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Thank you so much for donating to my class project. The students love working in the science lab and were very excited to see their project fully funded. When it comes to low-income schools, receiving a gift and seeing that people care about their success is so special. Their faces lit up when I told them how much money was raised and donated towards their education and lab activities. When it comes to science, getting in the lab is important and exciting. They are able to broaden their horizons and use different parts of their imagination that can't always be utilized in the classroom. Again, thanks so much!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Murphy

Thank you! Through the medium of dissections, I sought to correlate extensively on embracing and fostering literacy skills with ELLs(English Language Learners), as this population has blossomed substantially within our school. Providing visual connections along with dialogue and scientific vocabulary promotes the engaging attainment of language within this population of learners. Dissecting the various stimulating organisms allowed my students to feel success and sheer joy at being able to interact with their own learning. The opportunities to actively engage the students were simply amazing and the conversations were awe-inspiring. Keeping all our conversations in mind, we sought to improve upon and strengthen our writing skills by employing sentence frames and newly introduced vocabulary through our use of Leilen Shelton's "Banish Boring Words." Dissections are a perfect springboard to activate a innate sense of curiosity in all students and a true motivator for active learning to step into the forefront of a student's well-rounded mind.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Holland

"I love Science!"

"Can we do this everyday?"

"Now I want to be a surgeon!"

"Science is cool!"

"I'm so glad we could do this!"

These are just a few of the complimentary quotes I heard from students during our frog dissection project. The interest and engagement from students during this lesson was 100%! All students were intrigued and invested in learning about their frogs and even if they were "grossed out", they still told me they found it interesting. I feel strongly that dissection can help students have a hands-on learning opportunity that will engross and involve them in their learning. Dissection is a science skill that cannot be taught any other way. I firmly believe that by completing this dissection, students will not only have a memory that they will always remember, but also a skill and better knowledge that they will keep with them forever.

Without your help, none of this would have been possible. Thank you so much for your generosity and willingness to help student's further their science education, and overall education. It is inspiring and encouraging to teachers, including myself, to have people buy into what they are doing in the classroom and support them. That is what you have done for me by supporting my project and donors choose.

Months later my students are still referencing the dissection during class and to their peers. Thank you for helping my students learn and get to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Hansen

Thank you to all the wonderful donors that contributed to this project. The supplies were definitely necessary to complete our experiments this year.

The microscopes work great! We have used them to look at cells and different microscopic organisms. Next we will be looking at cells undergoing division when we learn about mitosis. It has also been less stressful as their are more tools to go around in classes of 29 students!

Pipettes were passed out to students who needed them to complete science fair projects independently and they were extremely grateful for the tools they needed.

Graduated cylinders were also passed out for science fair with the condition they would come back to help out with classroom experiments in the future.

Thank you all so much!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. White-Clark

I cannot thank you enough for your generosity in funding my students' "Protozoa and Parasite" project. It was an incredibly real and meaningful experience for my students. They were able to act like true scientists as they examined and identified different living protozoa and stained parasite slides under the microscope. This type of hands on learning is crucial to do real science and it would not have been possible without your contributions to provide the specimen required.

As we move onto other units of study, we will continue to study the complexity of protozoan organisms as we discuss evolution and global health. This new learning will be all the more memorable because my students were able to see the organisms before their very eyes! The materials you helped provide generated excitement and curiosity in my classroom. It wouldn't have been possible without your support.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Pipping

Thank you so much for your donations to my classroom project! We just completed our cow eye dissection with the materials you purchased for us. The students had a great first dissection experience! We also had a great bacteria growth lab using the supplies you purchased for us. We sampled locations around the school for bacteria and observed what grew in our petri dishes over time. The front office door handle had the most bacteria-even more than the bathrooms! Keep supporting science education at public schools!!!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Erickson

This is to thank you for your generous donations to my project. The students have enjoyed the microscopes so much. We have used them to observe brine shrimp eggs hatching, wriggling planeria, and small bones from owl pellets. The fascinating world of science has really opened up for us now and that is because of you.

There is never enough money in the school budget to buy materials for the Gifted and Talented Program, so we often "make do" with obsolete and/or broken equipment. These children deserve the opportunity to learn and explore with modern tools. It is nice to know that there are people like you who value these children, and are willing to help out. We appreciate your kindness.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Koedyker

Thank you all for funding this project and providing the basic reagents needed for our Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) experiments.

One of the most interesting fields of biology is biotechnology. This field allows students to study DNA as it pertains to genetics. We have been fortunate to have the equipment needed to conduct PCR and gel electrophoresis to amplify and analyze DNA samples, however, such activities are extremely expensive.

Your very generous gift has allowed us to examine our own DNA from cheek cells and amplify specific genes like the PTC gene for bitterness to determine what forms of the trait we may have inherited from our parents.

Without your support, we would not be able to carry-out our experimentation. On behalf of myself and all of my students, I thank you most sincerely.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Oszust

Thank you all for funding this project and providing my students with a refrigerator/freezer and so that we can preserve our temperature sensitive reagents.

Many of the chemical/biological materials and reagents we use for experiments must be stored in a freezer or refrigerator or they will degrade. This is especially true for most of the biotechnology protocols that my students will conduct throughout this year. Until now, I was very limited in what I could do with my students simply because I lacked the means of properly storing my materials. Your very generous gift will allow me to provide a wider range of laboratory activities than I have in the past.

Thank you all for supporting my students in their quest for knowledge and for supporting public education in New York City.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Oszust

This letter can only begin to express my gratitude for your generosity. Because of your assistance, students have seen science in a new way.

Both of my fifth grade science classes were able to observe plant and animal cells through a microscope. They also developed the ability to adjust the microscope so that the slides were in focus. Now my students can make real-life connections to cell biology and microscope usage, when previous experiences were limited to pictures in a textbook, copied handout, or slide show. As my students peered into the eyepiece and saw real cells for the first time, many mentioned wanting to work in laboratories when they grow up because, and I quote, "cells are so cool!"

The middle school science teacher was also able to use the materials you helped purchase with her sixth, seventh, and eighth grade science classes. Eighth graders got the opportunity to make their own slides by collecting plant cells from onions and animal cells from their own cheeks. This educational experience was exciting for all involved, and now these students are further equipped for high school.

Without people like you, many students would go without materials that not only teach science, but foster a love of the world of STEM. Thank you for helping prepare my students for the future.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Corie