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Ecology Field Scientists: Testing Our Local Ecosystems

Help me give my students the tools to investigate Alaska’s ecosystems through hands-on soil and water quality testing.

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Mrs. Thompson Redington Junior Senior High School
Wasilla, AK Grades 9-12

My Project

My students are engaging in a new Project-Based Ecology course, and I want them to experience ecology as scientists—not simply learn about it from a textbook.

Our school is surrounded by diverse ecosystems that provide an incredible outdoor laboratory for studying relationships between living organisms and their environment.

To investigate these ecosystems, students need the tools real environmental scientists use to collect and analyze data.

This project will provide equipment for students to investigate soil and water quality in local ecosystems. They will collect samples, measure environmental conditions, and use their results to determine how physical and chemical factors influence ecosystems.

Students will use water testing kits to measure important chemical characteristics and collect and analyze soil samples for pH and nutrients. Measuring tapes and soil sampling equipment will help them systematically collect samples and compare conditions between locations.

These investigations will help students understand that ecosystems are interconnected systems. Changes in abiotic factors can influence organisms, populations, communities, and entire ecosystems.

Most importantly, students will work with real environmental data. They will develop questions, make observations, collect evidence, analyze results, identify patterns, and use evidence to support scientific conclusions—the same practices used by ecologists and environmental scientists.

Since this is a new Ecology course, these materials will establish a reusable field investigation toolkit that can support student learning for years to come. Students will have opportunities to get outside, collect samples, conduct tests, and experience authentic environmental science.

Your support will help turn our local environment into a living laboratory and give students the tools they need to investigate the ecosystems right outside their classroom. Thank you for helping my students move beyond simply learning about ecology and giving them the opportunity to do ecology!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

45 students impacted
Mrs. Thompson Redington Junior Senior High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Wasilla, AK View local requests

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

45 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LaMotte Salinity Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $96.57 1 $96.57
LaMotte Total Hardness Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $85.68 1 $85.68
LaMotte Dissolved Oxygen Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $74.88 1 $74.88
Sukiise Soil Sample Probe 12 Inch with T Handle, Soil Sampler Tool, Soil Test Kit, Soil Probe for Soil Sampling Plant Care Lawn Garden Farm • Amazon Business $12.69 5 $63.45
LaMotte Carbon Dioxide Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $60.03 1 $60.03
LaMotte Glass Test Tube • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.49 10 $54.90
LaMotte Wide-Range pH Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $54.45 1 $54.45
LaMotte Plastic Test Tube • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.31 10 $53.10
Amazon Basics Open Reel Fiberglass Measuring Tape, Versatile, Reliable, Shock-Absorbing Handle, Inch/Metric Scale, Impact Resistant Shell, 100-feet (30-Meters) by 1/2-Inch, Orange • Amazon Business $12.83 3 $38.49
Rapitest Soil Test Kit for Gardens, Vegetables, Flowers and Lawns. USA designed and assembled soil tester completely, quickly and accurately measures/analyzes soil pH acidity and garden nutrients • Amazon Business $17.15 2 $34.30

Materials cost

$615.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $96.94

Sales tax

 $9.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$761.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.34

Total project goal

$895.61

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 $895.61

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