Donner Trail would like to purchase a 20 gallon fish tank and necessary accessories to hatch Lahontan Cutthroat Trout eggs in the classroom. Donner Trail has been raising the trout for several years and would like to take our investigations to the next level by comparing and contrasting different environments

This program's objective is to give our students a chance to experience 8 different activities that closely simulate activities common in the life of a pioneer of the mid 1800s. The students make candles and rope, cook bread on a stick, do tin smithing, make corn husk dolls, do charcoal

Each year the 4th grade at Kings Beach Elementary participates in Living History Day. This event is the culmination of our year long social studies curriculum based on California history, pioneers, and the Gold Rush. The students participate in 7 hands on station in which they create items like the

This program's objective is to give our students a chance to experience 10 different activities that closely simulate activities common in the life of a pioneer of the mid 1800s.

Maps represent the world and bring physical, political and human geography alive for students. Large maps of the world provide many opportunities to engage the students by letting them apply geographic concepts and explore the world in an attempt to become well rounded global citizens. These large mural maps will

This tool is designed to help the students of Truckee Elementary interact with geography and social studies in a fun and exciting way. It is meant to bring the curriculum in all grades to life! Additionally, the objective of this tool is to bring familes together during an evening "National

These Historical Fiction Literature Circles will offer students the opportunity to work in groups with both primary sources and the selected Historical Fiction to collaboratively build a persuasive essay. Students will work with the text by analyzing the evidence through a technological platform, continuously sharing and collaborating directly with one

Determine the efficacy of modern classroom environments on student engagement and productivity, through collaborative exchange and project based learning

We would like to stream line the many media tools we use into one machine.

150-200 students will benefit from the use of these quality map sets daily for many years. Student learning will be enhanced for through teacher/student use of large visual representations of the geography during group instruction. The colorful, detailed and markable maps will allow for multiple modality learning opportunities for students