Help me give my students gel electrophoresis units so they can figure out who killed Dr. Ward.
$3,505 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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.
I teach at a Title I school. Many students get free or reduced-price lunch. The majority of students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and may only get the two meals a day they receive at the high school. The majority are also English Language Learners. My students are filled with personality and many have experienced hardship no sixteen-year-old should have experienced. Unfortunately, my students can barely bring in the basics they need to be a prepared learner in class (paper, pencil). But what they do bring is enthusiasm, positive attitude, and imagination. Our campus has a strong sense of community, we really are a family. We even have a supper program where students can eat dinner after school for free.
My Project
Thanks to shows like CSI, forensics is a popular field that interests my students. Using the CSI Forensics MiniLab, students develop an understanding of forensic science and gel electrophoresis while investigating the mystery of who killed Dr. Ward. I will need a classroom package of 10 real-time electrophoresis units so that students can pipette DNA samples and run gels in 20 minutes to see banding patterns. After using the transilluminator and analyzing the banding patterns, students will be able to reason, think critically, eliminate suspects, and figure out who is responsible for the crime.
Biotechnology and Forensics are popular units that my students love because all of the equipment fascinates them.
With the class set of gel electrophoresis units, my students can also do another lab where they have to find out who the father is of a blue whale. DNA fingerprints can show inheritance patterns and life histories of individuals whether whale or human.
Help me elevate my biotechnology and forensics units this year by giving my students high tech equipment so they can lead their own investigations. My students really want to be forensic scientists this year!
More than three‑quarters 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
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