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Mrs. McDaniel from Philippi WV is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

It's Microscopic!

My students need two new cordless microscopes to use in science class.

  • $249 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are sixth and seventh graders in a small middle school.

Our 325 students range from the mentally impaired and learning disabled to the gifted with every ability level in between.

They all are excited about learning, however.

We get no money for supplies, consumables, or new equipment. Everything we get has to come from grants or fundraisers. With every department, music group and athletic team raising funds, it becomes very difficult for the community to support all of our needs.

My Project

My classes have grown throughout the year and it looks like they'll be even larger next year. We desperately need two additional microscopes to use with the seven we already have. We use the microscopes first in sixth grade when we study pond water organisms and learn to use the scopes. We use them in seventh and eighth grade when we study anatomy and cells. We also use them in forensics class when we look at hairs, fibers, soil and other microscopic forensic evidence. Our microscopes are used often and if we don't have enough for each group, it makes it difficult for each student to have adequate time to see what we're studying.

Mrs. McDaniel
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
My First Lab Duo-Scope Microscope • Carolina Biological Supply Company $81.45 2 $162.90

Materials cost

$162.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.29

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$211.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.35

Total project goal

$248.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $248.98

2 Donors

-$134.56

Donations toward project cost

-$127.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

match offer

-$99.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.92

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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