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Dr. Harris from Saint Paul MN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Precision Nanotech Applications in Chemistry

Help me give my students electronic balances and voltmeters for understanding nanotech by finding precise masses and engineering voltage conductivity.

  • $2,760 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

One hundred percent of our students, a Saint Paul public school, receive free or reduced-price lunch. Nearly 70% of our students are English language learners and their families have immigrated from all over the world. My students speak a total of over 15 languages in their homes. We are a highly diverse population, with less than 4% white/Caucasian students. Some of the most popular activities at our school are soccer and badminton. Our school has a biomedical and STEM focus. Our students work hard and want to contribute to their families and community!

My Project

Students will use this equipment to see how adding nanoparticles to a conductive solution affects voltage. The balances will be used to find precise masses. This summer I took an opportunity to work in a research lab at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Mechanical Engineering where I worked with a PhD candiate to develop a biosensor made of glassy carbon. I was able to develop a lesson for my own students to learn about conductivity using a voltmeter that they will apply to several chemistry labs including the one I have developed based on a NSTA grant for teachers developing nanotechnology! I am excited for students to start thinking about the problems we face on a nanoscale and the solutions for these problems that we need to come up with that are also on the nanoscale!

Dr. Harris
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BAL POR WARDS 500G X 0.1G • Ward's Science $203.15 10 $2,031.50
30-VOLT VOLTAGE PROBE • Ward's Science $49.99 5 $249.95

Materials cost

$2,281.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$34.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,345.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$413.94

Total project goal

$2,759.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,759.61

4 Donors

-$2,587.55

Donations toward project cost

-$2,345.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$241.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$172.06

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 $0.00

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