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Ms. Toumi from Oakland CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Microworlds for All!

Help me give my students real world scientific experience with high tech microscopes!

  • $2,160 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are filled with light and imagination. They are growing up in an area of Oakland that is under served and under resourced, but they are resilient. Where they're from shouldn't determine the opportunities they get in life. Let's help them get the resources they deserve!

My Project

We desperately need new microscopes. Our current microscopes have been used for over 15 years and do not focus correctly. We only have 6 working microscopes for 600 students!

Sometimes the little things provide the biggest learning.

The next generation of scientists will need hands on experience in order to unlock all the wonders and fun science has to offer. New microscopes would have the capability to connect to a computer and have upgraded USB lights and objective lenses so we will be able to see many cell structures we have not yet been able to see.

Help us become the cell biologist we deserve to be!!

Ms. Toumi
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AmScope M158C-2L-E1 Digital Cordless Compound Monocular Microscope, WF10x and WF25x Eyepieces, 40x-1000x Magnification, Upper and Lower LED Illumination with Rheostat, Brightfield, Single-Lens Condenser, Coaxial Coarse and Fine Focus, Plain Stage, 110V or Battery-Powered, Includes 1.3MP Camera and Software • Amazon Business $163.17 10 $1,631.70

Materials cost

$1,631.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$149.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,835.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$323.91

Total project goal

$2,159.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,159.39

6 Donors

-$2,048.74

Donations toward project cost

-$1,751.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$297.41

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.65

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$0.00

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