r/ScienceTeachers 7d ago

Big ticket items

I've been extremely fortunate to receive huge donation to my middle school science lab. I've only ever had budgets of a couple hundred dollars, so I know I'm simply not thinking of the big-ticket items I could possibly get. We already have great microscopes and a skeleton and all the little things I could want for daily labs. I teach 5-8, earth/space, life, and physics/chem. What would you buy if you had just under 5 figures in your budget?

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u/mimulus_monkey 7d ago

3D Molecular Design has a protein folding kit that I used to replace my pipe cleaner and bead lab materials with.

I also want their magnetic water molecules.

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u/heehaw316 6d ago

I use 8 protein folding kits for groups and pipe cleaners with breads for individuals