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Ms. Coy from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Martian Novel: Connecting Science Fiction to Real Chemistry!

Help me give my students a class set of engaging sci-fi novels to increase their literacy skills while learning about applications of real chemistry and engineering!

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My Project

My class will read The Martian together! It is an exciting and funny science fiction novel with real applications of chemistry. The main character, Mark, survives while stuck on Mars by using chemistry principles to transform the limited matter available into useful chemicals to survive.

Through an engaging story of science and engineering, students learn that matter is always conserved in chemical reactions - we cannot make water and breathable air out of nothing, but we can transform matter into water and breathable air!

My chemistry students will read The Martian while we learn about conserving atoms in chemical reactions. These novels will increase student engagement in the principles of conservation of matter because of the exciting and hilarious nature of the story. Reading the book will also help students to continue to build literacy skills outside of English class. The story has riveting examples of Mark using limited resources to conduct chemical reactions to recycle his water, create fertilizer and grow plants, remove carbon dioxide from his air, add oxygen to the air, and synthesize additional water. Along the way, Mark makes mistakes, blows things up, and has to figure out what went wrong. His thought process is an excellent illustration of the engineering design process of creating and revising solutions to big problems.

23% of my students receive special education services, and these students will benefit greatly from more opportunities to engage with reading books outside of their English class.

Ms. Coy Benjamin Franklin High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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

124 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Martian • AKJ Education $7.29 36 $262.44

Materials cost

$262.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$320.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.54

Total project goal

$376.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.93

3 Donors

-$345.16

Donations toward project cost

-$320.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.77

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