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Ms. Tom from Bronx, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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NYS Earth & Space Science Investigations

Help me give my students a safe spectrum tube power supply and gas tubes set and a sun earth moon systems model.

  • $1,270 goal

This project expired on July 23, 2025.

This project expired on July 23, 2025.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

This sun earth moon systems model kit can help my students see earth day and night cycles through its rotation, its seasons as we revolve around the sun tilted on its axis, and solar and lunar eclipses.

Hands-on activities help my students see and understand things like planetary orbits, space structures, and the composition of stars in the sky.

Lab equipment allows my students to explore science in a fun, interactive way.

This safe spectrum power supply will be used with various gas tubes to reveal the characteristic spectral lines of different elements. Like a fingerprint, these lines identify elements and enable astronomers to study the comparison of stars, galaxies, and even the universe. This Spectral kit will allow my students to measure spectral lines commonly used in studying stellar evolution.

Ms. Tom Hostos - Lincoln Academy of Science 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.

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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

140 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sun Earth Moon Systems Model • Carolina Biological Supply Company $322.92 1 $322.92
Safe Spectrum System Single-Tube Power Supply • Carolina Biological Supply Company $287.61 1 $287.61
EISCO Premium Quantitative Spectroscope - 400-700nm Range, 5nm Accuracy - for Studying Light Sources, Measuring Wavelengths & Color Spectra • Amazon Business $9.50 6 $57.00
Safe Spectrum Tube Water Vapor • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.65 1 $52.65
Safe Spectrum Tube Helium • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.65 1 $52.65
Safe Spectrum Tube Carbon Dioxide • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.65 1 $52.65
Safe Spectrum Tube Neon • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.65 1 $52.65
Rainbow Symphony Diffraction Grating Slides - Linear 1000 Line/Millimeters, Package of 50 • Amazon Business $20.01 1 $20.01
Rainbow Symphony Diffraction Gratings Slides - Linear 500 Line/Millimeters, Package of 50 • Amazon Business $20.00 1 $20.00
MedPride Powder-Free Nitrile Exam Gloves, X-Large (Pack of 100) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$928.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $106.75

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,078.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$190.38

Total project goal

$1,269.18

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