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Ms. T. from Durham, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We need a skeleton in our closet!

The cost of the Human Skeleton is $514, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. T.'s classroom raised $534

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What unit of study on the human body is complete without studying the skeletal system? The 7th grade science curriculum in NC includes a major unit on the human body ? and we'll spend several weeks studying the skeletal and muscular systems. One item that I believe is critical to this topic, but that I don't currently have access to would be a model of a human skeleton. We need a skeleton in our closet!!! I am a 7th grade science teacher at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, NC. Rogers-Herr has 630 students - a racially diverse group of learners from all socio-economic backgrounds. As a science teacher, my goals are to ignite my students' curiosity about science and the world around them and give them a solid ground across a wide range of scientific disciplines to help prepare them for the rigor of high school science courses. In teaching science to middle school students, I've found that they are visual learners ? they need 3-D models they can see and touch in order to make sense of concepts - especially, things such as the inside of the human body, which they don't get to see! I plan to use the skeleton every day throughout the unit to help my students visualize the size and orientation of the bones and the movement of the joints. Please help me bring such an important learning tool to my students!

Ms. T. Rogers - Herr Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Human Skeleton, Human Anatomy • Frey Scientific, Inc. $350.00 1 $350.00

Materials cost

$350.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$437.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.08

Total project goal

$533.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$533.76

3 Donors

-$533.76

Donations toward project cost

-$438.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.76

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$0.00

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