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Mr. Violano from Midvale, UT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Never Trust an Atom, They Make Up Everything!

Help me give my students a way to visualize the invisible by using models to visualize atomic bonding. These two model sets cover the 2 most common representations in a tangible way that will help my students!

  • $1,103 goal

This project expired on July 6, 2024.

This project expired on July 6, 2024.

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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 Project

I love my community. I have been a part of it for 10 years and hope for many more to come. This is where I began my teaching career so it is a special place to me. My kids are creative, understanding, and thoughtful.

When my students grow up I do not care if they remember content, I want them to remember how they felt while here.

I definitely remember 0 content from my middle school science teacher. I want them to remember feeling welcome, feeling curious and feeling awe at the world around us.

I feel like I am succeeding, I have students that have reached out to me to say that my class and the words I may have said in passing helped them grow a love for science. In some cases they said my class is the reason for their college major! Definitely a humbling experience and one I am proud to be a part of.

The MicroSnatoms and Molecular Models will help students take a complex, abstract science concept and demonstrate it in a hands on way. Students struggle with atomic bonding because it is not something they can see or handle - they have no experience with the vocabulary or concept. Even with videos and computer simulations many of our students are getting left behind. Our students, which include a high population of multi-lingual learners, will benefit from having a visual, tactile learning method.

So often in our classrooms students are stuck on screens for most of their learning day, this tool allows a much needed screen break increasing engagement and comprehension. It will show HOW our environments are interconnected both at the macro and atomic level.

Mr. Violano Midvale Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Midvale, UT View local requests

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

150 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LINKTOR Chemistry Molecular Model Kit (444 Pieces), Student or Teacher Set for Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Learning, Motivate Enthusiasm for Learning and Raising Space Imagination, A Fullerene Set • Amazon Business $24.69 20 $493.80
Snatoms MicroSnatoms Magnetic Molecular STEM Kit by Veritasium | Intro to Atoms, Molecules, Bonding, Chemistry | Science | Magnetic Molecular Modeling Complete Set | Innovative Educational Tool • Amazon Business $79.99 5 $399.95

Materials cost

$893.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$937.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.38

Total project goal

$1,102.54

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