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Mrs. Canziani from Jackson, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading to Save the Future

Help me give my students access to environmental science books they can relate to.

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I teach high school environmental science. My students are primarily 11th and 12th graders, and for most of them, this is the last science class they take before graduating from high school. Besides meeting certain science standards, my main goal for this class is to encourage adult thinking skills and the development of conviction based on actual science.

I find that teenagers are so strongly influenced by fast-changing trends and that leaves them not really knowing what they personally think about many "hot" topics.

I also find that the teenagers I teach, many of whom come from generational poverty, operate very much in survival mode and don't know how to make decisions that are environmentally-sound. Lastly, I find that teenagers don't want to listen to adults going on and on about the perils of our environment; they'd rather hear about things in terms of solutions they can actually be a part of or hear from people they can relate to.

I don't believe that I can appropriately teach environmental science without talking about what's currently happening in society, in our country, in our world, and even in our own backyards. To know about these "happenings," students have to be seekers of news and current events, and they have to have an interest in reading informational text. I am hoping that by introducing them to these texts that are adapted from other books to appeal more directly to young people, I can rope them into being on the side of environmental solutions rather than problems.

Mrs. Canziani Da Vinci Institute Middle and High School Grades 9-12

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More than three‑quarters 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants • Amazon Business $15.97 10 $159.70
The Story of More (Adapted for Young Adults): How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here • Amazon Business $10.73 10 $107.30
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$275.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$310.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.73

Total project goal

$364.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $364.86

5 Donors

-$351.04

Donations toward project cost

-$310.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.82

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 $0.00

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