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Mrs. Francis from Kihei, HI is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Young Scientists Need Digital Scales for Measuring!

Help me give my students Bonvoisin lab scales to help them practice metric measuring.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Francis's classroom raised $781

This project is fully funded

My Project

My 6th and 7th grade students love to be able to do science labs. After two years of pandemic restrictions we are all so ready to jump back into school projects, and science labs! Metric measurement is a big focus in middle school science. Many of our science labs depend on measuring in grams. My classroom currently only has access to 20 year old triple beam balances that are in bad need of replacement. These are not very accurate, so when we have to measure small things we have a hard time. Your generous support would enable our classroom of eager young scientists be able to engage in measuring mass using high tech digital scales. This will help them be prepared for high school science classes and beyond!

Mrs. Francis Lokelani Intermediate School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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
Bonvoisin Lab Scale 5000gx0.01g High Precision Electronic Analytical Balance 0.01g Accuracy Laboratory Lab Precision Scale Digital Kitchen Balance Scale Jewelry Scale Scientific Scale (5000g, 0.01g) • Amazon Business $99.75 6 $598.50

Materials cost

$598.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$26.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$663.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.14

Total project goal

$780.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$780.95

2 Donors

-$766.00

Donations toward project cost

-$653.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.50

match offer

-$12.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.82

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$0.00

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