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Ms. Holder from Houston, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diving Into Dissection With Sharks

My students need these dissection materials, including gloves and 25 dissection kits, to complete their study of anatomy and physiology by exploring sharks in a hands-on dissection process.

  • $998 goal

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My Students

Our students come from several different backgrounds and do not have the means to meet the needs of the supply materials for this dissection. We want to give them every opportunity to enjoy learning.

Our students come from everywhere in the district, so we have a variety of low SES students and high SES students all in one classroom.

We are a Pre-AP school and do extensive project/activity-based learning, therefore we do not have textbooks. This might be the only time our students are able to dissect and we want them to enjoy this learning process.

My Project

Our students will work as a small group to dissect sharks. They will have to find and identify different organs and organ systems during the dissection process. This allows them to have a hands-on learning experience and may give students the opportunity to find their inner-scientist. Some of the materials that we are in need of are latex gloves for every student to do the dissection, a dissection kit for all of the lab groups to dissect the sharks, extra scalpels for students to use when dissecting the sharks, extra hand soap for students safety, and plastic bags to put the sharks into. Students need all of these materials to complete this dissection even though some of them only play a minor part in the dissection. We would be so appreciative to receive all of these materials.

This donation would really allow students to dive into their learning and see topics first hand.

They can experience exploration in the science field. For many of them, this will be their only chance to do something of this nature. I would love for these students to be able to find their inner-scientist to see if this is something they might explore as a future career as well.

Ms. Holder
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GLOVES NITRILE MEDIUM PACK OF 100 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $17.39 2 $34.78
GLOVES NITRILE SMALL PACK OF 100 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $11.99 2 $23.98
LATEX EXAM GLOVE POWDER FREE LARGE 100/BX WHITE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $16.25 5 $81.25
SYNTHETIC EXAM GLOVE POWDER-FREE VINYL SMALL 100/BX • Frey Scientific, Inc. $11.21 8 $89.68
LATEX EXAM GLOVE POWDER FREE X-LARGE 100/BX WHITE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $16.25 1 $16.25
LATEX EXAM GLOVE POWDER FREE MEDIUM 100/BX WHITE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $16.25 8 $130.00
SCALPEL, DISPOSABLE,#4 HANDLE, PK/10 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $8.24 5 $41.20
KIT DISSECTION BASIC 64 SERIES • Frey Scientific, Inc. $6.08 25 $152.00
BOUNTY PAPER TOWEL-PAG81461 • ABC School Supply, Inc $47.99 2 $95.98
BAG ZIPLOC DBL ZIPPER STORAGE GALLON 250-CS • ABC School Supply, Inc $38.47 1 $38.47
LIQUID HAND SOAP REFILL 56 OZ. • ABC School Supply, Inc $9.97 2 $19.94

Materials cost

$723.53

Vendor shipping charges

$83.74

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$848.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.67

Total project goal

$997.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$997.79

1 Donor

-$997.79

Donations toward project cost

-$848.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.67

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$0.00

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