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Dr. Miles from Johnson City TN is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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You've Got to See It to Believe It!

Help me give my students two hand-held microscopes so that they may view and study the physical characteristics of living organisms and non-living materials.

  • $331 goal

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My Students

My precious students come to school each day knowing they are going to do something exciting to learn math and science! Our classroom is comprised of a sweet group of 4th graders. They attend a Title I school which is located in a beautiful rural area in the mountains of Tennessee. Many of our students, about 85% are from low-income families and would rather be at school than at home, where they feel safe, receive hot meals, and are supported by caring adults.

My students come from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, languages and family structures, and love to learn in a hands-on way.

I strive to create a feeling of security and caring, as well as, create enriching math, science, and engineering design projects for all children. My goal is to develop the whole child, so that they may thrive academically, socially, behaviorally, and physically.

I incorporate STEM learning within my math and science lessons so that students experience those subjects in a hands-on way. It's important that children of this age actually "see" the math, science, and engineering concepts using visual tools, so that they gain an understanding of certain abstract ideas in these subject areas.

My Project

The microscopes that I am requesting in this project will be used in our science labs by students as they seek to understand the world around them. Last year, our state adopted new science standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards that were developed to improve science understanding and instruction for all children.

The new standards require students to engage and explore the physical aspects of plants and animals.

In order for students to see beyond what they observe with the naked eye, they can use these microscopes to provide the understanding they need to have as they learn about the systems, patterns, and relationships of living and non-living things in the environment.

Dr. Miles
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Celestron 44314 FlipView Handheld LCD Microscope (Grey) • Amazon Business $123.75 2 $247.50

Materials cost

$247.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$281.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.63

Total project goal

$330.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $330.84

9 Donors

-$316.19

Donations toward project cost

-$281.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.65

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