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Mrs. Scott-Trainer from Denver, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help First Graders Make a Big Difference in the Arctic!

My students need books and movies as a way to connect with the Arctic to help inspire them for our Service Learning Project!

  • $243 goal

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Mrs. Scott-Trainer has another project! Donate to We Like to Move It, Move It! to help her classroom.

$386 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

Student: "I like Polar Bears! Let's help them!" Me: "Great, why do they need our help?" Student: "I dunno." My class needs a way to connect with the Arctic so that we can focus on helping spread the word about Global Climate Change and the effect it has on Polar Bear populations!

My students are highly diverse, extremely economically and socially challenged kids from a neighborhood in NE Denver.

Our school works hard to connect our lessons to international ideas and concepts that help connect these kids to the world around them, and inspire them to make a true difference in the world.

My Project

I am requesting books and movies about the Arctic and climate change, all appropriate for First Grade learners, to help expose my students to the environment and issues of the Arctic. They have chosen to help Polar Bears as our project, which I want to honor, but they don't really know anything about these amazing creatures, the incredible place they live, or the challenges thye face.

I believe that with these resources: beautiful books for our classroom, educational and inspirational videos that will allow students to make deeper connections to the issues, and books about Polar Bears for each student to share with their families, our class will be able to design a project where we can help educate our community and raise funds to help make a difference for the Polar Bears' future.

Thanks for considering our project!

Mrs. Scott-Trainer Denver Center for International Studies at Ford Grades PreK-2

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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Nearly all 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
I Am a Little Polar Bear: Mini (I Am a Little Animal Series) • Amazon $3.59 25 $89.75
The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
The Magic School Bus In The Arctic (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Magic School Bus (Pb)) • Amazon $12.20 1 $12.20
Knut & Friends • Amazon $11.21 1 $11.21
The Arctic Habitat (Introducing Habitats) • Amazon $8.05 1 $8.05
ARCTIC TALE • Amazon $7.49 1 $7.49
Ice Bear: Read and Wonder: In the Steps of the Polar Bear • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Global Warming • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Polar Bear Patrol (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, No. 13) • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08

Materials cost

$163.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$10.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.41

Total project goal

$242.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$242.75

3 Donors

-$242.75

Donations toward project cost

-$206.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.41

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$0.00

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