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Mr. Diedrich from Manchester Center VT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

More Focus with Microscopes

Help me give my students the ability to use a microscope to view the world from a different perspective.

  • $1,739 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Young energetic and enthusiastic minds await the opportunity to create the next robotic creation to help humankind advance and make their community a better place. My students have a load of wonderful ideas that they are ready and willing to attempt. They know that they will not all work, but they know that with each attempt they will learn something new and from that small nugget of information they can create and build something wonderful!

My Project

Students will have a deeper understanding if they have the opportunity to see specimens from a different perspective. Middle school students are very curious about the world and they want to help change the world and we need to help them understand the basic principles of science.

Students want to be able to challenge themselves to improve and learn more about the world.

They need to have a solid foundation to build their skills and learning about microscope organisms and be able to see the structure and function of organisms will open their eyes to a new world of possibilities.

Mr. Diedrich
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wolfe CFL Educational Microscope with Mechanical Stage • Carolina Biological Supply Company $285.30 5 $1,426.50

Materials cost

$1,426.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,477.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$260.81

Total project goal

$1,738.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,738.71

3 Donors

-$1,738.71

Donations toward project cost

-$1,477.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$260.81

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