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Mr. Shetia from New York, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Build Best Model To Increase the Hatching of Brine Shrimp

Help me give my students the opportunity to build a model to solve real life problems (increase the hatching rate of brine shrimp) and polish their ability to collect and analyze data.

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My Students

My students are smart and hard working. They come from various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. They work together collaboratively and learn from each other inside and outside the classroom in order to help each other to exceed in the field of science.

All my students are young scientists that need to be challenged more.

All of my eighth grade students take the ninth grade Living Environment Regents course and they sit for the Regents in June, regardless of their prior performance in the science during sixth and seventh grade. They love to challenge themselves and work hard when there are engaged in hands-on labs and projects-based learning.

My students enjoy laboratory experiments. However, they wish to delve deeper and have richer experiences in order to connect and visualize what they read in their textbooks in order to solve real-life problems.

My Project

My students will use the materials (brine shrimp eggs, oxygen pump, etc.) to build different hatching incubator models to increase the hatching rate of brine shrimp and feed it to our fish in the classroom.

This investigation will help me teach my students how to write a science lab report (do back ground research, writing hypothesis, building a model to conduct their experiments, how to collect data and organize their data, ability to interpret and analyze their data, write their conclusion and communicate it with their fellow classmates).

Also, this project will support students to apply and connect what they have learned in the Living Environment Regents class with real life problems using skills learned in the classroom (measuring accurate volume, using SI units, measuring mass, using microscope etc.)

Examples on topics that will be used in the investigation is testing how biotic and abiotic impact the brine shrimp homeostasis ( salinity, pH level, water temp, amount of light, source of food (organic matter such as carbohydrates, protein etc) & transfer energy in ecosystem (food chain, energy pyramid etc.) Population size and carrying capacity.

Most of the brine shrimp that will hatch will be used as great food source to our classroom aquarium. The great about using brine shrimp is that they are easy to hatch in short period of time (1 to 2 days) and it will be a good food source to our fish in the classroom aquarium.

Mr. Shetia Mott Hall II M 862 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

140 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
New Unbrand Brine Shrimp Eggs (Artemia Cysts) of 90% Hatch Rate Fish Food (100g.) • Amazon Business $19.35 4 $77.40
VIVOSUN Air Pump 950 GPH 32W 60L/min 6 Outlet Commercial Air Pump for Aquarium and Hydroponic Systems • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Asayu 5 Pcs Aquarium Air Flow Control Lever Valve Distributor Splitter Pump Accessories Set (1-Way, 2-Way, 3-Way, 4-Way, 5-Way) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Aquaneat Standard 3/16" Airline Tubing for Aquarium Fish Tank Air Pump Premium Quality (300' (a roll)) • Amazon Business $21.89 1 $21.89
Hydrofarm Active Aqua Copper Air Divider, 12 Outlets • Amazon Business $16.45 1 $16.45
PUPUZAO DIY Simple Brine Shrimp Artemia Hatchery Cola Bottle Adapters 20 Pcs • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Ohaha Plastic Home Aquarium Air Pump Control Return Valve Tubing Connector Set 100in 1 • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fish Tank Gravel Cleaner Aquarium Cleaning Vacuum Siphon Pump with Adjustable Flow Control Tap & Fish Poop Net, Water Changing Drainer Filter Syphon Hose- Automatic Fluids Transfer Self Priming (M) • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
Aquarium One Way Non Return Check Valves 2 Colors 16pcs for Fish Tank Air Line Tube Tubing Hose Plastic Black Red • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
API Aquarium Salt Freshwater Aquarium Salt 65 oz Box • Amazon Business $6.44 1 $6.44
Pawfly 0.6 Inch Air Stones Cylinder 12 PCS Bubble Diffuser Airstones for Aquarium Fish Tank Pump Grey • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$229.78

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$270.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.68

Total project goal

$317.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $317.86

7 Donors

-$240.00

Donations toward project cost

-$221.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

match offer

-$57.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$48.93

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.29

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