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Mr. Buttars from Hyrum, UT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Magnifying Science!

Help me give my students the power to magnify science. This project will allow us to add two Swift M2251C Educational Microscopes to our classroom. We will also purchase microscope slides, coverslips, and magnifying lenses.

  • $997 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our middle school classes are filled with students from many different backgrounds. My 7th graders love learning about science in the world around them. I teach 3 sections of 7th grade science, including one that is for English Language Learners. My students learn the best when they can experience hands on activities that allow them to make observations, collect and analyze data, develop and use models and construct explanations.

My Project

Students love to experience hands-on science. Microscopes allow my 7th graders to look closely at many types of things. They will be able to see plant and animal cells and identify cell structures.

Making observations about the world around them is a crucial part of the scientific process.

The observations that my students make of cells will cause them to ask questions, create inferences, draw models, and construct explanations about different types of cells.

Having the typically unnoticed parts of our world become visible is one of the most amazing experiences to get middle school kids to re-awaken the natural curiosity that we are all born with.

Mr. Buttars
Grades 6-8
  • South Cache Center
  • Hyrum, UT
  • More than a third 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

    This project will reach 85 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Swift M2251C Educational Microscope • Carolina Biological Supply Company $289.80 2 $579.60
Microscope Slides, Plastic, 3 x 1 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $14.40 8 $115.20
Megalens Magnifying Glass • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.27 10 $82.70
Coverslips, Plastic, 22 x 22 mm, Box of 100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.59 6 $27.54

Materials cost

$805.04

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$847.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.49

Total project goal

$996.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$996.61

1 Donor

-$996.61

Donations toward project cost

-$847.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.49

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$0.00

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