Help our Fifth Graders See Hidden Worlds!

Funded Aug 17, 2018

This letter is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous contribution to our Donors Choose project, "Help our Fifth Graders See Hidden Worlds." The microscope was a big hit and it really helped enrich our science unit on cells. Having a large class of thirty students, it was wonderful to be able to project the various specimens onto the classroom screen for them to analyze and make observation sketches. It was heartwarming to hear one of them exclaim, "I feel like a scientist!"

I also gave each student a chance to operate the microscope and change slides in a smaller group setting throughout the week. The microscope's large LCD screen made it easier for them to analyze and sketch the various specimens. I also gave students a chance to project their own samples from home and from our school garden onto the giant 'Post-It' posters as a group project. The children had a blast identifying what each group brought!

By midweek, word had spread of our "cool" classroom microscope that I had students from other classrooms coming by and using it!

Our school is currently facing a budget shortfall, so without donor's like you, students would have never had the unique opportunity to use this amazing scientific instrument. We all appreciate all that you have done to make this a reality! On behalf of all of us, our sincerest THANK YOU!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Loria