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Mrs. Whitesell from Smyrna, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Innovators Like Me!

Help me give my students quality literature that represents people who look like them.

  • $754 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come from a variety of diverse backgrounds. Currently the K-5 student body is around 1150 students. The demographics break down as follows: White= 42%, Black= 31%, Asian= 10%, Hispanic= 10%, Two or More Races= 7%. Each student brings valuable insights to our school community from their different cultures. As the STEM teacher I have the opportunity to teach every single student at the school.

My students are growing to become fearless and life long learners and I want them to know that they are capable of great things.

It is important to me that my students are able to connect what they are learning about to real world situations so they can see their limitless potential.

My Project

It is up in the air right now whether or not school will begin in early August with in person learning or distance learning. Whether I am teaching in person or virtually, I love to link literature to each of my STEM related lessons. I usually start each lesson with a book and then have my students complete a STEM or design related challenge that ties into the book.

Through examining my current library of STEM related books, I realized that the people and characters in my books were not an accurate reflection of the diversity of the students I teach.

If I want my students to continue to reach their full potential through my instruction it is important that they see themselves in the books that I read with them.

These books will help them to do that regardless of where they are learning. I will be able to either read the books virtually or in person and help my students learn about and connect to real people in STEM careers, or innovative characters who solve real world problems.

Mrs. Whitesell
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Everyday Superheroes: Women in STEM Careers • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Boxitects • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
My Rainy Day Rocket Ship • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Fearless Trailblazers: 11 Latinos who made U.S. History (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.96 1 $15.96
Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
How to Code a Rollercoaster • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Sasha Savvy Loves to Code • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Have You Thanked a Kidventor Today? • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Libby Loves Science • Amazon Business $14.83 1 $14.83
Rocket Says Clean Up! • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
More than a Princess • Amazon Business $14.71 1 $14.71
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Indigo Blume and the Garden City • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Little Red Fort • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Who Did It First? 50 Politicians, Activists, and Entrepreneurs Who Revolutionized the World • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Izzy Gizmo • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
The Thing Lou Couldn't Do • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Abby Invents Unbreakable Crayons • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Kid Engineers (Stem Books For Kids) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Magnus O'Meere, Mind Pioneer • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Astro Girl • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Immigrant Architect: Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
There's No Dream Too Tall • Amazon Business $8.35 1 $8.35
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
I Can Build It!: An Acorn Book (Princess Truly #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$563.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$640.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.01

Total project goal

$753.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $753.41

13 Donors

-$375.56

Donations toward project cost

-$321.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.38

match offer

-$375.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$319.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.30

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