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Ms. Hayles from Saint Pauls, NC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Hayles's classroom raised $520

Spark the Curiosity: Building a Hands-On Science Discovery Lab

Help me give my students spark their curiosity through hands-On learning in science discovery lab.

Ms. Hayles St Paul's Middle School
Saint Pauls, NC Grades 6-8

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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

Ask a room full of seventh graders what a scientist does, and most will describe someone in a lab coat, far away, doing something they’ll never get to try. That gap, between science as something students read about and

science as something students DO, is exactly what Spark the Curiosity is built to close.

This year, our Grade 7 team has taken on a newly combined science and history teaching load, and while I have spent the summer preparing to teach science with the same energy and rigor as history, I am starting with an empty supply closet.

Right now, science instruction in our classroom means describing a chemical reaction instead of watching one happen, drawing a cell instead of looking through a lens at a real one, explaining a simple machine instead of

building one. Spark the Curiosity puts real, hands-on science equipment directly into students’ hands: microscopes to reveal a hidden world, lab kits that let a hypothesis turn into an actual result, and building materials that turn abstract concepts like force, motion, and ecosystems into something students construct with their own hands.

This project is designed as a shared investment: materials and inquiry-based research assignments will be divided among the entire Grade 7 Science and History teaching team, meaning every Grade 7 student will benefits, and every teacher gains a partner in building a more curious, more capable classroom.

When a student mixes a solution and watches it change color, adjusts a microscope focus until a cell snaps into view, or builds a model bridge and tests how much weight it can hold before it fails, they are not memorizing

science, they are EXPERIENCING SCIENCE, they are doing it. That shift, from passive recipient to active investigator, is where real interest and real understanding begin.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. Hayles St Paul's Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Pauls, NC View local requests

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

120 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Microscope Kit for Kids - LED 40X-1200X Magnification Science Toy, Slides With Specimens, STEM Kit for Students • Amazon Business $27.80 6 $166.80
STAPLES Composition Notebook, 9.75? x 7.5?, College Ruled, 100 Sheets, Black, 48/Carton • Quill.com $124.73 1 $124.73
SKKSTATIONERY 288 Count #2 Pencils with Erasers | Pre-sharpened Bulk HB Lead Pencil, Classroom, Home & Office, 2 Packs of 144, Back to School No.2 Pencils • Amazon Business $28.79 1 $28.79
32Pcs Magnifying Glass for Kids Hand Lens Small Magnifying Glasses Black | Magnifying Lenses Pack, Classroom Science Supplies, Birthday Party Favor, Detective Toy, Outdoor Activity 5X IRCHLYN • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Carson Dellosa STEM Challenges Science Learning Cards, Set of 30, Grades 2 to 5, 8x6.1x2 - Grades 2-5 - Kids • School Specialty $12.97 1 $12.97
48 Prepared Microscope Slides Set of Animals Insects Plants Flowers, Biological Learning Resource Specimens for Kids Beginner Classroom Basic Science Education • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Decorably 14 Earth Science Posters for Classroom for Elementary | Middle School, 11x17in Educational, Matte-Laminated for Hallways, Bulletin Boards, Home Study Corner • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99

Materials cost

$375.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.30

Sales tax

 $29.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.96

Total project goal

$519.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $519.74

3 Donors

-$519.74

Donations toward project cost

-$441.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.96

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