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Ms. Sharkey from Gwynn Oak, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Sharkey's classroom raised $401

What, Our Water Quality?

My students need 5 water test kits to investigate the abiotic conditions affecting organisms that live in nearby streams.

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Ms. Sharkey Forest Park Senior High School 406
Gwynn Oak, MD Grades 9-12

My Students

Science is an important process for learning how to solve problems, not just the memorization of facts. Students have fun and learn more when they are exploring questions that they care about, such as those about the environment they live in.

I teach Chemistry to 11th-12th grade students at a high school in Maryland serving mostly low income families.

One of my goals for this course is to make it largely inquiry-based, such that, with my guidance, students are directing their own learning. In addition, I want to make the course relevant so that students are more excited to come to class and participate. In order to achieve both of these goals, I plan on incorporating projects about important health and environmental issues that relate to my students' lives throughout the semester.

My Project

One of these projects is an investigation of the water quality of various streams close to the school. For students, this project will entail learning about the various pollutants that can contaminate water in Maryland, testing the effects of one pollutant (salt) on respiration in leaf litter, and researching various ways that individuals and groups can reduce the amount of pollution they create. In order to determine the pollutants that affect nearby streams, I already have a dissolved oxygen kit and an electrical conductivity probe. However, these measurements will not give students the full picture of water quality; they also need to know the levels of nitrates and phosphates, the pH, the hardness of the water, and the presence of coliform bacteria, all of which can be measured by the water test kits.

Having these kits will allow students to complete a relevant, inquiry-based science project, which too few of them have had an opportunity to do.

Furthermore, this project will not only engage students, but it will also help them gain valuable inquiry skills that they can utilize in college and in their careers.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

75 students impacted 12 donors
Ms. Sharkey Forest Park Senior High School 406 Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Gwynn Oak, MD 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

75 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LaMotte Freshwater pH Water Test Kit, • Carolina Biological Supply Company $30.35 1 $30.35
LaMotte Nitrate (low range) Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $72.67 1 $72.67
LaMotte Phosphate (low range) Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $74.58 1 $74.58
Water Pollution: Coliform Presumptive Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $37.95 1 $37.95
LaMotte Total Hardness Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $51.30 1 $51.30

Materials cost

$266.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.68

Sales tax

 $16.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$348.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.08

Total project goal

$400.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $400.62

7 Donors

-$198.53

Donations toward project cost

-$174.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.26

match offer

-$200.31

Match offer toward project cost

-$174.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.78

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 $0.00

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