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
Menu
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.

This teacher needs your help!

Mr. Hankey from Rural Valley PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mr. Hankey is requesting

Let's See Those Chloroplasts!

Help me give my students a digital microscope so that they can view specimens as a class!

  • $181 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is located in a small, rural farming community in Pennsylvania. My students have a similar background for the most part, and over half of them come from low-income households. They have a broad range of aspirations though, ranging from entering the workforce directly after graduation to attending our county's technical school to attending colleges and medical schools around the country.

One thing our school lacks is appropriate access to decent lab equipment for STEM classes.

In an age where hands-on learning and STEM classes are the big push, students need to be able to access equipment that is 100% functional rather than having to "get by" with broken equipment or simply having to watch a video on YouTube because that's the only way they'll get to see a lab done.

My Project

When teaching students about the cell, it relies a lot on student imagination and the ability of the teacher to paint a vivid and realistic picture of what is actually going on at a level we can't even see. This is, at best, difficult, and is in some cases nearly impossible to do with certain cell functions and parts.

A digital microscope will allow the class to see cell parts easily as a group by way of the overhead projector.

The alternative is to try to explain a lesson while each student group has one student looking at a microscope with different cells on it and then having to rotate through. The benefits continue by allowing cells to work on the overhead projector by way of the digital microscope so that labs that require change (osmosis labs, for example) can be seen in real time rather than as still images.

This microscope would serve two purposes: 1.) To be used as a demonstration and teaching tool so that students can all see the same image at the same time, and 2.) To allow students to capture still images to interpret later on. (This helps with data collection that can't be done real-time, like counting chloroplasts.)

Mr. Hankey
Grades 9-12

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 Mr. Hankey 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
AmScope M170C-E 40X-1000X Dual LED Solid-metal Portable Compound Microscope with Camera • Amazon Business $121.99 1 $121.99

Materials cost

$121.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.14

Total project goal

$180.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.96

2 Donors

-$153.12

Donations toward project cost

-$152.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

match offer

-$1.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$0.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.84

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

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 Mr. Hankey and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Rural Valley","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[2081849],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"PA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3647562,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/lets-see-those-chloroplasts/3647562/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":130,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Hankey","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"2081849":{"owner":"Mr. Hankey","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3647562],"proposalHash":"-1942845429","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-5_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":329900,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MjA0ODE4","NjAzMjkzMg==","NjE3MTQzMw=="],"teacherId":2081849,"schoolCounty":"Armstrong","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.