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Ms. Haines from Cambridge, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Explosions, Colors, & Electricity: Supplies For Chemistry

My students need 30 lab supplies, including chemicals, glassware, and other laboratory equipment.

  • $957 goal

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My Students

My students are often behind their peers in wealthy public and private schools simply because their classrooms haven't had the same supplies. In Chemistry, it's especially important that my students have access to chemicals and lab equipment so that they can experience chemistry first hand.

My students are mostly minority students and come from urban, often impoverished, neighborhoods.

They are often the first in their family to take Chemistry and the first to go on to college. My students love to learn but are often limited by the lack of resources in their homes, communities, and schools.

My Project

By experiencing Chemistry in a laboratory setting, I hope to inspire my students to continue on in science when they go to college. Students who enter college without having had a laboratory-based science experience are well behind many of their peers. I want my students to enter their college Chemistry classes feeling confident and comfortable in the lab. The equipment I have requested will allow my students to create their own battery using their knowledge of electrochemistry, create perfume (ester synthesis) using their knowledge of functional groups, and observe precipitation reactions that help develop their understanding of double and single replacement reactions.

When donors choose my project, they will be choosing to give my students the Chemistry experience they need and deserve to be successful in college science classes.

Their choice will also enable me to perform significantly more labs and demos in class. My students and I look forward to using these materials!

Ms. Haines Community Charter School - Cambridge Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Cambridge, MA View local requests

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

100 students impacted 21donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ammonium Chloride, Granular, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.41 1 $6.41
Boric Acid, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.02 1 $9.02
1-Butanol, Reagent Grade, 500g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.74 1 $9.74
Butyric Acid, Laboratory Grade, 25 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.21 1 $9.21
Copper Sheet, 0.008 in thick, Electrolytic, Lab Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $26.12 1 $26.12
Cupric Oxide, Reagent Grade, 100 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.40 1 $10.40
Ethylene Glycol, Laboratory Grade, 500 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.12 1 $7.12
Hexanes, ACS Grade, 500 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.40 1 $10.40
Methanol, ACS Grade, 3.8 L • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.19 1 $20.19
Wire, Nichrome, 20 gauge, Roll • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.30 1 $12.30
Paraffin Wax, Laboratory Grade, 1 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.22 2 $10.44
Alcohol Lamp with Metal Cap • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.46 12 $89.52
Hydrion Regular pH Strips, Wide Range, pH 1-12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $16.10 2 $32.20
Potassium Chloride, Granular, ACS Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.07 1 $8.07
Potassium Hydroxide, Pellets, Laboratory Grade 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.07 1 $8.07
Potassium Sulfate, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.82 1 $12.82
Sodium Bromide, Granular, Reagent Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.57 1 $17.57
Sodium Carbonate, Anhydrous, Granular, Reagent Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.79 1 $8.79
Sodium Nitrate, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.17 1 $6.17
Zinc Dust, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.48 1 $17.48
Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.96 1 $13.96
Zinc Oxide, 125 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.78 1 $12.78
Zinc Sulfate Heptahydrate, Reagent Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $14.20 1 $14.20
Funnel, Pack of 16 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.25 1 $13.25
Pyrex Vista Volumetric Flasks, Class A, 100 mL, Pk 6 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $138.94 1 $138.94
Vials, Glass Screw-Cap, 1 dram, Pk 36 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $14.96 2 $29.92
Vials, Glass Screw-Cap, 2 dram, Pk 36 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $16.10 1 $16.10
Splint, Wood, Bundle of 500 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.27 1 $4.27
Dropping Bottle, Plastic, 15 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $1.38 50 $69.00
Bottle, High-Density Polyethylene, Narrowmouthed, 500 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2.66 20 $53.20

Materials cost

$697.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $69.77

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$812.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.45

Total project goal

$956.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $956.34

16 Donors

-$954.58

Donations toward project cost

-$812.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$141.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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