Help me give my students a full size complete skeleton for our studies.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Starr's classroom raised $588
This project is fully funded
My Students
I teach biology and physiology in a suburban neighborhood. My classes are populated by college-bound students who are engaged, community-minded, energetic, and creative. I have taught for thirty years and honestly, still, feel excited to go to school every day because of the energy and enthusiasm they bring. My students are motivated and excited to learn; however, the school, classrooms, and technology are in need of updating.
I teach in a windowless, concrete classroom built in 1974.
Our school is bursting at the seams with fifteen hundred students on a campus designed to house about twelve hundred students. The buildings and furniture are dated and more institutional than inspiring. While my students are bright and future-focused, their daily surroundings make it difficult to envision a career in the modern world. New lab supplies are a way for us to imagine and engage in what is truly possible.
My Project
Having a classroom skeleton is vital to learning physiology. Our current skeleton is named lefty because he has lost his right arm and leg. He is also missing teeth and has a busted jaw.
My students will use the skeleton as part of a lab we do on forensic science and the human skeleton.
They are presented with a few long bones and a skull and they must figure out who the person was in terms of height, ethnicity and sex. They are given a scenario about a missing student and are asked to determine if the bones could be from that student.
More than a third of 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
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