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Mrs. Fine from Wesley Chapel FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Investigating Cellular Energy

Help me give my students hands-on laboratory experiments to learn about the connection between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

  • $173 goal

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My Students

My students are all really great kids with mixed interests, abilities and goals. They try hard and are motivated when interested in the topic. They are taking Biology 1, Biology 1 Honors, or Marine Science. My students have diverse backgrounds and really enjoy working in small groups doing inquiry activities.

It's those hands-on/minds-on activities that get kids excited to learn and keeps them engaged throughout the lesson.

My students get so excited about these activities that they talk about it for days after. These activities are what my students work for.

My Project

My students LOVE laboratory experiments. I constantly hear "When are we doing another lab?" Labs not only increase student understanding but also build that excitement around science. It's what makes kids love science and want to pursue a future STEM career.

By donating to our project, you may be helping to inspire the next generation of doctors, botanists, or biologist.

My biology students need to see real life science, not pictures, textbooks, or videos--real life. It is biology, after all. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration can be very confusing to first year biology students. They often mix up the two different processes and just don't get how they are related. This laboratory kit on cellular energy gives them real life -- students utilize both elodea and snails to see how interrelated the two processes are. Then, they will connect these processes to the carbon cycle and see how we, as humans, can affect our environment. My students have shown an astonishing interest in lab investigations, and this project will allow for additional investigations to help enrich their experiences with science and encourage potential future scientists.

Mrs. Fine
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolina EcoKits: Contributors to the Carbon Cycle (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $104.35 1 $104.35

Materials cost

$104.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.44

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.83

Total project goal

$172.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $172.19

4 Donors

-$138.66

Donations toward project cost

-$120.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.80

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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