How can a teacher really show a student what a cell looks like if there are no microscopes? I teach 4th grade in Hawaii. Our school is a high-need community.
Our grade level is being tested in science this year and we have almost no science equipment. One of our benchmarks states that students will be able to identify the differences between a plant cell and an animal cell. It is hard to get them to remember that information just by looking at a picture!
As a fourth grade (7 classes of about 25 students) we need a set of microscopes to pass around. We can teach cells at different times during the year so that all students would get a chance to use this magnificent tool.
Your donation will help these students in so many ways. Not only will their self-esteem go up when they do well on the test in the spring, some might even decide to become scientists because of it! You never know what introducing something new will do to a young person.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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