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Ms. Elam from Bronx, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Friendly First Grade Science Microscopes!

The cost of four GeoSafari Talking Microscopes from the Kaplan Early Learning Company is $152, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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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.

I have the pleasure of teaching a wonderfully eager group of first graders in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Our school has shown great strides in recent years in literacy and math due to a strong school-wide emphasis on the subjects. While I can see the growth my students are making in reading and math, I would also like to be able to provide them with some meaningful, hands on science activities that they might not experience otherwise. In my class, students have centers that allow independent and group learning. During this time, I hope to be able to introduce them to microscopes and allow them the experience of viewing the world through a "different lens." The microscopes are friendly enough that a first grader would be able to use them without too much adult intervention. More than anything, they can provide the students in my class with an opportunity to use forms of technology they might not see, unless they are able to make it to later grades of high school. By providing to the class tools to explore a different side of science, I hope to encourage students to see fun in education and to have something to look forward to in their later years of schooling.

Ms. Elam PS 53 Basheer Quisim Grades PreK-2

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Nearly all 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

22 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GeoSafari Talking Microscope • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.76 4 $103.04

Materials cost

$103.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$133.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.25

Total project goal

$162.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $162.50

2 Donors

-$155.49

Donations toward project cost

-$134.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.92

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 $0.00

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