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Mr. Garcia III from Sun Valley, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Measuring at the Speed of Light! Spectrophotometer!

Help me give my students spectrophotometers, lab equipment that measures light to identify chemicals, absorption of light, concentrations and measure kinetics of reactions.

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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.

My Students

I have the privilege and responsibility to be working with many of Polytechnic's best students who part of the AP Chemistry class. I have an extremely intelligent and already decorated group of students that halfway through high school have earned scholarships, internships with the superintendent and are part of all the governing councils of the school.

In this class I have the some of the students with the brightest futures that would greatly benefit from having the proper tools and materials.

Our school is mainly a Title I school with over 80% of the students receiving free lunch. It is also predominantly Latinx population exceeding 95%. About half of the students are taking Advanced Placement classes for the first time.

My Project

Spectrophotometry is an area of chemistry that analyzes light to determine chemical composition, absorption of light and even concentration of solutions using Beer’s Law. The spectrophotometer is vital lab equipment AP Chemistry students need to used and experience in order to pass the AP test at the end of the year.

We need this lab equipment to do various college board labs like the percentage of copper in brass, measuring water hardness and ultraviolet kinetics lab to name a few.

Students are expected to do these labs and there are several questions that the students would not be able to answer if they do not have the physical practice of completing the labs.

Besides learning by doing is the best part of chemistry, your funding of our lab equipment would help us learn and have fun at the same time.

Mr. Garcia III John Francis Polytechnic 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.

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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

28 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GO DIRECT SPECTROVIS PLUS • Ward's Science $439.99 2 $879.98

Materials cost

$879.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $80.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,003.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$177.12

Total project goal

$1,180.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,180.82

8 Donors

-$1,090.39

Donations toward project cost

-$971.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.56

match offer

-$37.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$31.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.94

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 $0.00

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