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Ms. Middleton from Greenville, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Super Science Stories

My project needs non-fiction resources for learning more about animal habitats, geology, landforms, sound, and motion including 20 copies of 2 Magic School Bus chapter books.

  • $535 goal

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I teach 3rd grade in an inner-city, Title-I school in South Carolina. Last year was my first year teaching and my favorite subject to teach was science. One problem I had though, was that my students were often lacking the background knowledge needed to make sense of many of the science topics we covered. They had not been exposed to different landforms, rocks, plants and animals and this made teaching these ideas very difficult. In addition, our textbook was not aligned with our standards nor was the information presented in a logical manner so this resource was next to useless. As a result, I spent countless hours at the public library trying to create text sets so that my students could see color pictures and read about what we were studying in class in order to have the knowledge base necessary to learn. I really feel, that if my students can have these books on hand it will allow them to read and learn about these science topics all year long. They'll be able to see pictures of things they may be unexposed to and read fun facts about the topics we're studying which will help them to make sense of what they're learning and see its application in the real world. In addition, I feel that using the Magic School Bus chapter books would greatly benefit them as well because they could learn about what we are studying in science while also working on their reading skills in a fun and interesting format. Providing my class with these books will help them to better grasp the science concepts that we study while helping them to improve both their fiction and non-fiction reading skills.

Ms. Middleton Alexander Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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
Food Chain Frenzy (Magic School Bus Chapter Books Series #17) Anne Capeci, John Speirs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 20 $89.80
Rocky Road Trip Judith Stamper, Hope Gangloff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 20 $89.80
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean Bill Nye, Ian G. Saunders, Ian Saunders, John Dykes, John S. Dykes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ocean Samantha Gray, Sue Thornton, Mary Ling (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Penguins Swim-But Don't Get Wet and other Amazing Facts About Polar Animals Scholastic, Gilda Berger • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Arctic and Antarctic (DK Eye Wonder Series) Lorrie Mack, Lorrie Mack (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Creatures of the Desert World National Geographic Society, Jennifer C. Urquhart, Barbara Gibson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Who Beats the Heat? Pamela Chanko, Daniel Moreton • Barnes and Noble $2.92 1 $2.92
In the Desert David M. Schwartz, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69
In the Forest David M. Schwartz, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69
Animals of the Forest Isabel Fonte, Marco Ferraris (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.00 1 $7.00
A Walk in the Rainforest Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini, Kristin Joy Pratt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden George Levenson, Shmuel Thaler (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Time For Kids: Volcanoes! Time For Kids, Jeremy Caplan (Editor), With Jeremy Caplan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Discoveries Series) Eldridge M. Moores (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $5.00 1 $5.00
Floods and Mudslides: Disaster and Survival Bonnie J. Ceban • Barnes and Noble $21.53 1 $21.53
Rocks,Fossils and Arrowheads Laura Evert, Linda Garrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
At Home in the Rain Forest Diane Willow, Laura Jacques (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Looking at Rocks Jennifer A. Dussling, Allan Drew-Brook-Cormack (Illustrator), Deborah Drew-Brook (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Force Makes Things Move (Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Series) Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Solids, Liquids, and Gases: From Air to Stone Carol Ballard • Barnes and Noble $7.06 1 $7.06
What Is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Forces and Movement Peter D. Riley • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Temperature: Heating up and Cooling Down Darlene R. Stille, Sheree Boyd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $21.53 1 $21.53
Making Waves: Sound Steve Parker • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09

Materials cost

$358.58

Vendor shipping charges

 $35.86

Sales tax

 $17.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$438.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.15

Total project goal

$534.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $534.15

4 Donors

-$512.65

Donations toward project cost

-$438.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.50

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