You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. King from Miami, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. King is requesting

Help Inner-City Teens Discover the Invisible World With Functional Microscopes

Help me give my students a set of compound microscopes that actually work.

  • $890 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. King for her next project!

Help Ms. King

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. King for her next project!

My Students

"Man, we never do experiments in science class!" I'll never forget hearing one of my students express this my first year as a biology teacher. I was alarmed to hear it and even more alarmed to hear most of the class agree with him.

This alarm didn't last long, as I quickly realized how limited resources in low-income schools can be and how this severely limits the experiences students have in science and math.

Since, then I've made it my mission to make science more fun and interactive for them and I'm still at the same school, 7 years later doing just that!

My students come from a mixture of backgrounds and academic abilities but a vast majority are familiar with some sort of economic disadvantage. 90% of the students at my school receive free or reduced-price lunch and virtually all of my students are minorities living in an area where the average income is just above the poverty line.

Nevertheless, my students are bright, curious, and resilient. They each have a hunger to learn and experience science in an interactive way - a hunger that deserves to be fed.

My Project

The microscope is one of the most important inventions ever created. It allows scientists to learn about microbes that can help us and ones that hurt us. Doctors are better able to diagnose and treat diseases. And - maybe most importantly -because of microscopes, we have an ever-growing understanding of how our own bodies and cells function.

For too long, biology students at our school have been forced to do without the incredible experience of peering through a microscope for the first time.

Our shelves are filled with outdated, broken and non-functional microscopes so we usually resort to videos or paper activities versus the real thing. Occurrences like these are so common in low-income schools like the one in which I teach, where students must often learn and experience science with lower quality equipment or no equipment at all! This really robs students of a true, authentic chance to become excited about science and the microscopic world, and maybe even being curious enough to pursue a career in science one day.

Dissections and microscopes are the two most memorable experiences in a biology classroom - many people report remembering these two classes for the rest of their lives! Help students at Miami enjoy this unforgettable experience for years to come!

Ms. King Miami Central Senior High School 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.

More about Ms. King

Miami, FL 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

150 students impacted 2donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. King is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Celestron TetraView LCD Digital Microscope • Carolina Biological Supply Company $359.10 1 $359.10
Walter Dual View Cordless Student Microscope • Carolina Biological Supply Company $178.20 2 $356.40

Materials cost

$715.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$756.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.45

Total project goal

$889.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $889.68

1 Donor

-$444.83

Donations toward project cost

-$378.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.72

match offer

-$444.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$378.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.73

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. King and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"FL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-inner-city-teens-discover-the-invis/5726105/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":150,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. King","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"958663212","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Miami","teachersOnPage":[3644956],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":5726105,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"3644956":{"owner":"Ms. King","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[5726105],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3644956_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628963675090","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20808417,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":3644956,"schoolCounty":"Miami-Dade","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"FL","name":"Florida"}}