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Dr. Kurker from Baltimore, MD is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flying Through Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy With Pigeons

Help me give my students pigeon specimens for a comparative vertebrate anatomy experience.

  • $598 goal

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My Project

Perhaps the most anticipated unit in our early college biology course is zoology. In past iterations of this class, we strongly emphasized invertebrates and mammals, due to relatively easy access to materials for these animal groups. This year, we're looking to broaden the scope of our zoology unit by expanding to some of the other main groups of vertebrates. We have been able to acquire dissection materials to cover amphibians, mammals, fish and, thanks to a previous DonorsChoose project, reptiles for this school year. Our original plan to obtain bird specimens fell through, so I'm hoping to give it another go and add our final group of vertebrates to the collection.

Our students love animal dissections because often internal anatomy doesn't seem "real" until they are able to experience it firsthand.

Invertebrate dissections are great tools to introduce anatomical exploration, but our students get extremely excited for vertebrate dissections because they get to check out organ systems that are similar to our own.

In the last portion of this unit, students will work in groups to deep-dive into the anatomy, physiology, and ecology of one vertebrate animal group, before engaging in a comparative anatomy project share with their classmates. The main goal is for students to become experts on a group of animals and present their findings to their peers, which includes performing the quintessential dissection lab they expect in a college-level biology course.

Dr. Kurker
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Frey Scientific Frey Choice Dissection Kit - Pigeon (DBL) without Dissection Tools - High School-College - Adult • School Specialty $34.42 11 $378.62
Handi-Pins 1 3/4" Box of 400 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.24 1 $21.24

Materials cost

$399.86

Vendor shipping charges

 $47.81

Sales tax

 $23.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$507.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.59

Total project goal

$597.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $597.25

6 Donors

-$593.83

Donations toward project cost

-$507.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.43

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