Help me give my students field sampling quad/sect kits, secci discs, and Biopaddle sample media packs.
$1,975 goal
This project expired on July 24, 2025.
This project expired on July 24, 2025.
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Being able to accurately take measurements really helps students understand what is occurring in an investigation, both in the classroom and in the field. Species Diversity and Richness tell us so much about ecology, and students use it regularly to measure productivity, ecosystem health and species quality. True, reliable measurements taken over different time scales then allows them to draw a bigger world picture of what they are studying.
Having access to reliable, accurate, easy to use data collection tools will allow all students to really measure species levels that can be applied to such a variety of investigations.
Getting accurate readings to calculate changes in photosynthesis rates for introductory biology students, to full measurements for their individually designed ecology based investigations for biology students, are just some examples of what will be accomplished with these data collection tools.
These data collection tools also measure air quality and microscopic life. The versatility of the data collection tools makes them even more impactful. We would love to have these upgrading our labs and providing us with consistently reliable data to use and analyze.
This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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93 students impacted
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