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Ms. Helal from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science Stuff Needed!

My students need cotton tipped applicators, balloons, metric rulers, PTC strips and a digital electronic blood pressure kit.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Helal's classroom raised $451

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

In my class I like to teach beyond the book with hands-on-activities, but this can be expensive for me to have to buy materials to make this possible.

My students are a group of lively, creative seventh graders whom I love working with everyday!

Their eyes always light up when they hear we are having a lab or activity where they work in groups and it makes me very happy to bring these activities to them.

My Project

I would love to have bags of balloons to use in two lessons: one in which they measure lung capacity and another activity in which students make lung models. I also need PTC testing strips for a phenotype lab; a class set of rulers to use in the lab where students measuring lung capacity and a nervous system lab where students measure their rate of reaction. I also would love a blood pressure reading kit so my students can take their blood pressure during our cardiovascular system unit. My last science supply I am needing are sterile cotton tip applicators for when my students test sites for bacteria in Petri dishes.

By helping fund this proposal you will helping me bring more interesting activities to my students to enhance their course work.

I would really appreciate any help you are willing to give. It would mean the world to me and to my kids. Thanks so much!

Ms. Helal John Burroughs 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 three‑quarters 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Applicators Sterile Cotton Tipped Bx 200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $18.86 3 $56.58
Balloon Round 9 in Pack of 100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.95 6 $71.70
Ruler Plastic Metric 12 in Pack of 16 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.00 3 $36.00
Paper PTC Strip Pack of 100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2.95 6 $17.70
Digital Electronic Blood Pressure Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $121.50 1 $121.50

Materials cost

$303.48

Vendor shipping charges

$30.35

Sales tax

$22.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$369.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.08

Total project goal

$450.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$450.46

1 Donor

-$323.46

Donations toward project cost

-$265.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.22

match offer

-$127.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$104.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.86

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$0.00

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