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Mrs. Wylie from La Mesa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Can Sports and Reading Teach Kids About Biology?!

My students need a class set (40 copies) of the amazing book, The Sports Gene, by David Epstein.

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My Students

Remember the excitement and surprise you have when reading something in a novel that connects to something you already know? This powerful connection between high school education and real life provides relevant context that peaks interest and expands the students' knowledge.

My students are a highly motivated, highly intelligent bunch.

They are freshman and sophomores looking to develop their interest in science. They are enrolled in my biology course at a college preparatory high school in San Diego, CA. We are a comprehensive Title I charter school with the highest diversity in our home district. Through innovative practices, we strive to push our students to lessen the achievement gap.

My Project

I am requesting a class set of the book, "The Sports Gene" by David Epstein. The students will be reading daily from these books in class. I spend the first fifteen minutes of class in sustained silent reading in my content area. This is a self-paced activity in which students enjoy reading and discussing the things they have read. Slower readers are not pushed to rush and fast readers will start a new book when they are finished. I just read this fascinating book, and I know the students will find amazing connections to themselves, their families and the people the know through the context of genes and sports.

My students will love this book.

I have a few read it last semester as a trials and they couldn't stop talking about it! The book is filled with vignettes that relate sports, science, and them. They will have a connection between the content from my course and their world and they will become more articulate, interesting and more well read.

Mrs. Wylie Helix Charter High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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La Mesa, CA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance • Amazon $10.75 40 $430.00

Materials cost

$430.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$505.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.26

Total project goal

$595.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$595.05

8 Donors

-$591.52

Donations toward project cost

-$505.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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$0.00

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