ELO Examples
Click on the buttons to display the ELOs that match each category. Many fit in multiple categories. Remember these are samples to give you ideas, not canned kits.
Explore technology through the lens of history and museum curation. Overview Essential Question: How are modern technologies incorporated in historical…
The impact of music and its connection to people, fiddle music’s historical connections. Overview Essential Question: How does music affect…
What is it like to be a college professor and how do you get there? Overview Essential Question: What is…
Explore being a special education teacher by assisting in a special education classroom. Overview Essential Question: Could I develop the…
Dive into an academic area and/or explore what it is like to be a teacher. Overview Essential Question: Varies with…
Assist with site work for landscaping, septic systems, and new homes. Learn to read blueprints and repair heavy equipment. Overview…
Work with an equestrian trainer, care for horses, improve your riding skills and participate in horse shows. Overview Essential Question:…
Explore the field of occupational therapy. Overview Essential Question: What is occupational therapy (OT) all about? Area(s) of Study: Health…
Explore educational and occupational opportunities, experience the realities of the workplace, and identify both the technical skills and individual qualities you…
Become familiar with computers and their application in modern society by exploring computer hardware and software. Complete a range tasks and projects using information…
Learn what goes into success in the workplace and gain an understanding of early child development. Overview Community partner: a…
Serve as a chemistry lab assistant and gain practical experience beyond what is found in a traditional classroom. Overview Community…
Create your own exercise or workout program. Develop an understanding of the importance of physical activity to your life now…
Participate in dance studio classes. Develop an understanding of the relationship between dance, physical fitness, and education and/or career goals. Overview Community partner: dance studio Academic…
Explore cooking and menu planning for clients with dietary restrictions while learning what goes into success in the workplace. Overview Community…
Acquire skills to make a successful transition from school to adult life, including financial literacy, communication and conflict resolution skills,…
Apply physical science concepts to solve problems in mini-projects with a group, and then design your own real-world project to…
Broaden your knowledge of visual art careers. Develop an understanding of what it means to be a curator. Curate a…
Discover what’s involved when planning and executing a community-based arts event. (Examples: musical performance, visual arts workshop, collaborative public art…
How do artists make a living? The most common concern of art students and parents is the difficulty of making a…
Learn journalistic planning, interviewing, and writing techniques through the production of a quality publication that is sustainable and interesting to…
Learn a foreign language independently with a group of students. Become your own teachers. Overview Essential Question: Can I learn a…
Plan, design, and produce a project that captures your school community by using online design, journalistic writing, budgeting, and collaboration…
Explore two seemingly different areas, art and science. Research the history of science and photography and the impact the two…
How can I use photography to help others? Understand and develop the skills you will need to be a successful photographer…
Patience? Empathy? Passion? Purpose? Subject knowledge? What are the real skills that teachers need to be successful in the classroom?…
Learn about your town – how do town administrators and businesses get the community involved with events, areas of concern, and…
Learn to analyze characteristics of human and animal hair, blood, and fingerprints. How is a crime scene processed? Create a…
Combine a career interest of auto body work and love of cars to meet the graduation requirements for art and half…
Work with a local beekeeper to research the genetics of bees and understand what threatens the bee population, how the…
Challenge yourself by learning rock climbing skills – improve your personal fitness, learn and apply strategies, and practice responsible and…
Observe and participate in the democratic process and learn about the leadership roles that women are playing in government. Overview…
Participate in a college online introduction to neuroscience course while working with a mentor to expand your exploration based on…
Explore early childhood education and earn English credit by coordinating and promoting a fundraiser for a cause that you are…
Share your love for reading by participating in a local library preschool story hour program. Research and observe a preschool…
Work at a local daycare while researching early childhood development. Observe the children, and then develop and deliver lesson plans….
For schools that have a RENEW program, consider making it into an ELO for participating students. Overview Essential Question: What are…
Explore your own sequenced genome with the help of a direct-to-consumer genetic sequencing service. Perform lab protocols for DNA extraction…
Create a translation computer app that “thinks” as it translates in order to create a more cohesive and understandable sentence. Many…
Work with your local historical society to learn about your town’s involvement in WWI. Overview Essential Question: Why is it…
Explore the engineering and the design process by building a ballistic launcher. Overview Essential Question: How can statistical analysis affect…
Improve your Spanish fluency by assisting and teaching in middle school Spanish classes. Overview Essential Question: How can immersion help me…
Explore the work of a real estate agent, flip houses, learn the law, use design software, market your business. This…
Update, revise and teach a real-world science, student-to-student evolution curriculum. Overview Essential Question: How can I implement my knowledge of evolution…
Direct a full-length play at your high school. Overview Essential Question: What are the steps necessary for putting on a…
Improve your technical problem solving skills by supporting departments in your town. Overview Essential Question: How can I apply technical…
Lights, camera, action! Learn and practice the techniques and strategies reporters use in broadcasting and interviewing in the studio and…
Get certified as a Firefighter and explore the area as a career. Overview Essential Question: How can I expand my…
Work as a tech in a real medical lab. See if phlebotomist could be a career for you. Overview Essential…
Arrange an original composition for your high school band. Overview Essential Question: How do musicians generate ideas, make creative decisions, and…
Work with local chefs and restaurants to compose menus of their signature dishes. Prepare the food and serve it to…
Choose a real-world problem in the STEM fields, and design a possible solution. Overview Essential Question: How can an engineer…
Become a consultant to analyze water quality, perform chemical and biological water testing, review all situations (good and bad), and…
Practice your salon skills in a student-run salon. Overview Essential Question: What makes an exceptional client experience in a salon?…
Explore how American Sign Language fits into deaf culture, and practice communicating about familiar topics using sign language. Overview Essential…
Explore one or more career clusters. Career clusters are groups of careers for which you need similar knowledge and skills….