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Ms. Reyes from Boston, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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9th Graders Study Evolution: Did We Really Evolve From Apes?

My students need skull visual aids to help them see the similarities and differences between humans, early man, and primates.

  • $1,074 goal

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I am the high school biology teacher at my school. Our school is severely lacking materials in the Science Department. We have the basics (books, test tubes, beakers, etc.) but we are in desperate need of more up-to-date, modern equipment and models.

The first unit of our biology course studies the theory of evolution and how man came to be. As of right now, my students cannot comprehend or even believe the possibility that we evolved from primates and early man. I would like to show them by using models of skulls from early man and primates so they can see the similarities and differences between them. I'm hoping by doing this they will understand the theory of evolution better.

To do this I will need actual models of skulls from the different time periods of man (homo erectus, Australopithecus boisei) as well as models of skulls of some primates (i.e. gorilla, chimpanzee).

Your help will ensure that my students obtain the best science education they could possibly obtain. I want my students to like science, to appreciate science and to understand how much of a role science plays in their everyday lives.

Ms. Reyes
Grades 9-12
    More than half 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

    This project will reach 60 students.

    14 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SKULL SET .5 SCALE HOMINIDS • Carolina Biological Supply Company $498.75 1 $498.75
SKULL, LUCY • Carolina Biological Supply Company $268.38 1 $268.38

Materials cost

$767.13

Vendor shipping charges

$76.71

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$880.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$193.17

Total project goal

$1,073.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,073.17

13 Donors

-$1,035.29

Donations toward project cost

-$880.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$155.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.88

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$0.00

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