Help me give my students books to build an understanding of their role as changemakers to help the environment and battle climate change.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pat's classroom raised $1,805
This project is fully funded
My Students
My 5th graders are a diverse group of students who reside in Oakland, California and other nearby East Bay cities in Alameda County. Like many California public schools, we are underfunded and under-resourced. My students do not have access to a school library and have limited access to technology. Therefore, I often need to buy books with my own limited budget or my own money.
My fifth graders learn both Mandarin Chinese and English in a public school that just won the national Blue Ribbon schools award.
My Project
To support our science learning about ecosystems and climate change, students will read these books about diverse individuals who are heroic environmental change makers. They will also take the book home and read it with their families to better understand how everyone's actions matter. Then, they will conduct their own changemaker project in our Oakland community.
We want to inspire our students to act locally to support actions that will reduce climate change.
Possible projects include planting in our school garden and creating a compost bin or cleaning up at our shoreline or nearby creeks.
More than a third 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
Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet (Nature Books for Kids, Science for Kids, Envirnonmental Science for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$16.99
80
$1,359.20
Materials cost
$1,359.20
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$124.37
3rd party payment processing fee
$20.39
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,533.96
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$270.70
Total project goal
$1,804.66
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,804.66
4 Donors
-$323.64
Donations toward project cost
-$306.91
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$16.73
match offer
-$1,443.59
Match offer toward project cost
-$1,227.05
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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