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Research Projects need Field Equipment

My students need 9 resources for ecology research projects, including insect and aquatic nets, binoculars, measuring tapes and soil and arthropod sampling equipment.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

Our students want to learn more about the ecology of our urban landscape and need some research tools to help them. Our school is an environmental high school with a young research program. I am trying to strengthen this research program and support our students entrance to our local science fair competition. I work with the sophomore class on developing projects related to the urban environment. Skills obtained in my course include many research techniques that will serve our students in their futures including reading primary literature, sampling methods, developing hypotheses and statistical analysis.

We are developing an urban environmental research program and we need help to get research equipment into our students hands. Our class is working on studying the ecology of an urban park looking at the birds, insects, reptiles, vegetation, wildlife and water quality. In order to complete their projects and support the development of their research skills. We need to set up field kits for their different projects.

When we go out into the field we need to be prepared with simple yet effective field equipment. For our first data collection we need nets to collect local insects like butterflies and dragonflies, we need aquatic nets to sample the nearby waterway. We also have students that will analyze the soil and leaf litter and for those projects we need traps and sieves. One student project is looking at the height of trees and for this project we need a special tool called a clinometer. Through exposure to various research methods, students will have the skills to expand their projects into their local communities studying biodiversity and species richness in their own backyards. Students will ask questions, collect and analyze data and present their findings at a science fair, activities that will strengthen their critical thinking skills.

With your help these students will be exposed to a unique and powerful field research opportunity. Their curiosity will be peaked and their world's expanded as they learn to explore their surroundings in a critical way.

Ms. Bellino High School for Environmental Studies Grades 9-12

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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 directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Waltex 10 x 25 Compact Binoculars • Carolina Biological Supply Company $34.20 4 $136.80
Folding Pocket Magnifier Double Plastic Lens 10 x • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.46 10 $44.60
Dissecting Forceps Economy Nickel 4 1 2 inches • Carolina Biological Supply Company $1.35 20 $27.00
Screen Sieve Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.65 1 $25.65
Pitfall Trap Pk 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.91 2 $17.82
Compass with Clinometer Professional Mirrored • Carolina Biological Supply Company $49.73 3 $149.19
CLOSED REEL FIBERGLASS MEASURING TAPE [165'] • Cannon Sports, Inc. $19.45 4 $77.80
Net Insect and Larvae Collecting • Carolina Biological Supply Company $26.69 4 $106.76
Net Aluminum Dip • Carolina Biological Supply Company $19.89 4 $79.56

Materials cost

$665.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $66.52

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$750.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$164.78

Total project goal

$915.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $915.46

3 Donors

-$915.46

Donations toward project cost

-$750.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$164.78

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