My students need books as resources and inspiration for career choices, especially since we are a school without a library.
$547 goal
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Hooray! This project is fully funded
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In this corner of the world are inner city girls who would love a chance to explore careers that have traditionally belonged to men. Future engineers, astronauts, and scientists are hidden within the walls of My Southeastern Michigan School. As their science teacher, it is my job to pull that hidden treasure out where it can be seen by the rest of the world. I love the thrill of discovery but find it hard sometimes when there are no resources that can be used to inspire my girls to reach for the stars, or the bridges or skyscrapers or anything out of the ordinary.
We are a school without a library or computers that can actually get on the Internet. Using the ‘real thing’ is the next best way to reach this goal! I want to provide books written for children about real people who have done things out of the ordinary and who give them ideas about how they can also try for this unusual careers. Once the girls can see that there are others who have entered these career fields, they can be inspired and challenged to look for their own spot in the world. My purpose is to show them there are many opportunities in today’s world for women.
Having books inside my classroom that can be used for reading pleasure, research and inspiration will develop skills for career studies, improve reading skills and hopefully plant a desire within their hearts to make a difference and perhaps become the next female ‘first’ in another career path. Each student will benefit from having these books available to them. Someone inspired these women to become the first in their field, to follow their dreams and become a woman of legend. I want to be the one who unlocks these dreams in my students.
You can help me do that for the girls of Southeastern Michigan. Would you consider helping us reach this goal? You never know, by the time we are able to reach Mars, one of the girls you helped by funding this project might be the one who pilots the ship and guides the astronauts to safety. Your next doctor might be among my girls!
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
100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths Kendall Haven, Donna Clark
• Barnes and Noble
$61.20
1
$61.20
Women In Science Yu Xie, Kimberlee A. Shauman
• Barnes and Noble
$21.33
1
$21.33
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Tanya Lee Stone, Margaret A. Weitekamp
• Barnes and Noble
$16.19
1
$16.19
Women in Space N. B. Grace
• Barnes and Noble
$21.78
1
$21.78
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women Catherine Thimmesh, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
Space Heroes - Amazing Astronauts (DK Readers Series) James Buckley, DK Publishing, Manufactured by Dorling Kindersley Publishing
• Barnes and Noble
$3.59
1
$3.59
The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight Martha Ackmann, Foreword by Lynn Sherr
• Barnes and Noble
$13.50
1
$13.50
Spectacular Women in Space Sonia Gueldenpfennig
• Barnes and Noble
$9.85
1
$9.85
Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space Heather Feldman
• Barnes and Noble
$19.12
1
$19.12
Women Who Fly Lynn Homan, Thomas Reilly, Rosalie M. Shepherd (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
The Women of Apollo Robyn C. Friend, David Arthur Katz (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$11.65
1
$11.65
Voyager Space Mike Goldsmith, Sally Ride
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride: A Myreportlinks. COM Book Henry M. Holden
• Barnes and Noble
$22.73
1
$22.73
Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky Mona Kerby, Eileen McKeating (Artist)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
The First Man in Space David Cullen
• Barnes and Noble
$27.90
1
$27.90
Amelia Earhart: Young Air Pioneer Jane Moore Howe, Cathy Morrison (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$8.95
1
$8.95
Ellen Ochoa: Pioneering Astronaut Lissa Jones Johnston
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Mae Jemison Sonia W. Black
• Barnes and Noble
$3.55
1
$3.55
Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo Lorraine Jean Hopping
• Barnes and Noble
$28.35
1
$28.35
Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel Fred Bortz
• Barnes and Noble
$28.35
1
$28.35
Marie Curie Vicki Cobb
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai Claire A. Nivola
• Barnes and Noble
$13.56
1
$13.56
Who Was Albert Einstein? Jess Brallier, Robert Parker (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator), Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Engineering Ferguson
• Barnes and Noble
$26.95
1
$26.95
Materials cost
$394.16
Vendor shipping charges
$39.42
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.91
Fulfillment labor & materials
$9.00
Total project cost
$448.50
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$98.45
Total project goal
$546.95
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$546.95
15 Donors
-$546.95
Donations toward project cost
-$448.50
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