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Ms. O. from Saint Louis MO is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

It's Alive!

Help me give my students portable microscopes to use for investigations during our plant unit.

  • $370 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

My students regularly deal with trauma in many forms: poverty, homelessness, hunger, abuse, imprisonment of family members, etc. Their young minds often find it difficult to concentrate on their studies for any length of time.

All of my students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Often, school meals are the only food they eat in a day. Concentration and putting forth the energy needed for learning is difficult, although they are curious. My students crave new experiences and information.

My students like to experiment with different types of technology and media. They work hard and are eager to learn. I love watching them make connections in our ELA center activities.

My Project

My multi-grade virtual class will be studying plants during this spring semester. Usually we collect data as bean plants grow from seed. Perhaps we will still be able to complete this type of investigation from home.

Our school has an amazing garden that my students normally get to participate in from planting to harvesting.

Virtual learning will keep us out of our school garden this year. However, we can still study the plants around our homes. Microscopes will help my students see first hand the activity that goes on inside the cells of the plants. This will help them understand plants as living organisms even if they have not watched them grow from seed.

Ms. O.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carson Microbrite Plus 60x-120x Led Pocket Microscope (818549020324) • Staples $55.99 5 $279.95

Materials cost

$279.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.44

Total project goal

$369.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$369.59

1 Donor

-$184.80

Donations toward project cost

-$157.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.72

match offer

-$184.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$157.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.72

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$0.00

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