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Mrs. Ellis from Sparks, NV is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Finally, We Can Do Labs Again! Hands-on 8th Grade Science!

Help me give my students one of the most interesting and in-depth lab experiences my 8th graders will have before they get to high school. They will see such a variety of organisms to compare!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ellis's classroom raised $978

This project is fully funded

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My Students

As a Title I school, my students come from a wide variety of underprivileged backgrounds, and a multitude of family and home situations. In general, my students are hard-working, hands-on learners who often struggle with language; my students appreciate the visual and tactile experiences of science, and I love exposing them to tangible, visual, and experimental nature of science content.

My students are generally mature enough to appreciate the depth and application of science content, but young enough to still get wide-eyed at the magic behind scientific explanations of the world around them.

My Project

My students have been through so much. About half of them haven’t been at school in person since the first part of 6th grade! They feel so behind, and they feel cheated out of so many awesome lab experiences. And, we know that students learn and enjoy Science so much more when they get to perform hands-on experiments!

Using these resources, we will explore comparative anatomy and how different body structures in various organisms provide lines of evidence for evolution.

SCI.MS.LS4 or per NGSS code, MS.LS.4-2.

It is a very rare experience in 8th grade that students are exposed to such a wealth of life science specimens and different types of organisms for dissections and comparison. This unit gives my students a leg up to prepare for high school, gets them excited again for Science, and helps them feel like they are making up for so many lost lab experiences.

Students at this level are generally mature enough to perform dissections and benefit from the experience of using the tools and learning procedures before they enter high school. I've had students become so fascinated by dissections that they recognize that they want to enter the medical field due to their interest in anatomy and actual specimens. The materials here also provide sustainable, reusable, and other options for students who don’t want to work with the actual dissection specimens, providing a rich and accessible experience for all students, even if they happen to currently be excluded, via the paper model dissections.

Mrs. Ellis George Dilworth STEM Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Sparks, NV 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

110 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snake, Injected Biosmount • Carolina Biological Supply Company $346.50 1 $346.50
Harmful Insects Collection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $117.00 1 $117.00
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Fetal Pig Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $22.45 1 $22.45
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Frog Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.65 1 $20.65
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Shark Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.65 1 $20.65
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Snake Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.95 1 $17.95
Carolina Starfish Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Carolina Crayfish Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Carolina Frog Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Carolina Dogfish Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Carolina Rat Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Carolina Perch Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 2 $13.94
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Starfish Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.55 1 $12.55
Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model: Eye Paper Dissection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.55 1 $12.55
Carolina Eye Dissection Mat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.97 1 $6.97

Materials cost

$660.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $78.13

Sales tax

 $51.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$830.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.62

Total project goal

$977.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $977.45

2 Donors

-$977.45

Donations toward project cost

-$830.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$146.62

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