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Ms. Campbell from Searsmont ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Wild Weather

Help me give my students these books, both nonfiction and fiction, about natural disasters to support our science unit..

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In fifth grade, one of our units in our reading program focuses on natural disasters and connects with our science units of biodiversity/habitat studies. We have been trying to connect our literacy units with science and social studies to create a more integrated experience. Furthermore, we noticed students weren't getting enough science, as that is often the first thing cut out of the day, with the focus being on math, reading and writing scores. My goal is to tie in our science and social studies units as much as we can into our literacy units, and that is where these books come in.

If these books get purchased, students will have a combination of non-fiction and fiction books to choose from.

They will have independent reading sources, while also having novel studies that relate around the topic of natural diasters. Many of these students have never left their state, let alone New England. We know what snow looks like, but many have never experienced other types of natural disasters or know what causes them and the effect of such storms. Our unit will focus not only on what causes these storms, but also will focus on preventions/ preparation. My students will not always be in Maine forever, so being prepared is very important. Furthermore, as beginning scientists, they are going to study what countries do to prepare, including how they build houses and buildings to withstand the natural disasters that are common. Students need to be prepared for the world around them in all facets.

Ms. Campbell
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23) • Amazon Business $23.49 7 $164.43
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $11.99 7 $83.93
Eyewitness Natural Disasters (DK Eyewitness) • Amazon Business $16.64 5 $83.20
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti • Amazon Business $10.59 7 $74.13
Tornado Terror (I Survived True Stories #3): True Tornado Survival Stories and Amazing Facts from History and Today (3) • Amazon Business $9.40 7 $65.80
Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories #1) (1) • Amazon Business $8.37 7 $58.59
What Was Hurricane Katrina? • Amazon Business $6.47 7 $45.29
Storm Runners (The Storm Runners Trilogy, Book 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) (14) • Amazon Business $5.78 7 $40.46
Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii • Amazon Business $6.94 5 $34.70
All About Volcanoes (A True Book: Natural Disasters) (A True Book (Relaunch)) • Amazon Business $7.83 3 $23.49
Children's Encyclopedia of Natural Disasters (Arcturus Children's Reference Library) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
All About Wildfires (A True Book: Natural Disasters) (A True Book (Relaunch)) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Natural Disasters: Investigate the Earth's Most Destructive Forces with 25 Projects (Build It Yourself) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
All About Tornadoes (A True Book: Natural Disasters) (A True Book (Relaunch)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tsunamis (Natural Disasters: Blastoff! Readers, Level 3) (Blastoff! Readers, Level 3: Natural Disasters) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tsunamis (Blastoff! Readers: Extreme Weather) (Extreme Weather: Blastoff Readers, Level 4) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$828.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $41.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$912.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$161.05

Total project goal

$1,073.69

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