Textbooks and teaching resources

We need a wide range of textbooks. However, it is critical for us to carefully choose which books to integrate into our curriculum. Because of the logistics of getting books down to Belize, we must make sure that the donated books are appropriate. If you have textbooks in mind for donations, please contact us so that we may discuss what you have and our needs to find a match. We will research the specific textbook before we make plans to receive them.

We appreciate your interest in helping to supply textbooks to Ocean Academy. Please fill out a contact us form and we will contact you shortly.

 

  • Current textbooks/resources (for class sizes of 18 students)
    • Geography – atlases, use of GPS, extreme weather (hurricane, earthquake)
    • Year subscription to National Geographic (no outdated issues please)
    • History – Caribbean, Africa culture, slavery, colonialism, world events and interconnections, global studies/peace education
    • English – Caribbean or African writers as well as world/classical, ESL resources, writing/reading/grammar exercises, dictionaries, thesaurus
    • Science – current Chemistry, Physics, Biology, general science. Anything about reef ecology, mangroves, fish etc.
    • Math textbooks
    • Spanish – textbook, CD, DVD, dictionaries (English-Spanish)
    • General interest for teen (13-15 yrs) readers, or special interest categories (leadership, counseling for teens, “chicken soup for the soul” series, spirituality, specific technical skills, world issues etc.)

 

  • Cash to purchase Belize-specific textbook series from the publishers ($10-15 USD/each)
    • A History of Belize – A Nation in the Making
    • Geography of Belize and Atlas
    • Cultures of Belize
    • Belizean Writers Series for Highschool Students
    • Snapshots of Belize – An Anthology of Short Fiction
    • Ping Wing Juk Me – Six Belizean Plays
    • Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
    • Reef Fish Identification, and Behavior – by Humann and Deloach

 

  • CDs/DVDs: educational in nature. For example: world music, language taching sets, Discovery/Nature/Science/History/Biography documentaries etc.  Also school-appropriate popular films that have Spanish subtitles (for Spanish language learning – Disney animated films are especially popular)

**PLEASE DO NOT SHIP SUPPLIES DIRECTLY TO US IN BELIZE OR WE WILL HAVE TO PAY LARGE DUTY FEES. BY ORGANIZING FEWER, LARGE SHIPMENTS, WE ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR DUTY CONCESSIONS.