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Summer Learning

Learning doesn’t end when summer begins! What will you learn about this summer?

A Message from the ELO Team.

Welcome to the ELO! These lessons were created for you from teachers from all over Tuolumne County to continue your learning from beyond the classroom. We are so proud of your resiliency! Let your interests guide you as you explore the lessons, and remember to take time to enjoy the great outdoors.

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Field Day!

Field Day!

Let’s get moving on some end of the school year’s physical challenges!

Native American Regions of the U.S.

Native American Regions of the U.S.

Many thousands of years before European explorers arrived in North America, millions of people lived across the land, in harmony with their environment, cultivating natural resources, and nurturing a wealth of cultural traditions. Today’s lesson will explore the heritage and history of the first peoples of North America.

Coding Class!

Coding Class!

How do computers know what to do? Can we talk to them? With coding, humans have the ability to read and write in a machine language that tells a computer, app, or program what you want it to do. Let’s try some activities that will introduce us to the fundamentals of coding.

Spacewalkers!

Spacewalkers!

The endeavors of space exploration are some of the greatest human achievements in modern history, and the expeditions have only just begun! Let’s journey through our solar system to explore the landscape and learn about current and upcoming missions to space.

Meet a Tree

Meet a Tree

Meet a Tree! Let’s take a close look at the wonderful trees that bring us such joy. What do you enjoy about trees? They are such fun to climb, photograph when they have flowers, sit under for a picnic or when you’re reading a good book, and great to hide behind during that hide and seek game. Let’s check them out a little more closely.

Chemical Reactions

Chemical Reactions

Do you know the difference between a physical reaction and a chemical reaction? In a physical change, no new substance is made, like water melting from ice to liquid. In a chemical change, usually, two or more substances are combined and something new is formed, often with fizzy bubbles or a color change. Let’s explore!

Mixtures and Solutions

Mixtures and Solutions

Did you know they are different? A mixture is the combination of two or more substances that can be separated later, like sand and water. A solution is when a substance dissolves in a liquid, like salt and water. Let’s stir up some chemistry!

Thirteen Colonies: The Constitution

Thirteen Colonies: The Constitution

Having a set of rules and laws is pretty important! It tells our country, states, schools, and other organizations how to work. It also tells us the rights that all citizens have, and the values our country upholds. Let’s learn about the history of the United States Constitution.

Thirteen Colonies: Declaration of Independence

Thirteen Colonies: Declaration of Independence

Let’s explore one of the most foundational historical documents in American History. It is perhaps one of the most famous documents of the birth of the United States, and holds some of the most famous statements about freedom and equality in our nation’s history: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

U.S. Natural Regions and Architecture

U.S. Natural Regions and Architecture

U.S. Natural Regions and Architecture
As people traveled west across the United States, they encountered many different natural regions with different climates. Pioneers learned to build homes using the natural resources they found and designed their home to deal with the weather throughout the year.

U.S.Geography and Route 66

U.S.Geography and Route 66

U.S.Geography and Route 66
As people moved westward across the United States, they encountered many different natural regions with different climates.

Showing Courage

Showing Courage

Showing Courage – On May 5, or “Cinco de Mayo”, Mexicans celebrate the courage of the people who fought against the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. How do you show courage in your life?

A Tea Party, Boston Style

A Tea Party, Boston Style

A Tea Party, Boston Style the 13 American colonies declared independence from England on July 4, 1776. What events caused the colonists to become so unhappy with their ruling country?

Colonial America

Colonial America

Colonial America: the Salem Witch Trials History is full of interesting events….some good, some bad, and some pretty weird!

Need for Speed

Need for Speed

Need for Speed – Some people love roller coasters and some people do not. Which type of person are you? Today we will look at roller coasters as we explore forces and motion.

Need for Speed

Need for Speed

Westward Expansion – What was westward expansion and how did it change the lives of the people living in the United States in the 1800’s?

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change: Do you know the difference between weather and climate? Weather is one specific event. Climate is average weather recorded over a long period of time, 30 years or more! Today will examine how scientists have observed that Earth’s surface is warming and how that’s affecting plant and animal life. Journal a summary of the video with at least 4 main ideas.

Earth Day

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day! Take the Earth Day quiz to find out how green you are. Explore some tips to help save our planet.

Planet Protectors

Planet Protectors

Planet Protectors!
Today let’s stop and think about all the beautiful things Earth provides us…and how we can help take care of our planet.

Nature Bowl

Nature Bowl

NATURE BOWL! Each year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife invite 3rd-6th graders to compete in teams from their schools to test their knowedlge of nature and environmental science! Enjoy these activities that Nature Bowl teams like to use to sharpen their knowledge of nature and the great outdoors, and maybe it will inspire you to join a Nature Bowl team one day, too!

Fresh Salsa

Fresh Salsa

The math image today makes me want to make some fresh salsa! Do you have a favorite recipe?

Fresh Salsa

Fresh Salsa

The math image today makes me want to make some fresh salsa! Do you have a favorite recipe?

Census 2020

Census 2020

Make it count! April 1, 2020, was Census Day, but it’s not too late to be counted!