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Ms. Valdivia from Phoenix, AZ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science Labs Are Fun!

Help me give my students the opportunity to be able to learn science inquiry through hands-on lab activities.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Valdivia's classroom raised $990

This project is fully funded

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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

Science hands-on inquiry lab sets help students master science content. Students will learn how reactants become products in chemical reactions using the chemical observation set. With the DNA model and the Thames and Kosmos Genetics & DNA Version 2.0 students will be able to manipulate the different bases to gain a deeper understanding of the DNA structure. With the Frey scientific thermoelectric generator demonstrator, Science First steam generator and , the Frey Scientific Ball and Ring Apparatus students can explore how energy is transformed from one form to the another. In addition, the NeoSCI heredity of human traits lab set will allow students to cooperate with each other to determine the probability of different heredity traits of the offspring.

Students will be engaged as they make observations, manipulate materials, measure and perform tests while they work with the NeoSCI simulating natural selection Lab Investigation.

At the same time, students will create the atomic structure of elements, compounds, and molecules using the Delta Education atomic model Student Set. With the Innovating Science Distance Learning, Periodic Table of Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids set students can compare metals to nonmetals. With NeoSCI Understanding Acids, Bases and Salts Lab and the Hydrion Spectral pH strips students will be able to test different liquids and substances to test whether they are acids or bases. Giving my students exposure to hands-on lab activity sets will help them with science investigative skills and inquiry.

Ms. Valdivia Desert Sands Middle School 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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More than half 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

125 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Delta Education Atomic Model - Student Set • School Specialty $21.29 8 $170.32
Innovating Science Chemical Observation Set • School Specialty $123.14 1 $123.14
NeoSCI DNA Activity Model • School Specialty $62.69 1 $62.69
Frey Scientific Unassembled DNA Model Set • School Specialty $49.87 1 $49.87
NeoSCI Understanding Acids, Bases and Salts Lab • School Specialty $39.59 1 $39.59
NeoSCI Simulating Natural Selection Lab Investigation • School Specialty $37.94 1 $37.94
Science First Steam Generator • School Specialty $35.92 1 $35.92
Frey Scientific Thermoelectric Generator Demonstrator • School Specialty $29.54 1 $29.54
Thames and Kosmos Genetics & DNA Version 2.0 • School Specialty $28.70 1 $28.70
Stick to Science Magnetic Periodic Table • School Specialty $24.59 1 $24.59
NeoSCI Heredity of Human Traits Lab • School Specialty $23.84 1 $23.84
Hydrion Spectral pH Strips • School Specialty $17.24 1 $17.24
Innovating Science Distance Learning, Periodic Table of Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids • School Specialty $17.17 1 $17.17
Frey Scientific Ball and Ring Apparatus, Brass • School Specialty $12.52 1 $12.52
Frey Scientific Control Taste Paper - Pack of 12 Vials, 100 Strips per Vial • School Specialty $10.87 1 $10.87

Materials cost

$683.94

Vendor shipping charges

$68.39

Sales tax

$48.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.50

Total project goal

$989.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$989.99

1 Donor

-$989.99

Donations toward project cost

-$841.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.50

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$0.00

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