Empowering Innovation-The Science of Human Resilience and Climate Change
Help me give my students a classroom set of this awesome STEM-inspiring book, including the Spanish version to learn how they can affect climate change.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Brown's classroom raised $567
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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 Project
My students will benefit from this book being added to the literature within our science classroom. We have a unit on energy and natural resources that will be further enhanced with the discussions of this book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. I would like a classroom set of this book in English and Spanish to help my students understand that they too can make a difference and be good global stewards of our planet. Infusing the reading of this note-worthy text into science helps to connect my student's real-world experiences to all their academic subjects and that is an important goal of learning. My students are culturally diverse and will find this book relatable; understanding all too well, the throes of poverty.
My students need to be affirmed on the possibilities that an existence that others deem as small, can actually become momentous!
I plan to use this book to ignite passion for climate change that many of my students are already deeply concerned about. This book will be used in conjunction with my curriculum to involve my students in project-based labs, creative podcasts, research, written considerations, artistic creations, and community service projects. I also plan to create a culminating activity with this book and allow students to apply to be youth ambassadors and work with UNICEF and/or The Smithsonian Institute on climate change projects. My students need to see people their age, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic status, shaking things up for the good of all mankind.
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
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