not be the same. In order to light my students' fire of interest in science and capture teachable moments, it needs to start here in my classroom with a USB enabled digital microscope.
With your help, my students will be able to embrace scientific discovery and wonder through their new microscopic eyes.
Through equipment bought with your help, they may become inspired and set forth and discover the next great scientific achievement. With the use of this microscope in my classroom, my students will be able to discover the unseen and explore the microscopic world. My students will get to make real-world connections that would not normally come from just a textbook. Thank you.
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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