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Mr. Valerio from San Diego CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Genetics: Using Science to Find Cures for Diseases

My students need to be exposed to things such as hands-on gene probability labs, multimedia science lessons to explore genetics, and hereditary traits labs to name a few.

  • $1,450 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

You can help foster the young creative minds!

Help support the new generation of scientist find cures for various diseases.

If you were able to take a virtual tour into our school, you'd see that it is made up of a student body of different backgrounds that create a beautiful mosaic of bright minds with the potential to create a wonderful world. That said, a large portion of our students need the right tools to flourish, but lack the financial means to have access to those tools are a barrier.

My Project

You can help foster young creative minds today. You can help support the new generation of scientists find cures for diseases.

Take part in molding the minds of the next generation of scientist - be part of the next generation of problem solvers!

Our students need a variety of materials to enhance their biomedical learning experience. To truly get interested and excited about helping society through the biomedical field, our students need to be exposed to things such as hands-on genes and probability labs, multimedia science lessons on genetics, and hereditary traits labs to name a few. Students will have the chance to explore how traits, including diseases, are held in our genes and have the chance to be passed down from generation to generation using lab materials that the students can manipulate. Students will be able to enhance their activities with multimedia software that allows them to conduct virtual labs and to perform experiments and simulations at the click of a button. With science activities like these, these students will have a better chance to learn, understand and apply science in a real way - like finding cures for genetic diseases!. With activities like these, students will have a better chance to become passionate about science!

To make science learning fun and interesting students need a variety of materials to stimulate their minds and to help them bring science to life. By helping theses students now, our future surely has a better chance to be a better place.

Mr. Valerio
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Individual DNA and Molecular Model Kit - Lab-Aids No. 71-513 • Nasco $24.95 8 $199.60
GAME GENETICS STUDY OF HEREDITY LEARNING CENTER GRADES 6 - 8 • Frey Scientific $17.99 9 $161.91
KIT INQ INV GENES AND PROBABILITY • Frey Scientific $105.69 1 $105.69
NewPath Learning IWB Lesson Systems of the Human Body III Maintaining Life Protection Reproduction and Cooperation Site License • Nasco $99.95 1 $99.95
GENETIC DETECTIVES • Frey Scientific $87.26 1 $87.26
NewPath Learning Multimedia Science Lessons for Interactive Whiteboard - Genetics The Study of Heredity - Single User • Nasco $59.95 1 $59.95
Genes and Probability Lab • Nasco $57.95 1 $57.95
Economy Safety Glasses - Class Set • Nasco $54.95 1 $54.95
CD IW GENETICS SINGLE LIC • Frey Scientific $53.99 1 $53.99
Chromatography Paper - 1 Wide x 100 yd. Roll • Nasco $39.95 1 $39.95
Heredity of Human Traits Lab Investigation Kit • Nasco $31.50 1 $31.50
Parafilm M - 4 x 125 ft. • Nasco $26.75 1 $26.75
Stick to Science - Genetic Cards • Nasco $9.95 1 $9.95

Materials cost

$989.40

Vendor shipping charges

$107.12

Sales tax

$90.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,231.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$217.39

Total project goal

$1,449.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,449.28

1 Donor

-$1,449.28

Donations toward project cost

-$1,231.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$217.39

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