About $1,000 worth of science equipment and learning materials have been donated to the science program at a high school in Canton, Ohio, thanks to a donation from saw blade manufacturer, the M.K. Morse Co.
Dominique Guyton, a science teacher at Stark High in Canton, was lamenting his classroom’s lack of equipment and a budget to buy it with to his friend Mike Lambert, a research engineer at M.K. Morse. Understanding the importance of equipment to learn on, Lambert first contacted his company’s engineering team to see if they had any older equipment that could be donated. When nothing was a fit, the company authorized Lambert to buy $1,000 in new equipment for the high school.
He secured a 3D printer and printing material, digital microscope and stand, maintenance tool set, petri dishes, beakers and cylinders for Guyton, a six-year veteran at Stark High School. He also organized digital files with links to usage, software, and maintenance information to help ease Guyton’s learning curve on the new equipment.
“The students will be so excited,” said Guyton, who in the past has had to use his own salary to buy books, learning materials and equipment. “I want to do a lot of hands-on learning, but it comes at my own expense and it can be challenging. This is going to offer a beautiful start for next year.”
Morse said it is excited to do its part in helping to inspire students to further their education.
“What we hoped to achieve is keeping kids engaged in math and science,” Lambert said. “The new equipment can help correlate the science Dom is teaching with a real-world application.”
Guyton also hopes to bring his class in for a Morse plant tour and spend a few hours with the engineering team to get a better understanding of how important a role science plays in product development.