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Ms. Delchamps from Mobile AL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pigments and Wavelengths of Light

Help me give my students a fun, educational lab experience where we can actually see the wavelengths of light absorbed and reflected by plants.

  • $1,106 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

This project focuses on preparing plant extract to see and measure the wavelengths of light absorbed by the plant pigments. They also understand why we see pigments in certain colors. The first step in photosynthesis is absorbance of light for the energy source, and this experiment lets students see first hand how the light-dependent reaction works. They are then able to demonstrate by graphing the different wavelengths of light absorbed and reflected. Students love to see how science actually works in the world around them. This lab is one of my favorites!

Ms. Delchamps
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GO DIRECT SPECTROVIS PLUS • Ward's Science $439.99 1 $439.99
VERNIER LABQUEST 3 • Ward's Science $389.99 1 $389.99

Materials cost

$829.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$940.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.89

Total project goal

$1,105.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,105.96

10 Donors

-$955.44

Donations toward project cost

-$812.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.87

Matching donations from our partners

-$150.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.52

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 $0.00

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