Help me give my students an engaging library to explore in their STEM classroom
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Taylor's classroom raised $363
This project is fully funded
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My Project
In a STEM classroom for kids ages 5 to 11, books can be just as important as building blocks and science tools. While hands-on projects are fun and exciting, students also need stories that show how to keep going when something gets hard, how to think outside the box, and how to turn mistakes into learning moments. A strong classroom library filled with books that encourage creative thinking, persistence, and problem-solving helps kids get more out of every STEM activity they do. Books like Not a Box and Not a Stick inspire students to see everyday objects in new ways, just like real inventors do.
Help me build a library of books to channel my students’ inborn creativity while cultivating perseverance and the belief that setbacks are okay.
Stories can help students build the confidence to try new things—even when they don’t know the outcome. When kids read about characters who struggle and succeed by thinking differently, they’re more likely to take risks in their own work. In Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, students learn how effort and learning actually grow their brains—an empowering idea for any young problem-solver. Books like Be a Maker show that creativity and care for others can go hand in hand, planting the seed for innovation with purpose.
Adding more of these books to the STEM library will give students more chances to grow as thinkers, inventors, and teammates. Even our youngest learners can start building habits like curiosity, patience, and creativity with the right stories to guide them. While STEM classrooms in the elementary grades benefit from investment in durable materials to complete exciting projects in circuitry, robotics, and coding, books that promote essential qualities like growth mindset and grit are just as crucial—and just as worthy of support.
More than 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
Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom (50 Teaching Strategies to Support Cognitive Development)
• Amazon Business
$25.15
1
$25.15
Miss Makey and the Magic Bin
• Amazon Business
$23.00
1
$23.00
The Invent To Learn Guide To Fun: Makerspace, Classroom, Library, and Home STEM Projects (Invent to Learn Guides)
• Amazon Business
$21.95
1
$21.95
The Magical Yet (hardcover picture book)
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$20.00
1
$20.00
Engineering for Curious Kids: An Illustrated Introduction to Building Machines and Amazing Structures!
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
3D Printing 101: The Ultimate Beginners Guide (3D Printing | Introduction, Troubleshooting & Ideas)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Be a Maker
• Amazon Business
$14.97
1
$14.97
Physics for Curious Kids: An Illustrated Introduction to Energy, Matter, Forces, and Our Universe! (Curious Kids, 4)
• Amazon Business
$13.94
1
$13.94
Biology for Curious Kids: Discover the Wondrous Living World! (Curious Kids, 1)
• Amazon Business
$13.94
1
$13.94
Not a Box - Reinforced Book
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: A Growth Mindset Book for Kids to Stretch and Shape Their Brains
• Amazon Business
$11.73
1
$11.73
Not a Stick (Not a Box)
• Amazon Business
$11.59
1
$11.59
The Most Magnificent Thing (Most Magnificent, 1)
• Amazon Business
$11.29
1
$11.29
Boxitects
• Amazon Business
$10.62
1
$10.62
Chemistry for Curious Kids: An Illustrated Introduction to Atoms, Elements, Chemical Reactions, and More! (Curious Kids, 2)
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids
• Amazon Business
$10.36
1
$10.36
Not-A-Box - Not-a-Box City - Library Book
• AKJ Education
$9.29
1
$9.29
The Fascinating Engineering Book for Kids: 500 Dynamic Facts! (Fascinating Facts)
• Amazon Business
$9.09
1
$9.09
Materials cost
$274.28
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.11
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$308.39
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$54.42
Total project goal
$362.81
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$362.81
3 Donors
-$307.25
Donations toward project cost
-$304.14
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$3.11
match offer
-$5.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$4.25
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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