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Teacher Raymond from Pittsboro NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Have a Heart and Support High School Science

My students need Hand-Grip Heart monitors to perform experiments affecting cardiac activity in Biology, AP Biology and Anatomy classes.

  • $509 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Does the idea of doing science experiments make your heart race? Does yoga REALLY slow your pulse? These and other claims can be measured in authentic experiments using these versatile hand-grip heart rate sensors.

I teach in a 1100-student rural high school.

We are trying to update our science program with newer devices and more technology to prepare our students for their work and college environments. Having a range of materials to put into their hands (pun intended) allows me to devise engaging and authentic science investigations.

My Project

These sensors provide a very cool way to monitor heart rate simply by holding on to two handles. The handles communicate with the receiver even at a distance, which allows the students to perform various activities while continuously measuring their pulse rate. The hand-grip heart rate monitors interface with laptop software that we have available at our school. Having this setup really expands the range of investigations that the students can devise - activity, massage, reclining, temperature of their feet (yes, that has been suggested) and more. What makes these sensors so great is that they are very sensitive and reliable and I don't have to train the students to take their own carotid pulse, which some students really have a hard time with. Having a set of these will allow more students to participate at the same time, which will streamline the investigations and make sure to keep all participants engaged.

These monitors would become an invaluable part of our department's probeware library.

The students will be using and refining their critical thinking skills as they devise experiments, as well as their analytical skills by dealing with the real-time data that can be collected.

Teacher Raymond
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor • Vernier $119.00 3 $357.00

Materials cost

$357.00

Vendor shipping charges

$11.00

Sales tax

$28.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$432.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.25

Total project goal

$508.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$508.31

9 Donors

-$254.15

Donations toward project cost

-$216.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.12

match offer

-$254.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$216.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.12

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$0.00

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