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Mr. Aubin from Denver CO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Toxic Environment? You Decide.

My students need replacements for our consumable environmental chemistry labs. Soil lead tests and the gas analysis ampules are not reusable and need replenished every year.

  • $2,755 goal

This project expired on December 27, 2016.

This project expired on December 27, 2016.

My Students

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read about my class needs.

My students are in my diverse science courses in a traditional inner-city high school where we have over 50% free and reduced lunch.

There is nothing traditional, however, about the population. We educate a large refugee population from all over the world, minority populations and middle to upper-middle class students. It's quite the melting pot.

Science supplies are always expensive and difficult for which to find funding- we have funds for basic administrative supplies but there is no room in the budget for consumable replacement.

Environmental test kits are something that most students have not used at all up until they reach my classroom.

My Project

Environmental Justice is a real consideration for my students; most students live in lower-income neighborhoods. By using the environmental soil, home, and air quality tests students can test the soils and home in which they live.

By enticing students to wonder about their safety in their environment (especially Lead in the wake of Flint, Michigan) there will be more buy-in in a discipline (chemistry) which is notoriously difficult to come by.

When students become empowered to ask questions (environmental quality) and are given the tools to seek out those answers (the quality test kits), learning transfers from something textual to something intrinsic which is irreplaceable.

Mr. Aubin
Grades 9-12
  • South High School
  • Denver, CO
    • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 120 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lead Soil Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $34.42 10 $344.20
Carbon Monoxide Gas Detector Tubes, Range 24-400 ppm, Box of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $42.97 8 $343.76
Carbon Dioxide Gas Detector Tubes, Range 0.5-8.0%, Box of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $42.97 8 $343.76
Nitrogen Oxide Gas Detector Tubes, Range 1-20 ppm, Box of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $42.97 8 $343.76
Sulfur Dioxide Gas Detector Tubes, Range 2-40 ppm, Box of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $42.97 8 $343.76
Ozone Test Paper, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $19.35 8 $154.80
Premium Lead Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.55 4 $86.20

Materials cost

$1,960.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $196.02

Sales tax

 $125.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,341.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$413.14

Total project goal

$2,754.26

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