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Mrs. Ritzer from Dallas, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Making And Coding With S.T.E.M. Books

Help me give my students access to STEM books about making and coding.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ritzer's classroom raised $452

This project is fully funded

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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 Project

I serve as a Future Ready Librarian at a bilingual Title I school. We have 750+ students, ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade, with over 90% coming from low-income backgrounds. One of my professional goals is to further develop our library collection so that my students have access to quality books about making and coding which also promote diversity, inclusion, and acceptance.

My students are curious, eager learners who need exposure to a variety of books and stories which demonstrate real-world examples of making and coding in our pluralistic society, and will help grow their Future Ready skill sets.

Since the majority of my students are English Language Learners, they especially need access to books in a variety of reading levels that will encourage their love of reading and increase their literacy rates.

This project will give my students access to high-interest STEM books about making and coding that also act as mirrors, windows, and doors. Books that act as mirrors allow students to see themselves reflected in characters from similar backgrounds using science in real-world examples.

Teachers will be able to utilize these high-interest books to create engaging, curriculum-based science and technology lessons. This curated collection of STEM books represents a variety of reading levels so that teachers can scaffold their lessons to best meet the needs of their learners.

Students will be able to read these books in the classroom or at home, encouraging their love of reading while sparking an interest in making and coding that will help them reach their fullest potential.

Mrs. Ritzer Risd Academy Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

750 students impacted 21donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Coding, Bugs, and Fixes (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Programming Games and Animation (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
A World of Programming (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Online Safety for Coders (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Coding to Create and Communicate (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Programming Awesome Apps (Kids Get Coding) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel: with Hands-On Engineering Activities (Build It Yourself) • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Bots! Robotics Engineering: with Hands-On Makerspace Activities (Build It Yourself) • Amazon Business $18.82 1 $18.82
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Dress-Up Mess-Up (Crafty Chloe) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Hello Ruby: Journey Inside the Computer (Hello Ruby, 2) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Albie Newton • Amazon Business $15.93 1 $15.93
Someone Builds the Dream • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Hello Ruby: Expedition to the Internet (Hello Ruby, 3) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding (Hello Ruby, 1) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
If I Built a School (If I Built Series) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
How to Code a Sandcastle • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$344.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.71

Total project goal

$451.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $451.38

20 Donors

-$448.36

Donations toward project cost

-$382.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.54

match offer

-$1.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$0.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.02

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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