Help me give my students the opportunity to explore Cell Biology with these more advanced microscopes compare to the very old ones that we have inherited from another school that have upgraded theirs. Seeing is believing!
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Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
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My students are mostly from the Eastend community of Houston. The demographics consist of predominantly Hispanic population, a smaller percentage of African American and a sprinkle of Caucasian and Asian students. My school is a title I school, hence students are mostly from families with lower socioeconomic status.
Like most young people out there, my students enjoy hands on experiences in Science, and are excited to try new things.
They are very inquisitive and ask a lot of questions.They are very eager to learn. Sometimes we don't get to achieve our lab goals due to lack of lab equipment, but we do try our best to make the best of what we have available at our school to learn the curriculum.
My Project
My project aims to provide my 7th grade students an enjoyable experience to explore Cell Biology. This concept often becomes a struggle to teach for me due to lack of reliable equipment in my school. It is a concept students find difficult to comprehend and intimidating because it is too abstract for them.
The study of cells can be a very exciting experience if we have the right equipment to see them.
The magnification of the microscopes that we have right now are at best 100X, though they have a 400X objective the lenses are extremely blurry and just frustrate the students.
Just visualizing that we have these more advanced microscopes in my classroom fills my heart with excitement and enthusiasm to prepare labs and explore cells of different kinds of living things. I'm sure the same joy will be shared by my students. Just the thought of my students' excitement to learn about cells already multiplies my happiness a hundredfold.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
AmScope B120C-E1 Siedentopf Binocular Compound Microscope, 40X-2500X Magnification, LED Illumination, Abbe Condenser, Two-Layer Mechanical Stage, 1.3MP Camera and Software Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
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$274.99
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$549.98
Materials cost
$549.98
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.25
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$588.23
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$103.81
Total project goal
$692.04
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$692.04
12 Donors
-$456.00
Donations toward project cost
-$395.10
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$60.90
match offer
-$227.24
Match offer toward project cost
-$193.15
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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