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Ms. Kenaston from South Gate, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature Connections to STEM Science!

Help me give my students Picture Perfect STEM Science Lesson book and literature books like The Inventor's Secret, Burn, and If You Hold a Seed to connect science to the real world.

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My Students

My fifth-grade students are working diligently to increase their twenty-first-century skills. They are highly motivated students in need of higher level thinking opportunities. I am interested in supporting my students to achieve their dreams.

My students are deserving of the best the world can offer because they are our future!

They are a fun-loving, creative and dedicated group of learners coming from primarily Latino families located in suburban California. Our school has about one thousand students in a PreK-5 environment where free or reduced-price lunch is the standard. We are co-located with a Magnet school on our campus.

My Project

My students are naturally inquisitive and STEM hands-on science is always a way to get them thinking and interacting with other students of diversity. Their minds are geared for engineering design and coming up with solutions to problems that relate to their surroundings.

Linking literature to science concepts and allowing my students to investigate solutions will greatly enhance their ability to understand their world.

I have chosen the 5th-grade NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) literature books to accompany the lessons in the Picture Perfect Science Lesson book. By linking a story with a science investigation, it is my goal to provide my students with opportunities to experience problem-solving, collaboration, research, and engineering design. Each of these books will supplement the learning my students will do to master their Next Generation Science Standards and prepare them for creating a better world.

Ms. Kenaston San Miguel Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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South Gate, CA View local requests

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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children s Books to Inspire STEM Learning - PB422X2 • Amazon Business $42.99 1 $42.99
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford • Amazon Business $14.35 1 $14.35
Next Time You See a Maple Seed • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
If You Hold a Seed • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Let's Think About the Power of Advertising • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Jump Into Science: Stars • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95

Materials cost

$105.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.88

Total project goal

$172.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $172.55

2 Donors

-$82.00

Donations toward project cost

-$77.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.05

match offer

-$80.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.71

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 $0.00

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