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Mr. Belinsky from Tarzana, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Have a Heart!

My students need 44 pig hearts and 55 sheep hearts, to dissect and examine, in the effort to better understand the mechanics involved with the heart and the circulation process.

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My Students

Throughout secondary education adolescents must listen, read, and write each day. It is rare that they get the opportunity to explore the scientific world directly with their minds using the hands on means of dissection. When they are engaged this way it opens up a more interesting world to them.

My students are great!

I spend every moment that I am not with my own wife and two kids with them trying to shape their lives for the better. I even enjoy running with them after school as the Cross Country Coach (pictured above is our boys and girls 2011 team). As you can see they are a diverse group of urban adolescents ! Some are gifted and others have special needs. This project will involve over 220 of the best and brightest young African American, Latino, Asian and Caucasian students in Southern California. They are fortunate to attend a magnet school, but unfortunate NOT to be attending a school that has Title I funding. Therefore, unlike most impoverished schools in California, our school DOES NOT QUALIFY for EXTRA FUNDING as just over 50% of our student body is not below the poverty level. The supplies I use as a science teacher are often only those I get donated by parents of the children I teach or purchase with my own money on eBay or local education retail store.

My Project

Many of my students have never even had the opportunity to WITNESS A TEACHER dissect. This donation will provide them with not only a chance to see the teacher do it but also to DO THE dissection THEMSELVES !!! I can not overestimate the impact this will have on their motivation for science and health. It will provide the students the chance to explore the internal world of the mammalian heart with all the wonder of a kid eating his/her first cotton candy!

I teach mostly middle school students.

Although many urban minority students enter this level of schooling with a desire to attend a 4 year college or university by the time they graduate many have become sidetracked or settle for alternate choices. By providing my students with direct dissection based labs, I find it inspires them to stay focused and motivated to want to continue to pursue their science education beyond graduation.

Mr. Belinsky Soces Magnet School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Tarzana, CA 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

230 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pig Heart, Plain Color Injection, Bulk Bag • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.22 44 $229.68
Sheep Heart, Plain, Bulk Bag • Carolina Biological Supply Company $3.09 55 $169.95

Materials cost

$399.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.96

Sales tax

 $36.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$517.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.26

Total project goal

$608.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $608.41

2 Donors

-$608.41

Donations toward project cost

-$517.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.26

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