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Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Library Lift-Off! Third Mission

Help me give my students more STEM and STEAM-related read aloud books to kick off project-based learning.

  • $557 goal

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My Students

My students come from a wide variety of learning situations, from struggling to striving. The school is set within a suburban community near military housing. Even though my school is within a large metropolitan city, it feels like a small community and sheltered, an "island in the hills." Within these hills, we have a variety of ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as several families that have moved here from other countries. Many of our students are also grappling with parents being deployed or on active duty.

Project-based, STEAM exploration is engaging and motivating to all students, and a tool to building growth-mindset, regardless of their academic level.

My students are exuberant and creative, and I am constantly challenged to investigate new opportunities for them to test the waters in STEM/STEAM learning for all grade levels TK-5th grade. We also make a concerted effort to incorporate NGSS standards, and make it relevant to the students' world and interests. The curriculum is student-driven and ever-morphing to meet their needs in a problem-based learning environment.

My Project

This project is so simple, but so important! Students of all ages love the power of picture books.

Power up our STEAM library with these mind-igniting books!

Spark creativity, inventiveness, and grow passion for learning through the read-aloud process that often kicks off our series of lessons and activities in our lab setting.

Help us to enrich our Next Generation Science Standards-based classroom with inspiring books about important scientists, especially women such as Jane Goodall and Temple Grandin. Arouse a passion for conservation and creative thinking with engaging stories and examples. These books will help strengthen our engineering and technology NGSS work.

Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab Vista Grande Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones (Animal by Animal) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Ask • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
T is for Time • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
My Light: How Sunlight Becomes Electricity (Sunlight Series) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
Where on Earth? Atlas: The World As You've Never Seen It Before • Amazon Business $16.20 1 $16.20
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Raindrops Roll (Weather Walks) • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
Perfect Square • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Carnivores • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Magic and Mystery of Trees • Amazon Business $10.02 1 $10.02
Beautiful Oops! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Hugging Tree: A Story About Resilience • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $9.81 1 $9.81
The Technology Tail: A Digital Footprint Story (Communicate with Confidence) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun STEM / STEAM Projects and Why They Work (Awesome STEAM Activities for Kids) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Kali's Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
A Nest Is Noisy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $7.17 1 $7.17
A Rainbow of My Own • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens: A Math Adventure • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sir Cumference and the Fracton Faire • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter (Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws • Amazon Business $6.57 1 $6.57
The Detective's Assistant • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39

Materials cost

$396.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $36.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.41

Total project goal

$556.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $556.06

1 Donor

-$236.33

Donations toward project cost

-$236.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$278.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$236.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$41.71

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 $0.00

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