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Mrs. Parrish from Lakeland, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picture Perfect Pint-Sized Scientists

My students need 54 exciting, engaging texts that will pique their scientific inquiry and provide ample opportunities for scientific exploration in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Parrish's classroom raised $736

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a young child, were you constantly fascinated by the world around you? Can you remember how excited you were when you worked on your first science project in grade school, convinced that you were the next Marie Curie or Albert Einstein armed with only baking soda and vinegar?

Well my students, like many students in classrooms all over the world, can envision themselves as just that!

Science is a chance to "get messy" and experiment, learn, and discover. My kindergarten students are eager to dive head-first into their science investigations. Our school is equipped with a science lab where classes attend weekly. This is a fantastic resource for our school but it leaves kindergarten children wanting more than just a weekly dose of their science helping. I teach at a Title I school where many students are learning and speaking English for the first time in their young lives, and many more receive free or reduced lunch. Science builds their problem-solving skills, their vocabulary, their love of learning, and their sheer enthusiasm for the world around them!

My Project

We know that our public schools and teachers have high expectations to promote student achievement. The world of kindergarten looks very different from what it once did when many adults were in school. But one thing that remains is students' love of hands-on science activities, and rich, well-written picture books. To promote these high expectations students need to be engaged across all subject areas. These books are all directly linked to science lessons and hands-on experiments created and endorsed by the National Science Teachers Association to promote inquiry investigations and literacy. The NSTA books include assessment to check the children's mastery of the concepts taught which can help ensure that the high expectations of parents, teachers, and schools are met! These books and lessons are quite literally a win-win!

Donations to this project will have a profound, direct impact on the students in my classroom, and within my school in a larger setting.

This project promotes literacy through rich texts on complex scientific ideas and concepts, in addition to providing an invaluable resource with comprehensive scientific inquiries. Help me to inspire what may very well be the Marie Curies and Albert Einsteins for the next generation!

Mrs. Parrish R Bruce Wagner Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K 5 - PB186X3 • Amazon $36.05 1 $36.05
More Picture Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 (PB186X2) • Amazon $29.59 1 $29.59
I Fall Down (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12) • Amazon $13.28 2 $26.56
Leo Cockroach: Toy Tester • Amazon $25.80 1 $25.80
That Magnetic Dog (Picture bluegum) • Amazon $20.00 1 $20.00
Bubble Bubble • Amazon $19.36 1 $19.36
What Did They See? • Amazon $17.98 1 $17.98
What Did They See? • Amazon $17.96 1 $17.96
I See Myself (Vicki Cobb Science Play) • Amazon $15.38 1 $15.38
Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar • Amazon $15.29 1 $15.29
I Face the Wind (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards)) • Amazon $14.52 1 $14.52
Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean • Amazon $13.98 1 $13.98
Come On, Rain • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (Golden Kite Honors) • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? • Amazon $13.00 1 $13.00
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95
Toy Boat • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Twilight Comes Twice • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie (and More!) • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Just Ducks! • Amazon $12.09 1 $12.09
Michael Recycle • Amazon $12.08 1 $12.08
Flip, Float, Fly!: Seeds on the Move • Amazon $11.49 1 $11.49
Next Time You See a Sunset - PB329X2 • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder (Images of Conservationists) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
John Muir: America's Naturalist • Amazon $8.43 1 $8.43
John Denver's Sunshine on My Shoulders (the John Denver & Kids Series) • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06
Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef • Amazon $7.86 1 $7.86
Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating (In the Science Lab) • Amazon $7.86 1 $7.86
Wind Energy: Blown Away! (Powering Our World) • Amazon $7.43 1 $7.43
Coral Reef Animals (Animals in Their Habitats) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Magnetic and Nonmagnetic (My World of Science) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
How Tall, How Short, How Far Away? • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Spots of Light: A Book About Stars (Amazing Science) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Build It: Invent New Structures and Contraptions (Invent It) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Beaks! • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15
The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Wind Blew • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Roller Coaster • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Important Book • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
If You Find a Rock • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Be a Friend to Trees (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, Stage 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Forces Make Things Move (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Fossils Tell of Long Ago (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
What's Alive? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Sounds All Around (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Hear Your Heart (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Our Tree Named Steve • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Pop! A Book About Bubbles (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
What Will the Weather Be? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Sid the Science Kid: Why Did My Ice Pop Melt? • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$586.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$624.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.29

Total project goal

$735.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $735.27

4 Donors

-$636.23

Donations toward project cost

-$624.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$99.04

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