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Ms. Alba from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Our Universe and Place on Earth

Help me give my students a glimpse into the awesome world of Astronomy as well as their place in the universe.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Alba's classroom raised $172

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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

Hi, we are currently working on our Astronomy unit. As we begin to dive deep into the Solar System and beyond, we began to realize that we do not have any books about Astronomy.

Our goal is to continue to explore our universe through literature and understand our place on Earth.

We love learning and literature makes it a whole lot more interesting. We would love to begin an Astronomy section in our classroom library. A library that allows us to dig into the solar system by learning more facts that our class text does not cover.

Ms. Alba Leo Politi Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Wish for the World • Amazon Business $15.35 1 $15.35
Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Mars! Earthlings Welcome (Our Universe, 5) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Sun! One in a Billion (Our Universe, 2) • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Ocean! Waves for All (Our Universe, 4) • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
Moon! Earth's Best Friend (Our Universe, 3) • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! (Our Universe, 7) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years (Our Universe, 1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$104.27

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$145.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.65

Total project goal

$171.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$171.02

1 Donor

-$171.02

Donations toward project cost

-$145.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.65

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$0.00

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