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Ms. Miner from Detroit, MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Projector To Show Us The World Outside Our City

My students need a projector to show them the vast and fascinating topics in environmental science that must be seen to be truly appreciated.

  • $756 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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 Students

Imagine growing up in Detroit and rarely leaving a setting of burned out and abandoned houses and dilapidated schools. Then imagine your environmental science teacher telling you the environment was a beautiful resource we need to conserve. Would you believe her without seeing it first?

My students are 10th graders at a small African-centered school in Michigan.

Almost all of them have lived in the city their entire lives and few have any concept of what natural landscapes look like at all. This trimester we will begin to study environmental science, and as their teacher I must convince them that the natural world is beautiful and valuable and full of creatures and resources that it is humanity's job to preserve. My students have never experienced a natural world full of plants and animals. They only know the setting of urban decay in which they have grown up and have no concept of how their daily actions affect the rest of the world.

My Project

In order for my students to see the value in preserving the environment, they have to literally SEE it. As of now our school has one projector which all the teachers battle over. In order to give my students a full understanding and appreciation of the world outside their city I need to be able to show it to them on a daily basis. I plan to use the projector to show my students videos about endangered species, global warming, and other environmental issues. As we study ecology and the importance of biological diversity, I will use the projector to make the natural world we are discussing come alive for them.

I believe every person should grow up with an appreciation of all the wonderful places and creatures that share our planet with us.

Showing students what else is out there in the world and why it is so wonderful will have a lifelong impact on how they go about their daily lives. Their global environmental perspective will inform everything they do, from whether they recycle to how they vote in elections.

Ms. Miner
Grades 9-12
  • Aisha Shule/Web DuBois Academy
  • Detroit, MI
    • 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

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    At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

    This project will reach 50 students.

    15 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson PowerLite 1750 Projector 599 99 50 Instant Rebate 549 99 • CDW Inc. $544.49 1 $544.49

Materials cost

$544.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $54.45

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$642.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.31

Total project goal

$755.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $755.42

10 Donors

-$550.00

Donations toward project cost

-$484.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$186.01

Match offers toward project cost

-$158.11

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.41

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 $0.00

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