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Ms. Baz from New Bern, NC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Baz's classroom raised $1,191

Tiny Organisms, Big Discoveries. Making the Invisible, Visible.

Help me give my students an incubator that would help not only this year, but for many years to come. The petri dishes are to go inside the incubator.

Ms. Baz H.J. MacDonald Middle School
New Bern, NC Grades 6-8

My Project

As a 7th grade science teacher, I want my students to experience science as scientists do, by asking questions, conducting investigations, collecting evidence, and making sense of what they observe.

This project will provide students with a hands-on opportunity to investigate microorganisms and observe biological processes that they would otherwise only encounter through pictures, videos, or textbooks.

Using petri dishes and an incubator, students will be able to observe microbial growth and use their observations to collect data, identify patterns, and construct scientific explanations. This project directly supports North Carolina's standards for 7th grade standards.

The incubator is particularly important because it will be a lasting classroom resource rather than a one-time purchase, and can therefore be used for years to come.

This project will help students see that science is not just something they read about. Our school, being a Title 1 school, means the youth may not always have opportunities like this, but they are eager to learn and explore through hands-on science.

With your support, you will be helping create meaningful, standards-aligned experiences that allow young, eager scientists to see science in action.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

108 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. Baz H.J. MacDonald Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

New Bern, 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

108 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Corning LSE Mini Incubator, 115V - Adult • School Specialty $553.19 1 $553.19
Bacteria Science Kit Petri Dishes with Agar and Swabs | Top Science Fair Project Bacteria Growing Kit | Prepoured LB-Agar Plates and Cotton Swabs | STEM for Kids Aged 6 7 8 9 10 Girls Boys Gifts • Amazon Business $17.57 11 $193.27

Materials cost

$746.46

Vendor shipping charges

 $165.96

Sales tax

 $58.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,011.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$178.56

Total project goal

$1,190.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,190.40

1 Donor

-$1,190.40

Donations toward project cost

-$1,011.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$178.56

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