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Mr. Rickard from Virginia Beach, VA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It's A Small Small World

My students need 1 quality digital microscope with a built-in digital camera.

$476 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I teach 4th graders and run a science lab. I teach 4th and 5th Grade Science Enrichment classes during intersession at a high needs year round school.

Science in the Real World, I have been asked to run a science lab and we do units on cells and micro organisms with inferior quality tools. I want to bring the world of the invisible to the visible with quality microscopes to improve interest and test scores.

This new microscope will provide clear crisp images that the students can thoroughly understand and get excited about. The built- in digital camera will allow them to then capture images and write essays about what they saw which include pictures to help them describe what they saw and learned. Our first experience will be to analyze water samples from salt and fresh water for microscopic life forms and complete a compare and contrast of these life forms. We will also examine the differences between plant and animal cells.

Your help is sure to provide my students with exciting experiences that will remain with them for life and possibly inspire some of them to take up a profession in science as adults as well as improving test scores.

Mr. Rickard

Grades 3-5

Seatack Elementary School

Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia

Nearly all students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 150 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

MICROSCOPE,MOTIC DM52 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $331.55 1 $331.55

Materials cost			$331.55
Vendor shipping charges			$33.16
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$8.29
Fulfillment labor & materials			$17.00
Total project cost			$390.00
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$85.61
Total project goal			$475.61
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$475.61
4 Donors			-$458.82
Donations toward project cost			-$390.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$68.82
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$16.79
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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It's A Small Small World

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

Equity Focus

Boost your odds

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes

How we calculate what's needed

Give the most requested basic supplies

Give back to your community

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DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Supporting teachers and students since 2000

About Us

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Information for Teachers, Principals, District Leaders, and Government Officials

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.