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Developing a Classroom of Thinkers with a Science Library!!

My students need a collection of reading material/resources that pertains to science.

  • $445 goal

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My college-bound 7th graders need a great science library. My students attend a high-need public charter school in Indiana. I teach classes with a full spectrum of learning levels. My science scholars are inquisitive and love to ask questions about science. We have very limited resources when it comes to materials and their current science text-book is very outdated. I have been very intentional when designing the curriculum and have built my lessons to be inquiry based. All of my students will attend college and my goal is to stimulate their interest in science to they can become great thinkers. These young scholars need great engaging resources to read so they can contribute their scientific thoughts to classroom discussions. I have requested novels, enrichment material, research articles, as well as a "young oxford library of science" set. All the materials reach many of the science disciplines from earth science to technology in many professions. These materials will help engage students and be a valuable asset in the classroom when they need to research scientists, write a literature review of scientific articles, practice reading comprehension skills, and gain content knowledge. I plan to have each scholar do a science response once a week using information from their science library.

Ms. S. Tindley Accelerated School Grades 6-8

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Indianapolis, IN 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

110 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Biology (SparkCharts) SparkNotes Editors • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
The Young Oxford Library of Science Robin Kerrod (Editor), With Richard Dawkins • Barnes and Noble $162.50 1 $162.50
Reading Primary Literature: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Research Articles in Biology Christopher M. Gillen • Barnes and Noble $10.80 1 $10.80
The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages : 1851-2008 The New York Times • Barnes and Noble $45.00 1 $45.00
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 Jerome Groopman, Tim Folger (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
Demon under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug Thomas Hager • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Earth Science (Let's Review Series) Edward J. Denecke, Jr., William H. Carr • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Geology & Earth Science (SparkCharts) SparkNotes Editors • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
What's So Bad about Gasoline?: Fossil Fuels and What They Do (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 Series) Anne Rockwell, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Al Gore • Barnes and Noble $6.98 1 $6.98
Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gems, and Fossils Ronald L. Bonewitz, Margaret Carruthers, Richard Efthim • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Time For Kids: Alexander Graham Bell Editors Of Time For Kids, John Micklos (Editor), With John Micklos • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Benjamin Franklin (Time For Kids Biographies Series) Editors Of Time For Kids, With Kathryn Hoffman Satterfield • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
How to Dissect Book • Frey Scientific, Inc. $16.00 1 $16.00

Materials cost

$319.07

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.91

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$364.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.07

Total project goal

$444.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $444.84

4 Donors

-$222.41

Donations toward project cost

-$182.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.03

match offer

-$222.43

Match offer toward project cost

-$182.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.04

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