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Ms. Livingstone from Durham, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Endangered Bats: White-Nose Syndrome

My students need copies of 38 different titles about bats for a total of 76 books.

  • $647 goal

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My Students

In 2006, scientists discovered a mysterious ailment killing off cave-dwelling bats in New York at an alarming rate. Since then, White-Nose Syndrome, with a mortality rate over 90%, has spread rapidly. More than a million bats have died and previously common species are now in danger of extinction.

Why does this matter?

Since 2006, White-Nose Syndrome has been responsible for the most dramatic decline of North American wildlife in 100 years. Bats play important roles in plant pollination and seed dissemination as well as insect control. It is estimated that losing bats may cause $53 billion in agricultural damages annually. My urban middle school students begin the year reading years below grade level. We work hard in our mixed grade Language Arts classroom to build the vocabulary and literacy skills needed for high school success. We alternate generous helpings of self-selected independent reading with shared explorations of contemporary issues.

My Project

I am requesting a collection of 38 different books about bats for building background knowledge before learning about the spread of White-Nose Syndrome. My students include beginning readers and new English speakers so it is important to provide them with books at a range of readability levels and with plenty of picture support. I have included paired copies of many titles so that students can read together, several books with audio support, and a few fiction titles to provoke discussions about how bats are represented (and misrepresented) in literature.

This collection of more than 70+ books about bats will introduce my students to key concepts in ecology, teach important science vocabulary, and strengthen their reading skills as they participate in a shared class exploration.

Your support for this project will help encourage deep and lasting learning for a wonderful group of middle school students. Thank you.

Ms. Livingstone
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bats! (Time for Kids Series) Editors Of Time For Kids, Staff • AKJ Books $2.91 18 $52.38
Vampire Bats Tamara L. Britton • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Wrinkle-Faced Bats • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Spear-Nosed Bats • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Flying Fox Bats • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Fisherman Bats • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Dog-Faced Bats • AKJ Books $18.72 1 $18.72
Bats • AKJ Books $17.02 1 $17.02
Bats • AKJ Books $16.50 1 $16.50
Around One Cactus • AKJ Books $8.06 2 $16.12
Bats • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
The Bat Scientists • AKJ Books $6.56 2 $13.12
Bats at the Beach Brian Lies, Brian Lies (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Bats at the Ballgame Brian Lies • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
A Place for Bats • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Bats at the Library Brian Lies • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
Bats Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.83 2 $11.66
National Geographic Readers: Bats Elizabeth Carney • AKJ Books $2.91 4 $11.64
The Bat-poet • AKJ Books $5.80 2 $11.60
What Is a Bat? • AKJ Books $5.80 2 $11.60
What Is a Bat? • AKJ Books $10.22 1 $10.22
Bats • AKJ Books $5.07 2 $10.14
Bats • AKJ Books $5.07 2 $10.14
Bats • AKJ Books $4.74 2 $9.48
El murcielago / Bats • AKJ Books $4.74 2 $9.48
Bats! Strange and Wonderful • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Bats • AKJ Books $4.34 2 $8.68
Welcome to the World of Bats • AKJ Books $4.34 2 $8.68
Bats • AKJ Books $8.06 1 $8.06
The Truth about Bats (Magic School Bus) • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Amazing Bats • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Bats • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Batman Versus Man-Bat • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
The Bear, the Bat and the Dove : Three Stories from Aesop • AKJ Books $2.88 2 $5.76
The Bear, the Bat and the Dove : Three Stories from Aesop • AKJ Books $2.88 2 $5.76
Billions of Bats • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Bats, Bats, Bats • AKJ Books $3.76 1 $3.76

Materials cost

$475.01

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$549.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.92

Total project goal

$646.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$646.11

25 Donors

-$567.75

Donations toward project cost

-$538.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.76

Matching donations from our partners

-$12.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$10.20

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$66.36

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$0.00

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