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Mr. Lagarde from South Gate, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-on with Model Organisms!

My students need 4 science kits: chromatography of Drosophila Eye Pigments kit, Culturing C. elegans kit, pBLU Coloy kit, and Glow in the Dark Transformation kit.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Lagarde's classroom raised $888

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

Students do get turned-off with purely textbook treatment of a science class! After all, science is an active process of inquiry, and students appreciate it when they are provided with such opportunities.

Molecular Biology is an elective class offered to 11th and 12th grade students.

Being an elective class, the majority of my students are highly motivated and eager to learn. Given the opportunity, most of them are bound to take health and medical related courses in college. The concepts of Molecular Biology, being a high level science, might be difficult for students to understand without the necessary hands-on laboratory experiences.

My Project

With the kits requested in this project, my students will have the opportunity to perform laboratory investigations using two of the most widely used model organisms in scientific research, namely the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and the round worm (Caenorhabditis elegans). By culturing these organisms, my students will observe and learn their morphology, life cycle and behavior. But more importantly, my students will learn through hands-on investigations the effects of mutations on the organism’s phenotype. They will do this by comparing the mutant and wild strains of these two organisms using chromatography and microscopy. This will enable them to understand the molecular basis of genetics, biochemical pathways, enzymes, and the relationship between genotype and phenotype. The second component of this project is on bacterial transformations. By inserting new genes into living bacteria, my students will be able to learn the techniques of genetic engineering and biotechnology.

More important than learning science concepts is the appreciation of how science impacts our lives.

Appreciation of science comes as a result of being given the opportunity to carry out meaningful and enjoyable hands-on laboratory investigations. This is what I hope to achieve for my students in this project. Just writing this project proposal already gives me the excitement of seeing my students totally engaged in scientific investigations! Please help me make that dream come true.

Mr. Lagarde South Gate Senior High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chromatography of Drosophila Eye Pigments Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $104.50 1 $104.50
Culturing and Observing C. elegans Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $63.65 1 $63.65
Ethanol, 95%, Laboratory Grade, 4 L • Carolina Biological Supply Company $22.75 1 $22.75
Alcohol Lamp with Metal Cap • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.07 10 $80.70
pBLU Colony Transformation 8-Station Student Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $103.55 1 $103.55
Glow-in-the-Dark Transformation 8-Station Student Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $101.65 1 $101.65
UV Lamp • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.85 3 $119.55

Materials cost

$596.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.64

Sales tax

 $54.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$754.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.15

Total project goal

$887.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $887.66

1 Donor

-$443.83

Donations toward project cost

-$377.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.57

match offer

-$443.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$377.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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