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Ms. Stroot from Durham, NC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Microscope for Microorganisms: Help Us Succeed at Scale!!

Help me give my students a microscope for our classroom! My 6th graders are eager to see and compare different microorganisms. We are studying the human microbiome!! Thank you!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Stroot's classroom raised $393

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Hello donors! Please help us get a microscope for our 6th grade classroom!!

Our K-8 school is predominantly composed of latinx students so we have a lot of multilingual learners.

This makes visualization and hands-on experiences in the science classroom necessary to overcome language barriers and bring access to our students! Getting to see bacteria, human skin cells, and other microorganisms in real-time would be a game-changer for my students' understanding of the scale of microscopic things. Any donations are greatly appreciated and accepted with gratitude.

Ms. Stroot Maureen Joy Charter School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Durham, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

80 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Celestron LCD Digital Microscope II • Carolina Biological Supply Company $278.10 1 $278.10

Materials cost

$278.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$21.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$333.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.93

Total project goal

$392.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$392.89

2 Donors

-$226.97

Donations toward project cost

-$225.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

match offer

-$127.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$108.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.29

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$0.00

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