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Mrs. Braswell from Winston Salem, NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Balance For The Right Decade!

My project needs 4 electronic balances to put us in the right decade!

  • $675 goal

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I teach a lab based, hands-on Environmental Science course in a rural area of Winston-Salem, NC. My classes are 11th and 12th graders needing the class for a graduation requirement. Ever since I started teaching (14 years ago) my students have been using outdated scales or balances that are not found in any college or in any science related workplace because they are so outdated. My request is for 4 electronic balances. Colleges use these type of balances, science labs, hospitals, and medical offices also use these balances. My classes are always overloaded with usually 32 students. In lab groups of 4 we would use these balances throughout the course to mass chemicals accurately, various objects will be massed in our specific heat lab, different fuels will also be massed when we compare renewable and nonrenewable fuels and plants will also be massed when we complete our lab on the effects of fertilizers. The balances we use now for our labs are not only outdated but very inaccurate. I think that my students should have access to balances that will be used after high school, not balances that are obsolete in the "real" world. Funding is the sole reason we do not have access to these balances as they are very expensive. If students could utilize these balances it would prepare them for college and future job opportunities. My students are inquisitive and eager to learn, I believe they deserve the opportunity to use these needed balances.

Mrs. Braswell North Forsyth High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
NASCO Electronic Balance - 300 g x 0.1 g readability • Nasco $114.75 4 $459.00

Materials cost

$459.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.90

Sales tax

 $19.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$553.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.39

Total project goal

$674.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $674.39

4 Donors

-$674.39

Donations toward project cost

-$553.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$121.39

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