These students are motivated and willing to do the work. All they need is the tools to make this happen!

My students are high school juniors and seniors who are experiencing college level work in my dual AP Biology and Environmental Science classes. These courses require them to do outside field work and work in the lab.

My students do two types of labs - those where they try to see an outcome we know and those where they design labs of their own. These materials will help them conduct both of those labs.

I'm requesting a Vernier Environmental Science Starter Package, CO2 Gas, Relative Humidity, and PH Sensors, a barometer, and temp probes.

The students will take the equipment and run tests in biology about the pH of substances. They will check conductivity of different fluids and see how polluted water sources are by looking at turbidity. We'll be able to use the temperature probes in various labs across a spectrum of topics.

When they are done creating their own inquiry based lab, they present it to the world and answer questions, just like scientists at the college level and professional level normally do. This requested hands-on equipment will get us started doing more and more involved labs. If we can have this equipment, then we can work in the laboratory and in the field to create and design our own labs and show the work we've done.

These are just a few things we can do with these materials.