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Mr. Skipper from Anderson IN is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Microscope Images Digital: Moving Microscopy to the Digital World

My students need the celestron HD cameras to help complete a classroom set from a project I did last year as a trial.

  • $414 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Most of our students are inner city, mixed races and high poverty with approximately 75% or more on free and/or reduced lunch. All are in the senior high school grade ranges. Specifically, about half of my students this year are sophomores with the remaining half being divided pretty equally between the other three grade ranges. I currently teach one class of Biology and 5 sections of zoology. In the coming year (2018-19) the course composition is flip-flopping as I will have only one zoology course and 5 biology courses.

Both courses use microscopes and would benefit from my having a full classroom set of digital cameras to capture images digitally and be able to label and submit those images to me through our LMS (learning management system).

Equally important, especially for the freshmen, would be the ability for me to see what they are seeing in a way that we can easily all see it at the same time and talk about it while looking at it on their Chromebook screen.

Finally as a teacher I could also use an eyepiece to digitally project any microscopic items to share at the same time with the class.

My Project

Last year I purchased some of the Celestron HD cameras as a trial to move microscopy in to the digital realm and am happy to say they were a huge success. The students found there was less physical strain on the body and were more engaged in their microscopy lessons. Students will use the Celestron Digital HD cameras to replace the current eyepieces in their microscopes. Doing so will enable them to "see" what is on the microscope stage on their chromebooks.

Additionally they will be able to capture images of the object being viewed in the microscope and then digitally label them, import them into our LMS (learning management system) and submit them for grading.

This is a prefect example of STEM principles demonstrating the integration of technology in an old device to make it meet modern standards.

Mr. Skipper
Grades 9-12
  • Anderson High School
  • Anderson, IN
    • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 150 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Celestron Digital Microscope Imager HD 5MP, Black (44422) • Amazon Business $79.23 4 $316.92

Materials cost

$316.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$351.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.06

Total project goal

$413.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $413.73

5 Donors

-$276.86

Donations toward project cost

-$235.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.53

match offer

-$136.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.53

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 $0.00

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