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

The Martian Project

Help me give my students the opportunity to read this amazing novel and integrate science and reading. I will be using this book to enhance my students' reading as well developing hands-on science experiments along the way!

  • $363 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach 8th grade students in a small, rural area where all the elementary schools are Title I schools. Many opportunities pass by these students due to lack of opportunity or lack of confidence in their ability to accomplish great things.

I want my students to know that they have value and are capable of becoming anyone they choose to be, regardless of their circumstances.

My goal is to provide these students with experiences that build their confidence and create in them a love of learning.

My Project

I recently returned from the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) at Space Center Houston. I attended amazing workshops that gave me many ideas on how to incorporate reading and science. This project is being inspired by the novel, The Martian. NASA is currently working toward getting humans to Mars and addressing many of the problems an astronaut may face in this endeavor. This project will allow students to gain a better understanding of these challenges and experience hands-on projects solving these problems as we read. This book set will allow my students to see how reading and science go together. As we read, students will solve many problems faced by the main character of this novel. For example, students will design and create a filtration device and come up with alternative ways of farming.

Mrs. Martin
Grades 6-8
  • Wakulla Middle School
  • Crawfordville, FL
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 70 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Martian: Classroom Edition • AKJ Education $10.95 25 $273.75

Materials cost

$273.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$307.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.33

Total project goal

$362.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$362.19

5 Donors

-$295.00

Donations toward project cost

-$253.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.00

match offer

-$64.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$54.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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$0.00

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