Better Science Literacy Through Reading Good Books
My students need a STEM classroom library to increase their science literacy and give them modern scientific topics to discuss so they will be eager to attend class.
I am a high school chemistry teacher with four college prep chemistry classes containing around one hundred students. My goal is to instill a love for the sciences in my students and teach them crucial critical thinking skills.
The more they learn, the more curious and engaged they become in the sciences.
Nothing brings science to life for the students like hands on experience. Showing them something that appears magical fascinates them and convinces them they need to learn more to fill in this new gap in their understanding of the world. The more they learn, the more curious and engaged they become in the sciences.
My Project
When I brought my personal collection of science fiction into class one day something crazy happened: students asked to borrow them, got excited about reading, and were eager to discuss their favorite stories.
Making science feel relevant.
I believe having a classroom library of books with modern science topics and exciting science fiction will create better engagement and literacy among the students. The topics we study in class will feel more immediate and relevant to their lives.
Radium Girls will show them that safety isn't something to be dismissed. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy will make them laugh. I Contain Multitudes will show them how science continues to grow and expand in our current world.
Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science
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$20.36
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$20.36
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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$18.35
1
$18.35
Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
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$15.82
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$15.82
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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$15.74
1
$15.74
The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution
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$15.53
1
$15.53
The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books
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$15.17
1
$15.17
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
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$13.19
1
$13.19
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
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$12.97
1
$12.97
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
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$12.90
1
$12.90
The Science of Harry Potter: The Spellbinding Science Behind the Magic, Gadgets, Potions, and More!
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$11.53
1
$11.53
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
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$10.99
1
$10.99
The Martian
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$10.97
1
$10.97
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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$10.87
1
$10.87
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
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$10.81
1
$10.81
A Brief History of Time
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$10.69
1
$10.69
Station Eleven
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$10.31
1
$10.31
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
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$10.08
1
$10.08
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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$9.61
1
$9.61
Fahrenheit 451
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$8.99
1
$8.99
The Left Hand of Darkness
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$8.99
1
$8.99
Dune
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$8.74
1
$8.74
Salt: A World History
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$8.64
1
$8.64
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
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$8.53
1
$8.53
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
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$8.50
1
$8.50
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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$7.19
1
$7.19
Materials cost
$295.47
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.43
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$329.90
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$58.22
Total project goal
$388.12
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$388.12
1 Donor
-$388.12
Donations toward project cost
-$329.90
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