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Mrs. Laake from San Ramon, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lets Cell-e-brate How to Use the Microscope

Help me give my students some new microscope slides for our unit on how to use a microscope and cells.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Laake's classroom raised $1,047

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are 6th graders and they love science. This project helps to experience the wonders of cells and the microscope. I love using microscopes because of the Awe that surrounds seeing something in a new way for the first time.

This project gives me class sets of new slides for basic microscope skills and parts of a cell.

Thank you so much for your consideration of this project.

My students learn about cells and their functions and this will help them have updated equipment for the lab. Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Laake Iron Horse Middle School Grades 6-8 San Ramon, CA View local requests 185 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Beginners Microscope Slide Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $60.30 8 $482.40
Typical Animal and Plant Cells Microscope Slide Classroom Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $193.50 1 $193.50
Animal and Plant Cells Microscope Slide Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.64 8 $101.12

Materials cost

$777.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $71.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$889.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.02

Total project goal

$1,046.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,046.80

4 Donors

-$645.19

Donations toward project cost

-$627.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

match offer

-$308.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$262.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.34

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$92.68

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 $0.00

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