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Mr. Paul Dale from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science Opens Minds and Doors

Help me give my students engaging, award-winning books on a variety of complex, yet accessible scientific topics.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Paul Dale's classroom raised $404

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students have learned about the Rubik's Cube; Herd Immunity and Vaccines; the Patterns of the Moon, Sun, and Earth; the Coronavirus; the Health Benefits of Crying; Unemployment Rates; Mars and the Perseverance Rover; and Whales, Bats, Elephants, and other animals.

Every day, they show up willing and ready to learn.

All of my students speak English as their Second Language. This past year unimaginably challenged them, and yet they continue to show up and learn while I guide them.

My Project

My students regularly ask questions about the natural world and other science-based topics. They hunger for the answers to questions like "Why does the sky change color during a sunset?" or "What does the 'The Big Bang' really mean?"

The books that I have selected for this project guide students toward finding the answers, while spawning new questions.

All of these books garnered the status of "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students" by the National Science Teaching Association. I want to put these books in my students' hands.

I plan to use these books in the same way we routinely approach our classwork. We will use them to learn new academic vocabulary, sentence structures, text organization features, and other language features. All of my work is guided by research in working with English Learners.

Mr. Paul Dale Joseph H Brown Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

50 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal (Orca Wild, 5) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Next Time You See a Cloud • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Wonders of Nature • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Every Breath We Take: A Book About Air • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World • Amazon Business $16.94 1 $16.94
Next Time You See a Seashell • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys • Amazon Business $15.82 1 $15.82
North Pole / South Pole: Pole to Pole: a Flip Book - Explore the Extreme Environment of the Arctic/Antarctic • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Condor Comeback (Scientists in the Field Series) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
The Big Bang Book • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA • Amazon Business $15.23 1 $15.23
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in our Food and Drugs (ALA Notable Children's Books. Older Readers) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
If You Take Away the Otter • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Next Time You See a Firefly • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
A Global Warming Primer: Answering Your Questions About The Science, The Consequences, and The Solutions • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Next Time You See a Sunset • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39

Materials cost

$308.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$343.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.54

Total project goal

$403.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $403.61

1 Donor

-$171.54

Donations toward project cost

-$171.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$201.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$171.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.27

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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