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

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Don't Touch That!! It Might Have Cooties.

My students need bacterial culture supplies to study how and where germs grow.

  • $549 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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.

My Students

Our small school is located in New York. We are a small school housed within a campus of many small schools. As we service students primarily from the surrounding neighborhood, our students represent a multiculturally diverse and disadvantaged urban population.

All of our students are recent immigrants to the United States and therefore face an up-hill struggle not only to learn the subject matter, but also to acclimate to a new culture and language.

We also have a very large Special Needs population that has difficulty with the complex concepts associated with science. We use hands-on experimental design projects to engage and enrich the learning experience in the field of science. These activities call upon a students' ability to make observations and create models and drawings to represent and explain the world around them. With the use of bacterial growth culture media and the necessary chemical reagents, students can see for themselves how these essential life forms grow, multiple and compete in the micro-environment of the petri dish.

My Project

Using a hands-on experience adds an element to the learning process that Second Language Learners and Special Needs students find extremely useful. It is also a way for students to demonstrate what they have learned, and (more importantly) what they have not learned. If students are engaged and are active participants in their classes, they learn better. Laboratory experiments also tap into one of the ways students learn best. I believe that I can better service my students and help them understand science concepts in greater depth if I can reach them using multiple teaching strategies and tools. Having access to the materials they need to create experiments that demonstrate how bacteria grow on various surfaces and on our hands is the best way for them to understand this concept.

My ultimate goal is to help my students understand and be able to explain what they have learned in science.

Writing and critical thinking skills are the criteria used by colleges for acceptance and placement. My goal is to have students placed at the colleges of their choice. Please help me help those most in need. Your act of kindness and generosity will have a long lasting impact on our students. Thank you for your generosity.

Mr. Oszust Brooklyn International High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

120 students impacted 18donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Luria Broth Agar Base Dehydrated Medium, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $99.70 1 $99.70
Luria Broth Base Dehydrated Medium, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $73.15 1 $73.15
Petri Dishes,PS,Disposable,Sterile,60 x 15mm,Pk 20 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.94 10 $59.40
Applicators, Sterile, Cotton-Tipped, Box of 200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.03 3 $63.09
Applicator Sticks, Sterile, Plain Tip, Box of 200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $22.61 1 $22.61
Inoculating Loops, Sterile, 1.0 uL Tip, Pack of 30 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.32 10 $53.20
Glow-in-the-Dark Transformation Demo Refill • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.42 1 $20.42

Materials cost

$391.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.16

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$466.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.34

Total project goal

$548.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $548.94

12 Donors

-$527.18

Donations toward project cost

-$462.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.83

match offer

-$5.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$4.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.76

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 $0.00

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