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Mrs. B. from Roscoe, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Microscopes for 7th through 11th grades

The cost of these 4 Microscopes is $1148, 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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I teach at a small school district where I am the only science teacher for grades 7 through 11. I teach everything from life science to 7th graders to Biology to 10th graders to Anatomy and Physiology to 11th graders. We have microscopes, but all but one of them are mirror microscopes with very low zooms - and anyone who has ever taught science knows how impossible it is to really look at something with such low tech microscopes. These are the type that are usually found in elementary school classes and I am expected to use them for 11th grade anatomy students! When I do microscope activities with my classes, I normally have to have them rotate around our 1 illuminating microscope with a 400x zoom. This breaks my heart, because they get so excited to see what's in there, but they can only look for a few seconds before passing it to the next student. I would love to have enough acceptable microscopes so that each group of 3 students can use their own, work at their own pace, and spend the entire class period exploring instead of a few minutes. These would be used for all my classes (about 80 students), especially 7th, 10th, and 11th grades, which are life science based. I have an average of 16 students in a class, and 1 good microscope already, so I am requesting 4 illuminating microscopes with zooms up to 400x.

Mrs. B. Highland School Grades 9-12

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Roscoe, TX View local requests 80 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MICROSCOPE,COMP,WOLFE(R),CFL Catalog Page Number: 491 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $209.00 4 $836.00

Materials cost

$836.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$943.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$207.00

Total project goal

$1,150.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,150.00

2 Donors

-$1,139.60

Donations toward project cost

-$943.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$196.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.40

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$0.00

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