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Thank you so much for contributing to supplies for our classroom. Many of our labs require an electronic balance with precision of 3-4 significant figures. Obtaining this balance has been crucial to our AP Chemistry labs, but also has aided in other science classes, such as physics and physical science. We have used the equipment in many labs, such as analysis of alum, enthalpy and calorimetry, Barbie Bungee, types of reactions, molarity calculations and many others. Accuracy is very important while conducting scientific procedures and this equipment has allowed us to perform microscale chemistry accurately. Funds are very limited in our small rural school, so this help is much appreciated!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Walker

Thank you for all of these wonderful supplies. We have already used them in numerous labs in both general chemistry and AP Chemistry. You always need beakers, pipets, and ring stands in pretty much any lab! The labs we have used these materials have included buret titrations, solutions investigations, spectrophotometer labs, acid/base microchemistry, separation techniques, and much more.

Words cannot express how grateful I am that you have continuously supported our science program! Thank you for your wonderful hearts! You truly are making a lasting impact!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Kroeger

Our school can not thank you enough for you generous support. Teaching chemistry with all of our new glassware has be amazing. We are able to plan so many more laboratory activities than we had been able to in the past since every chemistry teacher is not fighting over who gets to use the few beakers we had. The best thing about this donation is that it will benefit students for years to come, as the quality of the glassware was top notch and Carolina Biological will replace any glassware that breaks.

It is so nice to know that there are so many people out there who are willing to help out educators. You help us to make school a positive experience for thousands of students.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Atkinson

I truly can't thank you enough for your generosity and consideration. I was so excited when I received the materials, and the students oohed and aahed over the unusual materials, but it wasn't until we used the materials that I realized how absolutely tremendous the impact was on my students' motivation and understanding of chemistry. My AP students, who have me at the end of the day, have resigned themselves (not without complaint!) to spending at least an hour and a half on their labs per lab day. On the day we first used these materials for our first titration, I didn't hear a single complaint, and they stayed not for an hour and a half, but for two hours! They were so determined to have an absolutely perfect endpoint (which, as every chemistry student knows, should have a barely detectable shade of pink--if phenolphthalein is used). Their literal wails of dismay as they overshot their endpoints and their victory dances as they succeeded have been recorded for posterity, both in photo and video form.

Doing the lab write-ups afterward has been truly beneficial, particularly for this unit, which is extremely math-heavy. As my students apply the advanced math skills they've learned to concepts and apply it to what they did in the lab, they're drawing connections between chemistry theory and the results they obtain (and then the hardest part: to account for why their experiment didn't exactly match their expected calculations). It's been a privilege to see their growth as we move on in the year, and see how they need my help less and less to apply the math to their labs and write meaningful analyses, and we couldn't have done it without your help!

In regular chemistry, we've just finished our first titration, and the students were absolutely thrilled and are now excited about acid-base chemistry, where previously they were terrified of the 'log' button on the calculator. ("I just press it? What does it even mean?! What do you mean it's in Algebra 2?!") My students from last year constantly poke their heads in on lab days, and are astounded ("It looks like a REAL LAB") and very jealous of this year's chemistry students. Word is going around our high school that chemistry is "dumb hard, yo," but it's also pretty cool (even AP chemistry, just a little bit).

We couldn't have accomplished any of this without your generous donations. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Stoica

Your generosity during these tough economic times are an investment into our children's futures! You have answered the call to help education, when others have only cut its funding.

Our students are creative and need different methods to keep their attention with such a complex and abstract subject as Chemistry. These "Cheesy" chemistry videos are great for both introducing new topics and reviewing major topics in Chemistry. I have been asking for these videos to be purchased for some time now and am grateful for a platform such as DonorsChoose to finally present them to my classes!

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Antonietta McGoey

My second semester chemistry class has just begun and we have already used some of the chemicals you provided for us. My students loved watching the reaction to create polyurethane foam. I used the activity to introduce the different between chemical and physical changes and I believe it was so much easier for the students to understand.

In a few days we will be using the different salts to perform a flame test and I am sure it will be a great hit. You have helped me make chemistry an exciting subject for these students and for that I am very thankful.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Atkinson

I cannot begin to thank you enough for helping to fund our Chemistry Classroom! It is so hard to teach science without the ability to do projects and labs in an effective way. Every day the students ask me "are we going to do a lab today?" and they are so happy when I tell them that we are. The equipment you helped to purchase is also going for 2 Earth Space Science classes where the students are in 9th grade. Their first experience in a science class at the high school level could impact how they view science for the rest of their lives!

Thank you again,”

With gratitude,

Ms. Ring

This is a small token of my gratitude for your generous donations for my classroom. The solar scientific calculators that you donated are have helped my students every day. They can use them for classwork and tests and they can check them out for homework if they do not have a calculator at home. I have used these calculators in all my science classes.

Engaging students in science is so important in our society today. Your donation of these scientific calculators has been instrumental in helping my students advance their scientific understanding. They can more easily access the embedded mathematics in their science classes.

Without help from donators like you, many classrooms will go without. Thank you again.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Kilzer

Thank you all so much for supporting our classroom. I was trilled open my email and see that this project was funded! I appreciate how each of you has helped our school, as these hands-on and visually stimulating materials can be used for years.

Your donations are going to help students understand a variety of abstract Chemistry concepts that are not easy to explain. Now my students will be able to see these concepts: density, moles, atomic structure and viscosity, in a concrete form. With these visuals, students will be able to retain the knowledge and apply it to future units and experiments.

I am very much looking forward to using these tools with my students, and I am so thankful for you generous gifts. ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Hannon