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Mr. Gorby from Baltimore, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The BIG, Colorful and Curious World of Science

Help me give my students even more colorful STEM research books to spark deeper curiosity and a life-long love of science!

  • $592 goal

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My Project

Help me grow my science research library by giving students an even greater selection of science books! This DonorsChoose project seeks to expand the number of science research books students can read and use in the classroom.

Each morning students love reading and researching science topics of their own choosing, and exploring the big and colorful world of science through beautifully designed books jam-packed with illustrations, photographs and rich knowledge.

These books help them better understand the incredibly complex world around them, and more importantly get them asking questions about and making connections to this larger world.

Mr. Gorby Hampden Elementary School 55 Grades 3-5

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Baltimore, MD View local requests

Half 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

52 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ocean, New Edition (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $34.61 2 $69.22
How Everything Works: From Brain Cells to Black Holes • Amazon Business $27.05 2 $54.10
Habitats: From Ocean Trench to Tropical Forest • Amazon Business $23.64 2 $47.28
Micro Life: Miracles of the Miniature World Revealed (DK Secret World Encyclopedias) (Packaging may vary) • Amazon Business $21.03 2 $42.06
Mammoth Math: Everything You Need to Know About Numbers (DK David Macaulay How Things Work) • Amazon Business $16.87 2 $33.74
Cars, Trains, Ships, and Planes: A Visual Encyclopedia of Every Vehicle (DK Our World in Pictures) • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
How to Be a Math Genius: Your Brilliant Brain and How to Train It (DK Train Your Brain) • Amazon Business $13.69 2 $27.38
The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth (DK Our World in Pictures) • Amazon Business $13.49 2 $26.98
Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $12.33 2 $24.66
Knowledge Encyclopedia Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen it Before (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $12.06 2 $24.12
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life (DK Children's Anthologies) • Amazon Business $11.30 2 $22.60
Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom (DK Our World in Pictures) • Amazon Business $10.09 2 $20.18
What's the Point of Math? (DK What's the Point of?) • Amazon Business $9.91 2 $19.82

Materials cost

$440.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$503.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.79

Total project goal

$591.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $591.92

10 Donors

-$331.54

Donations toward project cost

-$290.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.23

match offer

-$260.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$221.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.17

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 $0.00

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