You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. O'Brien from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. O'Brien is requesting

It's All About Chemistry!

Help me give my students the lab equipment necessary to explore separation techniques.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. O'Brien's classroom raised $325

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is the most ethnically diverse school in the Chicago Public School System. We have over 1600 children at our school. 66% of my children come from low income households. I have been teaching in the system for over 25 years and have found that students learn science if it is hands-on and there is a total immersion of applied concepts. It is important that students experiment, collect data, analyze that data and formulate conclusions based on that data. It is my goal to provide these experiences for all of my 8th graders prior to their continuing education to high school.

My Project

Every year, I am stopped in the halls by 7th graders who excitedly ask, "Are we going to do that Chemistry project next year?" My answer is YES!! However, it is getting harder and harder to complete with ever growing class sizes and decreasing and antiquated lab equipment.

Students love science when it is presented to them in clear and concise ways that tie in real world experiences with hands on exploration.

Through out the Chemistry unit, the students explore concepts related to physical and chemical characteristics of Matter. They then get to apply what they have learned by completing a separation of a mixture using techniques that they investigated on concepts of density, solubility, magnetism, and boiling point. Students learn how to work in cooperative groups in order to follow scientific methods, creating procedures, performing experiments, collecting data and then formulating conclusions.

Please, help me provide my students with the equipment needed to perform the series of investigations leading to their own separation of a mixture by physical and chemical characteristics. The ultimate goal is to inspire the next future scientist or at least ensure an excitement and love for science!

Mrs. O'Brien Walt Disney Magnet School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

121 students impacted 3donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. O'Brien is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pyrex Glass Test Tube, 20 x 150 mm, Pack of 72 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $64.39 1 $64.39
Evaporating Dish, Porcelain, 100 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.99 8 $39.92
Weighing Boats, Plastic, 3 5/16 x 3/4 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $36.04 1 $36.04
Vial, Glass Screw-Cap, 8 Dram, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.75 3 $32.25
Microchemistry Pipets, Thin Stem, Overall Length 6 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.30 3 $30.90
Filter Paper, Quantitative, 12.5 cm • Carolina Biological Supply Company $16.87 1 $16.87

Materials cost

$220.37

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.04

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$275.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.66

Total project goal

$324.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $324.38

2 Donors

-$217.00

Donations toward project cost

-$184.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.55

match offer

-$107.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$91.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. O'Brien and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/its-all-about-chemistry/4218316/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":121,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. O'Brien","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1294608366","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Chicago","teachersOnPage":[4570224],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":4218316,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":5350,"schoolName":"Walt Disney Magnet School","authorIds":{"4570224":{"owner":"Mrs. O'Brien","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4218316],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4570224_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500921628608","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20963057,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTc1NjA4MA==","NjU4MzQ4NQ==","NDU3MDIyNA=="],"teacherId":4570224,"schoolCounty":"Cook","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"}}