Expedition Express Truckee Donner Public Utilities District: Our crew braved the elements last week to walk over to the Truckee Donner PUD (I love our Truckee Kids!!). Students were given a tour of the facility by Steven Poncelet and learned where the sources for energy in Truckee originate and water sources for Truckee residents. Questions of [...]
Worlds Of Wonders Expedition Essential Question of the Week: What are the wonders of Ancient Greece? Greek festival preparation is underway for Monday, May 7th. Members of each city-state, Athens and Sparta, will share their foods, music and games with our crew. Metalworking has begun and involves in cutting and nailing sheets of tin, copper [...]
Please see attached minutes from April 2012 Board Meeting.
Agenda for Monday, May 7 Board Meeting
Expedition News Since our crew finished our model farms, we have been taking a closer look at chickens. We have fertilized eggs arriving this week. They will be in an incubator for the three weeks it takes for them to hatch. This is a great way for the children to see what happens from egg [...]
News from the Pond! Over the past couple of weeks, the Bell Crew has really been able to dive into ponds! We have been singing pond songs, reading pond poems and writing down our observations about our new classroom pond. If you haven’t seen it yet, come check it out! Additionally, we visited the Glenshire [...]
Worlds Of Wonders Expedition Essential Question of the Week: What are the wonders of Ancient Greece? In our expedition art projects, students have completed and mounted a piece of weaving and are about to embark on a metalworking project. Both processes have connections to the ancient arts in India. Weaving for clothing, like traditional saris, [...]
Worlds Of Wonders Expedition Essential Question of the Week: What are the wonders of Ancient Greece? In our expedition art projects, students have completed and mounted a piece of weaving and are about to embark on a metalworking project. Both processes have connections to the ancient arts in India. Weaving for clothing, like traditional saris, [...]
Hi all, Last week I mentioned that one of our students (2nd grader Haley Flaherty) won 1st place in Barbara Boxer's Earth Day Poster Contest. You can now view her poster on Boxer's website: http://boxer.senate.gov/en/press/photos/041712.cfm This warm weather is a reminder to make sure your child has a water bottle at school every day, and [...]
Expedition Case Study Supporting Target: I can differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorÂphic rocks by referring to their properties and methods of formation. Students will begin the rock tumbling process this week by choosing two samples from a rough tumble supply. This four-step, month long endeavor replicates the actual erosion process that rocks that differ on [...]
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