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Ms. Mullin from Camden, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Genetic Analysis through Advanced Technology

My students need inquiry based genetic labs in order to enhance our current Human Genetics curriculum.

  • $961 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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.

My Students

Every genetics book explains the different tests used by geneticists to test for paternity, disease detection, mutations, etc., in detail. The simulations for these aspects are available to teachers, for a price. Bringing science to life through hands-on activities is essential to any classroom.

I currently am the sophomore science instructor at a medical arts magnet high school in New Jersey.

Students attending the school receive a rigorous math and science concentrated curriculum. My students come from high poverty where many parents have not even graduated from high school. Science for my students can be difficult to understand at times. They love to complete activities or anything hands-on to aid in learning the material presented to them. However, our budget for the science department is slim to none with the current economy.

My Project

"Why is this topic important? What do geneticists actually use this test for?" These are just two of the many questions my students present me with each year because they only read about the lab experiments. Funds in my district are low and often my wish list of lab experiments is not purchased. Each of the activities I have chosen is a simplified form of the genetic testing done in laboratories all over the world, every day. My students benefit from these labs because they are able to see the steps of the process first hand as well as analyze their own results. Each student is given the opportunity to feel like a real geneticist in the classroom. Labs like the ones listed allow students to actually identify the paternity of a son or why each individual is different from another. These labs actually have my students performing the job of a geneticist. This type of exposure might allow one of my students to realize this is a field of science they would like to pursue in college.

For the past nine years as a secondary science teacher, I have striven to bring the scientific world to life in the classroom.

Genetics is a branch of science that is more detailed than others and often the textbooks are confusing. Hands-on experiments enhance the classroom's curriculum, but can only happen with the proper resources and equipment.

Ms. Mullin
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Edvotek® AP Lab 6B: Transformation of E. Coli • Nasco $85.50 2 $171.00
DNA Electrophoresis Lab - Why Do People Look Different? • Nasco $69.95 2 $139.90
KIT GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS • Frey Scientific, Inc. $47.25 2 $94.50
KIT WHOSE DNA WAS LEFT BEHIND? • Frey Scientific, Inc. $57.74 2 $115.48
KIT EXTRACTING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DNA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $54.59 2 $109.18
Practice Pipetting Stations Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $34.91 2 $69.82

Materials cost

$699.88

Vendor shipping charges

 $76.37

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$816.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.13

Total project goal

$960.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $960.88

8 Donors

-$897.09

Donations toward project cost

-$770.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$127.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$54.97

Match offers toward project cost

-$46.72

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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