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Mrs. Sheila Moore from Newport, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Salty is the Sea?

My students need 5 refractometers to check the salinity of water.

  • $606 goal

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I teach at a high school that was named a 2008 North Carolina Honor School of Excellence based on the state's standards. I am always looking for ways to engage my students and raise our environmental awareness. Ours is a very high performing school which just so happens to be luckily located by the Bogue Sound, a body of water connected to the Atlantic Ocean. We live in an area that is undergoing rapid change and development, all of which is not necessarily viable and good. One of the environmental tipping points of our area might just be the decline of the quality of the water that surrounds our community. As a teacher, I would like to facilitate the study of the water salinity that surrounds us, testing estuarine water, the sound and the ocean. I would like to provide my marine Science and/or Environmental Science students with refractometers that are easy to use but accurate. I would like for my students to test the salinity of the water at different sites around our school campus and community and at different times of the year. With the refractometers, we should be able to test the waters, then we can use the data to compare influences in our outcomes: Will weather be a factor? Will temperature affect salinity? Does depth affect the sample? How are organisms affected by salinity rates? Once all the data is collected, my students can research our findings and make our data analysis charts. What a real world application to give my eager students! This environmental activity will prepare them for college research. Won't you support our study?

Mrs. Sheila Moore
Grades 9-12
  • Croatan High School
  • Newport, NC
    • 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

    This project will reach 80 students.

    8 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RFRCTMTR SPGR SLNTY W/ ATC 0-3 • Lab Safety Supply $84.20 5 $421.00

Materials cost

$421.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $42.10

Sales tax

 $17.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$496.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.95

Total project goal

$605.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $605.26

6 Donors

-$302.62

Donations toward project cost

-$248.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.47

match offer

-$302.63

Match offer toward project cost

-$248.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.47

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 $0.00

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