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Mrs. Basu from San Ramon CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Wonders of Digital Microscopy!

Help me give my students an advanced compound microscope station with an attached laptop.

  • $1,080 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Our biology classroom has quite a few dated microscopes. My students love looking at cells under the microscopes but struggle with them while trying to focus the slides to get a clear picture with their phones.

Students will be able to use this advanced compound trinocular lab microscope to practice their microscopy skills.

The third lens of the trinocular is attached through a camera to a laptop. The laptop screen allows a clear view of what students are seeing through their eyes. This allows me to teach students the proper techniques for using a microscope.

Students will also be able to record their microscope images and videos through the attached digital camera and save them to the computer.

Mrs. Basu
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
OMAX - M83EZ-C50U 40X-2500X Trinocular Digital Compound Microscope with 5 MP Digital Camera and Double Layer Mechanical Stage • Amazon Business $446.07 1 $446.07
2022 Newest Lenovo Ideapad 3 Laptop, 15.6" HD Touchscreen, 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 Processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD, HDMI, Webcam, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home, Almond • Amazon Business $356.00 1 $356.00

Materials cost

$802.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $73.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$917.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$161.91

Total project goal

$1,079.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,079.40

1 Donor

-$539.69

Donations toward project cost

-$458.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.95

match offer

-$539.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$458.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.96

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 $0.00

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