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Ms. Thorne from Steelton PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Measuring Equipment for Hands-On Science

Help me give my students a class set of digital scales that can be used for a variety of different experiments throughout the year.

  • $405 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My super scientists this year are diverse and come from the tiniest town with the biggest heart. My 7th graders haven’t had a normal school year since they were in 4th grade and are loving being back in the building full time. The hands-on learning is the best part of science, but a poor district with a majority of families living below the poverty line makes having science come alive difficult and with a lot of out-of-pocket expenses for me.

My students can be anything they want to be, they are capable and resilient and deserve to have the same opportunities that other students in more affluent districts.

I want to continue to give them opportunities to learn and grow so they are prepared to do all the great and wonderful things they will do for the world.

My Project

Students will be using these scales to measure mass throughout a variety of experiments. One of the best labs of the year is our Osmosis Egg lab where students measure the mass of eggs and have them sit in different substances to see how liquid moves in and out of the egg (cell membrane) this takes a high-level concept and makes it visual and interactive for my students. We also want to increase their science skills and being able to properly measure mass and round to the significant figures is an important step in the scientific process.

Ms. Thorne
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Weigh Gram Scale Digital Pocket Scale,100g by 0.01g,Digital Grams Scale, Food Scale, Jewelry Scale Black, Kitchen Scale 100g • Amazon Business $9.98 20 $199.60
Amazon Basics 8 Pack AAA High-Performance Alkaline Batteries, 10-Year Shelf Life, Easy to Open Value Pack • Amazon Business $5.47 20 $109.40

Materials cost

$309.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$343.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.64

Total project goal

$404.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $404.28

7 Donors

-$285.75

Donations toward project cost

-$245.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.86

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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