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Mrs. Griffin from Forsyth, GA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Study of Life: Future Scientists Edition

My students need variable micropipettes, pH buffers, and hands-on manipulatives to study life.

This project expired on August 25, 2018.

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Mrs. Griffin Mary Persons High School
Forsyth, GA Grades 9-12

My Students

I teach AP Biology and Human Anatomy at a rural Title I high school in central Georgia. Our school serves a population of students with diverse backgrounds and interests. My students are talented, involved in their community, brilliant, and clamoring for true, hands-on experiential learning. Every day, they surprise me by asking thoughtful questions, engaging in rigorous discussion with one another over complex topics, or sending me articles over the newest discoveries relating to medical science.

My students are students who care so much about getting a quality science education, they literally petition to get the classes they deserve.

To me, that says a lot. This upcoming year will be the first year we have offered AP Biology since the curriculum redesign, and my students are more than excited. My students work hard every day to be their best selves and so I would like to show them how wonderful and vast the world of science can be.

My Project

The items included in this project have a variety of uses for my students. Using the micropipettes, my students will have the opportunity to work as true scientists by investigating restriction enzymes and gel electrophoresis via the analysis of precut lambda DNA. The pH buffers will be used in several investigations including: the analysis of oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange among living things and simulated patient urinalysis. The agar cubes will be used to visualize cell sizes and investigate why most living things aren't just one big cell. Even the green tea will help my students interact with science, as they will use this to study cell signaling pathways and the nervous system.

Not only will these materials aid in building scientific understanding of complex topics, but using these materials in hands-on investigations will also give them the skills to perform experiments at the college level and the confidence to explore science in its realest form.

Science cannot be learned solely from a textbook, but needs to be visualized in order to be realized. With the funding of this project, I will be overjoyed to share the love of science with my students, students who deserve nothing but the BEST science experiences.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 8 donors
Mrs. Griffin Mary Persons High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Forsyth, GA View local requests

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

120 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MICROPIPET VARIABLE 2-20UL • Frey Scientific $89.99 3 $269.97
POP BEADS 5 COLORS 5 SETS OF 300 • Frey Scientific $36.89 1 $36.89
4% PHENOLPH AGAR CBS ST6 3X3 2X2 1X1CM • Ward's Science $14.88 2 $29.76
Tri Bead Rigging Kit 12 Colors in Storage Box 11mm Bead over 1,800 beads • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
MICROPIPETTE TIP YELLOW 1-200UL PK/192 • Frey Scientific $12.99 1 $12.99
Gymnema Green Tea For Diabetics, No Caffeine • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
CHEM BUFFER SOLUTION PH4 RG 500ML • Frey Scientific $8.99 1 $8.99
CHEM BUFFER SOLUTION PH10 RG 500ML • Frey Scientific $8.09 1 $8.09
CHEM BUFFER SOLUTION PH7 LG 1L • Frey Scientific $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$405.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.19

Sales tax

 $28.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$511.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.22

Total project goal

$601.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $601.46

1 Donor

-$566.16

Donations toward project cost

-$511.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.30

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