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Ms. Capasso from Brooklyn NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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IB Chemists Need Scales and pH Probes

Help me give my students access to high quality scales and ph probes!

  • $8,609 goal

This project expired on March 3, 2020.

This project expired on March 3, 2020.

My Students

My students are a diverse group of bright young scholars from all over the NYC area, most of whom are first- and second-generation Americans, attending a competitive Title I school in Brooklyn, NY. Our school uses the International Baccalaureate's diploma program as a way to develop students' abilities across disciplines at a very high level and foster well-rounded individuals. We are an "IB For All" school which means that we fully cover the cost of the IB program - usually only available to private school students or a select group in public schools - so that all our students can achieve college readiness. My students often balance rigorous academics with a lot of responsibilities at home supporting their families all while maintaining a positive attitude and desire to learn.

My Project

Year after year, we see students who sign up for advanced science classes in our school while our budget for lab equipment shrinks. Our school had a founding grant to build out our science lab but after over a decade, much of our equipment through hard use and time have started to decay. Two essential pieces of equipment for any aspiring chemists are precise digital scales and pH probes. While we have replaced our digital scales with low quality food scale, when performing advanced labs such as measuring the rates of chemical reactions, my IB Chemistry students simply can not detect small changes in mass with those scales that only read (inaccurately) to the tenths place. In addition, our pH probes have been revived many times but are slowly dying and we are in need of a replacement set.

I am asking this year as a birthday present as I reach the milestone of turning 40 not to give me any gifts but to think instead of my students who could greatly benefit from this lab equipment.

Any donation - big or small - to this ambitious project goes a long way.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Ms. Capasso
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
OHAUS Pioneer Analytical Balance, Model PX224/E with Draftshield • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2,205.00 2 $4,410.00
OHAUS Scout Portable Electronic Balance, SKX222, 220 g, Readability 0.01 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $413.10 2 $826.20
Milwaukee Pocket-Sized pH/Temperature Meter • Carolina Biological Supply Company $85.23 8 $681.84
Milwaukee Pocket-Sized pH/Temperature Meter Replacement Probe • Carolina Biological Supply Company $48.64 8 $389.12
OHAUS Conductivity/pH/TDS Pen Meter • Carolina Biological Supply Company $114.30 2 $228.60

Materials cost

$6,535.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $653.58

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$98.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$7,317.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,291.30

Total project goal

$8,608.68

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