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Mr. Manring from Indianapolis IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Imagining the Future Together

Help me give my students a classroom set of "Soonish," a book that explores the ways technology will transform our futures.

  • $675 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our school in the heart of the city may be short on resources, but one thing we don't lack is curiosity, especially when it comes to preparing for bright futures. More than three-quarters of the children I teach come from backgrounds of poverty and the majority are students of color. They are full of questions and appreciate the moments when what they're learning in school connects to the bigger world outside the classroom. As with most adolescents, their focus is on the immediate and I am hoping this project can help more of them imagine a role for themselves - and their science knowledge - in a promising tomorrow.

My Project

By reading Kelly Weinersmith's "Soonish," I hope to inspire my students to not only envision the amazing promise of the future but the ways they - and the science we learn together - can connect to it.

We can study atoms, cells and the Earth, but helping my 7th graders recognize the critical role science will play in the future will transform that learning and empower them to meet the world that awaits.

"Soonish" will challenge their reading and thinking skills, their science knowledge, and their imaginations as it kindles excitement about may lie ahead in their lifetimes. We will read parts of the book together and parts in small groups. Then we can share what we've learned about everything from nanobots to space elevators and how such technology is founded on basic 7th grade science standards based on energy, matter and the Earth.

Mr. Manring
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything • Amazon Business $17.85 30 $535.50

Materials cost

$535.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$573.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.21

Total project goal

$674.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $674.74

10 Donors

-$334.72

Donations toward project cost

-$289.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.71

match offer

-$334.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$284.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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