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By |May 5th, 2017|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News|

Expedition Express: Anato-ME Our crew is in full swing with our spring expedition on ANATO-ME. We have covered three of the five major systems, the SKELETAL SYSTEM, the MUSCULAR SYSTEM, and the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. We continue to learn about our amazing bodies and how the systems all connect and work together. Questions to ask: How [...]

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By |February 8th, 2017|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News|

Questions of the Month What was your favorite part of the Fire and Ice expedition? What is your reading goal and what strategies are you using to reach it? Hint: CAFE goal What will you be working on the second semester? What will our new expedition be (following Ski-Skate Week)? Crew News Tahoe Donner Cross [...]

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By |January 17th, 2017|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

Expedition Express: FIRE and ICE Throughout the month of January, we will be wrapping up our Fire and Ice expedition with one final case study focusing on the Native American tribes that live/lived around the Tahoe/Truckee area. Students will learn about local tribes through a variety of books, activities and an afternoon with a notable [...]

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By |December 7th, 2016|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

Expedition Express FIRE and ICE! This an exciting time for our crew as we put the final touches on our Victorian Holiday Historical Tour presentations and prepare for our tour dates in downtown Truckee. Students have worked hard on researching, writing, and practicing their tour information and will be ready to share their in-depth knowledge [...]

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Top 10 Things to do with Kids Under 10

By |November 14th, 2016|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew, Welch Crew|

New rack cards will be on display at various locations around Truckee / Tahoe outlining favorite activities for children under 10 to discover. Truckee is a great place to visit and there are many things to explore for visitors and locals alike. From hiking to swimming, skiing to snowshoeing, 2nd & 3rd grade students from [...]

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By |November 3rd, 2016|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

Expedition Express Fire and Ice - Case Study 2 Truckee Yesterday: Students have been learning from local experts about the history of Truckee. Chelsea Walterscheid visited the classroom and shared historical photos and stories about the early years of Truckee’s downtown Commercial Row. We also visited Truckee Fire Station 92 and learned about how fire [...]

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By |October 12th, 2016|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News|

Expedition Express: Case Studies 1 & 2: Truckee Yesterday and Truckee Today: Our Fire and Ice expedition is in full swing. Through fieldwork the students have all been acquainted with downtown Truckee, and have looked at the historical buildings as well as the current businesses. The Truckee Jail Museum was a theatrical hit (ask about [...]

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Welcome Back to School, MinBorg Crew!

By |September 8th, 2016|Latest News & Updates, MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

EXPEDITION EXPRESS: FIRE AND ICE Our fall expedition is packed with a lot of local history that really helps students understand the early beginnings of our quaint little town of Truckee. We’ll look at how Truckee started in the mid-1800’s, and how FIRE and ICE shaped our town. Through this expedition, we will venture to [...]

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By |May 19th, 2016|MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

Expedition Name: Ready, Set, Go! Description: Through a combination of guided and inquiry based experiments the students are learning the physical science behind winter and ball sports. Questions to Ask Your Child: What does “craftsmanship” mean? What letter did you pick out of the hat for the ABC Sports book and what vocabulary word did [...]

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MinBorg News 1.22.16

By |January 22nd, 2016|MinBorg News, Seaborg Crew|

Expedition Express I’ve Been Working on the Railroad: As we wrap up our fall Expedition, we turn our focus to Case Study #3: Railroad: Good or Evil. Learning Target: How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect the Native Americans? Our crew as been learning and reading about the positive and negative effects the railroad brought to [...]

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