Expedition Express Anato-ME: Our crew is in full swing with our spring expedtion 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 [...]
Expedition Express: Fire and Ice As our Fall Semester comes to a close, so does our Fire and Ice Expedition. We will finish Case Study 3 with a Washoe Tribe expert, Herman Fillmore, who will visit SELS and share traditional Washoe stories with the students. Due to school cancellations and weather related challenges, we have [...]
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 noteable [...]
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 [...]
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 affected [...]
Expedition Express Fire and Ice Truckee Today: We are in the final stages of Case Study 1, looking at Truckee Today. Students have determined their Top 10 for Kids Under 10 (favorite Truckee locations) and have completed their informational paragraphs describing their location. Once brochures are complete, they will be distributed around town. Keep your [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
Expedition Express I’ve Been Working on the Railroad: Students continue to CHUG along on our Transcontinental Railroad Expedition. As students continue to learn about the nitty gritty to one of our country’s greatest achievements, we are also learning about the economic and cultural effects of the railroad. Students have been hard at work, taking notes from non-fiction texts, creating a timeline of events, and writing historical fiction friendly letters from the viewpoint of a Chinese laborer on the Central Pacific Railroad. Questions to ask your child about their learning: Why was building the railroad over the Sierra Nevada difficult? What were some of the obstacles the Central Pacific Railroad workers faced while building the railroad? Explain the “Race to the Finish” and how did the two railroad companies celebrate? Currently, we are working on our Final Product, Chautauqua, which is a first person account of a historical figure. Each student has chosen a key player on the Transcontinental Railroad to portray at Celebration of Learning on December 17. Now is a great time to begin working on your outfit (costume) for your performance. Students know what type of outfit to wear, but if you have questions, please ask. […]
Welch and MinBorg Crews getting ready to board the Amtrak to Sacramento. Expedition Express I’ve Been Working on the Railroad: The start to our 2015-2016 school year began with many exciting fieldwork adventures. On September 17, our crew walked to Donner Memorial State Park to kick-off our fall expedition. We met with Ranger Steve and began our learning of the historic Transcontinental Railroad. On October 6, our crew, along with the MinBorg crew, headed up to Donner Summit to experience the famous tunnels and snowsheds built by Chinese laborers. We learned about the longest tunnel built, Tunnel #6 and how the Chinese worked on that tunnel for 18 months from 4 different directions. Our most recent fieldwork included a train ride from Truckee to Sacramento on Amtrak with a visit to the California State Railroad Museum. These in-field experiences cannot be replicated by reading text in a book. Our students get hands on learning by visiting these historic locations and seeing actual locomotives from the 1800’s. Questions to ask your child about their learning: Why did people call Theodore Judah “crazy”? Who was the BIG 4 and why were they important to the Transcontinental Railroad? Who built a majority of the railroad for the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento through Truckee? […]
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