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Mrs. Tanner from Antioch, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Under the Microscope: Larger Than Life!

My students need a Motic digital microscope and and one Plants and Animals Microscope Slide set.

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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.

My Students

"Theodore Roszak once said, "Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope." Who doesn't remember their first peek into the microscopic world? Once in focus, cells and tissues came to life! Squiggly flagellum danced across the slide as plump amoebas blobbed by!

We are a Title 1, Program Improvement school that serves a rather low socio-economic area.

The majority of my students have never visited a science museum or a nature center. Their exposure to the scientific world is limited to the experiences they have at school. As their teacher, it is my responsibility to enrich these experiences as often as possible.

My Project

Give children the right tools and they can become scientists, exploring and learning about the microscopic world around them. Learning increases as children are given the opportunity to explore their world firsthand and opening their eyes to the unseen world of cells, tissues, and an amazing variety of bacterium may just be the vehicle that carries them to a career in science. Currently, my students rely on the diagrams and photos in their science texts as they learn about cellular structures. Using a digital microscope, they will be able to see inside the cells of real plant and animal tissues. Students will begin their exploration of cells with prepared slides of common tissue and cell samples. From there, students will be creating their own specimen slides. How exciting to see your own cells through the lens of a digital microscope!

This digital microscope will bring the beauty, wonder, and excitement of the microscopic world to life in our 5th grade classrooms.

Who knows? The next world famous microbiologist may just be sitting in Room 24.

Mrs. Tanner Fremont Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Antioch, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

93 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Motic DM52 Digital Microscope • Carolina Biological Supply Company $350.55 1 $350.55
Plants and Animals Elementary Microscope Slide Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $23.32 1 $23.32

Materials cost

$373.87

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.39

Sales tax

 $34.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$486.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.78

Total project goal

$571.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $571.86

3 Donors

-$489.83

Donations toward project cost

-$486.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$82.03

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