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Using the Integrated Curriculum Model
VanTassel-Baska's ICM design of setting up a curriculum based on big idea concepts, deep idea content, and reasoned products is still ideal model for gifted ed classes.
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Parent Newsletters for Gifted Students
Sending home a paper newsletter adds expense, clutter, and paper to the world. Instead of depending on a child as a delivery system, email news to keep parents updated.
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Teaching the 6th Amendment to Gifted Students
Any study of the Bill of Rights is incomplete without the all-important sixth amendment, which governs criminal prosecutions.
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Two Online Games for Future Dentists
Going to the dentist is annoying, but playing dentist is appealing. Kids can learn a lot of from two online games geared toward smart kids who are interested teeth.
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Free Alice in Wonderland Resources for a Unit
An enrichment class can go far beyond the covers when reading Alice in Wonderland, and schools do not need to pay for resources - even Lewis Carroll books are free.
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Contributing Articles in Gifted Education
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Gifted Research: Linda Kreger Silverman
Linda Kreger Silverman is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development. She is one of the main researchers of the gifted of the 20th century.
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Gifted Learners in School
Linda Kreger Silverman is a premier researcher and advocate of gifted people. This means, the most intelligent members of the population, who have an IQ above 130.
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Experimental Design in Science Investigations
Gifted students develop a deeper understanding of the science process as they learn to design their own experiments to test treatments and hypotheses like scientists.
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5 Teaching Science Tips for Gifted Learners
Strategies and techniques are presented along with examples of how to apply each strategy in teaching gifted and talented learners in science at all grade levels.
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Who Killed the Electric Car – Again!
An inquiry-based analysis is the basis for an investigation into the mysterious death of an electric car, as students role play and research to find the guilty party.
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Investigating the Impact of Artificial Reefs
Students make connections with many science concepts and communicate their recommendations to officials and organizations regarding the future of artificial reefs.
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Finding the Density of Liquids
Students use inquiry-based investigative strategies to find the density of unknown liquids and the relationship of temperature, barometric pressure, and other concepts.
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What is the Difference between Mass and Weight?
An inquiry-based investigation in which students' misconceptions about explanation of mass and weight are challenged through a hands-on, minds-on exploration.
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How to Teach Gifted Non-Readers
Gifted non-readers require differentiated instruction that combines higher level thinking skills with language rich activities that appeal to a variety of learning styles
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How to Start a Gifted Advocacy Group
Gifted advocacy groups provide networking opportunities for parents while offering support for educational programs for GT students.
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Advocating for Gifted Students
Advocacy is often necessary if gifted students are to receive an appropriate education. Cooperation between parents and teachers ensures that learning needs will be met.
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Literary Scavenger Hunt
Let those voracious readers see how much they know of literature. A first lines quiz is a great way to introduce gifted readers to the joys of the classics.
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Characteristics of Gifted Preschoolers
Gifted preschoolers typically have uncharacteristic interests and abilities well before elementary school begins.
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Gifted Students and the Socratic Method
GT teachers who use Socratic inquiry challenge gifted students to work cooperatively while using logic and critical thinking to construct meaning and solve problems.
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Highly Gifted, Asperger's or Twice Exceptional?
A highly gifted child's intensity and divergent thinking may inhibit social interaction with age peers causing educators to suspect Asperger's Syndrome.
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