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Ms. Twanow from Milwaukee WI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Incubating Ideas

My students need an incubator to support independent research projects exploring bacteria, seed germination, cellular processes, and more!

  • $587 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Each fall, my classroom fills to the brim with plant pots, worm bins, fish tanks, petri dishes and more as my students plan and carry out independent research projects.

I teach a talented and awesomely diverse group of senior biology students.

Many of them are preparing for the International Baccalaureate exams at the end of the school year, for which they can earn undergraduate credit, and are also busy with sports, service work, college applications, and after-school jobs. Along the way we take on challenging science content and conduct college-level lab investigations.

My Project

Ideally, the sky is the limit for my senior biology students' independent research projects! But sometimes, our classroom supplies impose limits. While many student scientists are intrigued by culturing bacteria or studying the effect of temperature on seed germination and cell metabolism, our finite incubator space prevents some students from exploring these ideas.

A classroom incubator will support multiple students' unique investigations, and open up new possibilities for senior research projects.

Incubator space will help my students pursue authentic science through their independent investigations. With access to this needed science equipment, more students will be able to answer the biological questions that intrigue them through experimentation and analysis.

Ms. Twanow
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Incubator, Lab, 0.7-cubic-ft Capacity • Carolina Biological Supply Company $420.00 1 $420.00

Materials cost

$420.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $42.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.94

Total project goal

$586.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $586.24

11 Donors

-$289.14

Donations toward project cost

-$252.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.62

match offer

-$289.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$245.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

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 $0.00

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