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Ms. Povey from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Build a Science Library!

My students need 30+ titles for a Science library.

  • $544 goal

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My Students

Our high school focuses on reading and literacy in every class. To help my students build their technical reading skills and to develop their excitement and curiosity for science, we need current popular science books at a variety of levels.

My students are amazing, creative, energetic freshmen.

They are eager to understand and engage with the world around them. Approximately 70% of my students are at or below poverty level, so school is the best place for them to find interesting reading resources.

My Project

We do sustained reading weekly, to help students develop their focus and attention span. Last year, they quickly went through the 10 science books I have in my library. We need more content to keep their minds engaged! The books I have also target lower-level readers. This grant includes a number of great books for low-level readers, and it adds some books for high-level readers. For all the students who ask me when they get to study quantum physics, I want to hand them a copy of Brief History of Time.

Building a set of science-specific texts, with a variety of subjects and reading levels, is the best way to increase my students' love of reading and of science.

Your donation will directly go to students who are learning.

Ms. Povey Franklin High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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

150 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Arms and Armor-DK • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Cartoon Guide to Physics • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Marie Curie • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
The Physics of Superheroes • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
Spider Speculations • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Physics for Dogs • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
The Physics Of Football • AKJ Books $10.21 1 $10.21
Baseball Science • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Basketball • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Soccer • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Soccer Science • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Chemistry (Eyewitness Books Series) Ann Newmark, Laura Bulle • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
From Gunpowder to Laser Chemistry: Discovering Chemical Reac • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Why There''s Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Beach Biology • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Bizarre Biology • AKJ Books $6.93 1 $6.93
The Snoring Bird • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Out of Our Heads • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
Eyewitness Arctic & Antarctic • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Astronomy Kristen Lippincott • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Baseball James E. Kelley • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Bird • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Eyewitness Butterfly & Moth • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Car (Eyewitness Books Series) Richard Sutton, Elizabeth Baqu • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Castle Christopher Gravett, Geoff Dann (Photograp • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Crime & Detection • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Amphibian • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Crystal & Gem • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Electricity (Eyewitness Series Books) Steve Parker, Laura Bu • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Forensic Science • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Space Exploration • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Treasure • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Eyewitness Water John Woodward • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes St • AKJ Books $13.14 1 $13.14

Materials cost

$391.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.50

Total project goal

$543.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $543.36

7 Donors

-$521.30

Donations toward project cost

-$461.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

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