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Mr. LaFranca from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Biology Class in Desperate Need of Living Things

My students need 6 terrariums to hold several different types of critters used for observational experiments. These experiments revolve around studying animal behavior.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Imagine learning through hands-on experience instead of reading from an outdated textbook. Science is about learning through trial and error, testing your hypothesis, and retesting the results of an experiment. Students need to experience these things in order to better understand the world around them.

I teach an amazing group of ninth grade students.

These students come from diverse social and economical backgrounds. The majority of these students live in poverty. These student are eager to learn and many of them have told me that they would like to work in the medical field as either nurses or forensic scientists when they get older. My school shares the building with two other schools, so space is in short supply. Because many teachers share their classroom with two other teachers, all equipment in the classroom must be portable. This effects science classes in particular since labs must be short in design, so that it doesn't interfere with another class. This usually restricts labs to be paper based, instead of hands-on.

My Project

Many of the students I teach have a hard time reading complicated textbooks. They learn better using a more hands on approach. By having animals and their habits in front of students to observe, I am hoping that students can learn key parts of animal behavior and use what they learned towards future experiments.

In science classes, students need to do activities that are hands-on.

Not all students learn by reading from a textbook. Doing laboratory experiments not only helps bring the theory to the student in a hands-on approach, but it also allows students to exchange ideas with each other and open up new ways of thinking for all the students

Mr. LaFranca Northside Charter High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half of 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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Naturalistic Terrarium (12 W x 12 D x 18 H) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $82.60 2 $165.20
Crayfish, Living, Medium, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.19 1 $39.19
Clear-View Plastic Aquarium/Terrarium, Medium • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.31 4 $33.24
Pebbles, Waterworn, 50 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $28.98 1 $28.98
Frog Eggs, Living, Unit of 100 to 150 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.41 1 $25.41

Materials cost

$292.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.20

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$355.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.75

Total project goal

$418.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $418.35

1 Donor

-$177.79

Donations toward project cost

-$177.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$209.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.81

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.37

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 $0.00

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