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Ms. Loughlin from Portland, ME is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Labs for the Planet

Help me give my students improved and expanded access to Environmental Science Lab experiences.

  • $839 goal

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My Project

Students in my Advanced Placement Environmental Science classes enroll because they are concerned about the past, current and future state of the planet. Lab experiences are an essential component of understanding how the environment should be working under the ideal conditions.

Get Smart to Do Good!

This motto is at the heart of our school and my courses. Providing expanded access to lab experiences for my diverse group of learners will help my students to better understand the underlying problems in the environment. This increased understanding will help them to identify actions and that we can take to improve the health of the planet and people.

This project will help me to improve the accuracy of soil testing for our long term investigation. The Air Quality Survey will help us to quantify particulate matter in our air. Examining tree rings will help us to see the impacts of climate change on tree growth. KIll-A-Watt sensors will help students to better understand how the devices that we use in our home utilize electricity and often waste electricity.

Your support for this project will help my students learn science by doing science!

Ms. Loughlin Casco Bay High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Portland, ME View local requests

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

50 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor , grey • Amazon Business $38.90 5 $194.50
Rapitest Digital 3-Way Soil Analyzer • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.24 4 $156.96
Carolina EcoKits: Investigating the Effects of Pollutants in Soil • Carolina Biological Supply Company $94.32 1 $94.32
Analyzing Patterns in Climate Change Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $81.45 1 $81.45
Carolina EcoKits: Air Quality Survey • Carolina Biological Supply Company $56.88 1 $56.88
Rapitest Soil Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $24.12 2 $48.24
Analyzing Patterns in Climate Change Digital Resources • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.95 1 $8.95

Materials cost

$641.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$712.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.82

Total project goal

$838.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $838.80

8 Donors

-$718.66

Donations toward project cost

-$625.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.80

match offer

-$102.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$87.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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