The grant request is for the following materials: A classroom library supporting social/emotional learning and inquiry/project based learning Math games and building manipulatives Makerspace supplies A classroom set of Chromebooks

Donner Trail and our amazing PTO has provided and implemented a Spanish program that reaches all students as one of our weekly enrichment classes. It has been a wonderful experience and students are applying concepts quickly in this interactive language program. Teachers weave lessons into our morning circles so that

The time to replace outdated technology in the classroom to run educational software and learning products has come. Currently, I have six iPad2 tablets in the classroom that are no longer supported by Apple and are considered obsolete. The iPads in the classroom have limited compatibility and cannot be upgraded

I use a lot of different activities to keep the students engaged throughout the semester! The online activities/games (quizlet, gimkit and Kahoot) are a great way for the students to practice the material while also having fun and competing against their classmates. The "teacher/pro" version of these sites allows me

Building. Creating. Designing. Hands on activities. That's what happens in the STEAM Lab at North Tahoe School. However, at this time, the love of learning through reading books, seeing pictures and sketches, learning from other people's mistakes, failures, and blunders to help enhance and support key concepts is missing. STEAMing

All students throughout Tahoe Truckee Unified School District are 1:1 with Chromebooks. Many classes require students to watch videos, listen to podcasts, or participate in online programs. In addition to these assignments, many of our students have the "text to speech" accommodation or audiobooks on their Individualized Education Plans that

Students in Grades 2-5 currently engage in the WeDo LEGO Robotics construction and coding using the LEGO Education WeDo Robotics Software, v. 1.2. This grant would fund 15 kits at the next level as well as the new version of WeDo Software, v.2.0.

DNA and genetic analysis is one of the most widely used techniques in biotechnology. Areas of use include ancestry determination, forensic science, cancer research, health evaluation, genetic modification of food, epidemiology, genetic counseling, just to name a few. Most of the time, a process called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is

STEAMing Through the Middle with Robotics is a program that will peak and propel the middle students interest in coding and robotics in the STEAM elective classes at North Tahoe School while addressing several of the Career Technical Education (CTE) Standards and 21st Century Competencies. The students in the STEAM

Dreambox learning is an online adaptive program that is completely common core standards based. Students are able to login and interactively practice standards that adapt automatically to their needs or their acceleration. Teachers are able to assign by skills and standards or can just allow students to "play" without knowing