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Mr. Arsenie from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art, Cinema, Nature and Science (Fiction)!

Help me give my students a new selection of space exploration, nature, photography and cinema books to explore topics in our Academic Decathlon and Environmental Science classes, as well as our Cinema Club series.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Arsenie's classroom raised $1,534

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are natural-born scientists and explorers. They just don't know it yet! They are inquisitive, they want to learn, they're analytical, they crave new learning experiences, want to search for meaning and truth, share their own stories, and become agents of change to make the world a more verdant place. And it is my job to facilitate and give them access to the knowledge and the skills they need to get the answers and purpose they seek. We, like many public schools, struggle with purchasing new supplies, especially technology, and we must then rely on your generosity to fill in the financial and ultimately learning gaps that allow us to get the technology, experiences, and opportunities our students need to grow into passionate academics and global citizens.

My Project

My students are passionate about the environment and it shows in their class work, curiosity and inquisitiveness about the issues we explore in class: desertification, population, poverty, migration, water and food scarcity and nature in general. And while we have every scientific perspective available at our fingertips through net access on our Chromebooks as well as textbook and science journal use, what we lack is an artistic, visual, photographic, fine arts perspective for the environmental issues of our time. In class, we always reference pop culture in our conversations and engage in stimulating ideas around cinema, art, nature and the nature of science. My students love movies, yet they lack the discerning analysis that comes from connecting the science, fiction and the art of movie making.

I hope this project will give the students exposure so that the students can unpack classic imagery and making of stories around some of our most discussed and referenced titles in our class-Star Wars, Alien and Indiana Jones!

The power of photography and cinema as a documentary form is underrated in the modern classroom as a link to engage students in conversations that come back to science and science concepts. In particular, my Academic Decathlon course/team is always fascinated by the links between science fiction and cinema and the science we explore in class- also next year's Academic Decathlon topic is revolving around the Space Race and Cold War. Lastly, we discuss issues of environmental science and we almost never discuss the power of the arts and in particular the photographic/cinematic medium that has marked the environmental movement as of late (Avatar as a metaphor anyone?). It's time we make a bit of a change and give students a chance to explore the power of photography and cinema in a scientific context.

Mr. Arsenie Schurz High School Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Art of Rick Baker • Amazon Business $165.22 1 $165.22
The Star Wars Archives. 1977–1983 • Amazon Business $152.02 1 $152.02
The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space • Amazon Business $97.99 1 $97.99
The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049 – Visual Art Book Deluxe Edition • Amazon Business $87.49 1 $87.49
The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi • Amazon Business $76.50 1 $76.50
David Yarrow Photography: Americas Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia Europe • Amazon Business $61.52 1 $61.52
The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film • Amazon Business $60.59 1 $60.59
Moonshots: 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration Seen through Hasselblad Cameras • Amazon Business $49.85 1 $49.85
Wild Encounters: Iconic Photographs of the World's Vanishing Animals and Cultures • Amazon Business $49.49 1 $49.49
The Making of Aliens • Amazon Business $47.10 1 $47.10
The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back • Amazon Business $43.21 1 $43.21
Trees: Between Earth and Heaven (1) • Amazon Business $41.49 1 $41.49
NECA – The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049 – Visual Art Hardcover Book • Amazon Business $39.33 1 $39.33
Apollo: VII – XVII • Amazon Business $38.71 1 $38.71
Blade Runner 2049 - Interlinked - The Art • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
The Making of Alien • Amazon Business $31.49 1 $31.49
The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films • Amazon Business $30.91 1 $30.91
The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens • Amazon Business $29.31 1 $29.31
The Making of Planet of the Apes • Amazon Business $28.28 1 $28.28
The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker • Amazon Business $28.00 1 $28.00
The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi • Amazon Business $26.04 1 $26.04
Joe Alves: Designing Jaws • Amazon Business $25.49 1 $25.49
Hasselblad & the Moon Landing • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83

Materials cost

$1,254.85

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,303.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$230.06

Total project goal

$1,533.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,533.73

3 Donors

-$766.86

Donations toward project cost

-$651.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.03

match offer

-$766.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$651.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.03

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