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Dr. Kurker from Baltimore MD is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Supporting a Hands-On College-Level High School Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experience

Help me give my students supplementary lab supplies for our college-level organic chemistry lab course in the fall!

  • 2 donors
  • $595 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

In the Fall of 2019, I taught organic chemistry for the first time at our early college high school, and I'm hoping to bring it back in Fall 2024. Bringing a college-level organic chemistry lab class into a high school poses challenges because we have traditional classrooms rather than state-of-the-art organic chemistry laboratories, but fortunately, there are plenty of safe and engaging lab activities that help get our students as close to this experience as possible.

From soap and aspirin syntheses to chromatography and caffeine extraction from tea, students are able to explore many different facets of organic chemistry in the high school setting.

These lab activities additionally require some supplies that do not come in the lab kits and are in short supply at our school as the size of our student population increases. With our budget stretched thin recently, we are doing our best to access outside resources to make these laboratory activities possible. Thanks in large part to DonorsChoose, we've been able to purchase a number of lab kits, and this project is intended to access additional supplies needed to perform the laboratory activities safely and successfully.

Thanks so much for all of your support!

Dr. Kurker
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SUPERLELE Glass Graduated Cylinder Set 10ml 25ml 50ml 100ml, Thick Glass Beaker Set 50ml 100ml 250ml with 2 Droppers • Amazon Business $19.99 8 $159.92
Unitary Wash Bottle Low-Density Polyethylene Widemouthed 250 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.34 12 $76.08
United Scientific Glass Beaker Set, Set of 5 • School Specialty $30.97 2 $61.94
Chemplate Chemical Testing Plate Pack of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.02 2 $50.04
Pipet Beral 1.5ml Disp 114x3mm Pk500 • Ward's Science $39.14 1 $39.14
Stirring Rods Glass 5 x 200 mm Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.48 2 $12.96
Sharpie Permanent Marker, Fine Tip, Black, Dozen (30001) • Quill.com $10.43 1 $10.43
DAGONGREN 30 Pack Clear Plastic Rulers 12 Inch,Transparent Assorted Color Metric Bulk Rulers with Inches and Centimeters,Kids Ruler for School,Home,Office • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Staples Economy Rubber Bands #33 1 lb. Bag 820/Pack (28619-CC) • Staples $7.74 1 $7.74
Frey Scientific Isopropyl Alcohol, 70% Solution, 476 mL, Lab Grade, Red • School Specialty $7.42 1 $7.42

Materials cost

$435.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.94

Sales tax

 $26.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$505.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.17

Total project goal

$594.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $594.44

1 Donor

-$297.22

Donations toward project cost

-$252.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.58

match offer

-$297.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$252.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.58

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 $0.00

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