2026: Libraries and Chickens

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Sunday March 08, 2026 · 7:00 AM PDT

2026/03/08 · 07:00

Banner for The Inoculation Project series, with added caption "Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance."

This week, we’re helping two elementary school classes: one in Queens hoping to start a Little Free Library in their community, and one near Buffalo eager to watch some chicks hatch. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

The Inoculation Project is an ongoing, volunteer effort to crowdfund science, math, and literacy projects for public schools in low-income neighborhoods. As always, our conduit is DonorsChoose, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation that facilitates tax-deductible donations to specific, vetted projects in public schools.

Inoculation Project lower banner with Neil Degrasse Tyson quote, with caption.

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Sunday March 01, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/03/01 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping two elementary school classrooms on opposite coasts: one in Compton, California, that needs books on Black history, and one in Queens, New York, that hopes to start a Little Free Library in the community. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday February 22, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/02/22 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a Houston pre-kindergarten to get an array of magnetic building sets, and a Compton elementary school to get books about people and events in Black history. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

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Sunday February 15, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/02/15 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a Las Vegas elementary class get storybooks they can see themselves in, and a Houston pre-kindergarten get a good assortment of magnetic building toys. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday February 08, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/02/08 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping to get a kindergarten in Buffalo a chance to raise butterflies and hermit crabs, and a pre-kindergarten in Houston a collection of magnetic building toys. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday February 01, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/02/01 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a Texas sixth grade build their own terrariums, and a Buffalo kindergarten raise butterflies and hermit crabs. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday January 25, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/01/25 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a New Jersey high school class get some science labs, and a New York state kindergarten raise hermit crabs and butterflies. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday January 18, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/01/18 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a New York State third grade study insect life cycles, and a New Jersey high school explore a number of topics in chemistry. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday January 11, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/01/11 · 07:00

This week, we’re again helping an Allentown PA kindergarten that needs new STEM supplies, and a Camden NJ high school that needs chemistry lab kits. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday January 04, 2026 · 7:00 AM PST

2026/01/04 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping an Allentown PA kindergarten that needs new STEM supplies, and a Camden NJ high school that needs chemistry lab kits. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday December 28, 2025 · 7:00 AM PST

2025/12/28 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a North Carolina middle school class and an Illinois first grade each get appropriate materials for hands-on learning and experiments. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday December 21, 2025 · 7:00 AM PST

2025/12/21 · 07:00

This week, we’re helping a California fifth grade needing soil for the raised garden beds they’ve built, and a North Carolina middle school needing hands-on engineering supplies including “Snap Circuits”. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

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📚 The Inoculation Project 3/8/2026: Libraries and Chickens

📚 The Inoculation Project 3/1/2026: Books and a Community Library

📚 The Inoculation Project 2/22/2026: Books for Black History Month

📚 The Inoculation Project 2/15/2026: Reading and STEM in the West

📚 The Inoculation Project 2/8/2026: Butterflies and Magnets

📚 The Inoculation Project 2/1/2026: Terrariums and Hermit Crabs

📚 The Inoculation Project 1/25/2026: Camden and Buffalo

📚 The Inoculation Project 1/18/2026: Insects and Chem Labs

📚 The Inoculation Project 1/11/2026: Penn-NJ Part 2

📚 The Inoculation Project 1/4/2026: Pennsylvania-New Jersey Border Edition

📚 The Inoculation Project 12/28/2025: North Carolina and Illinois

📚 The Inoculation Project 12/21/2025: Garden Soil and Electrical Circuits