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Students will soon create visual timelines that connect global events to their own communities, using the materials you provided to organize their thinking in creative, meaningful ways. Thanks to your generosity, our classroom is becoming a more dynamic, student-centered space where curiosity thrives and history becomes something students can see, touch, and truly understand. 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Students in Human Anatomy and Physiology are typically in 11th and 12th grade. Some start with vague interest in a medical field or career but have minimal experience. Your support of this curricula provided teens from diverse backgrounds with clarity about the level of detail and knowledge that is required in labs. Also, many connected with how fascinating and cool living organisms are close up! At least 5-6 students have pursued nursing, pre-med, forensics or vocations such as phlebotomy. 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