The second grade Explorations students at Hyer Elementary were challenged to create an invention that would protect a raw egg when dropped from six feet. The students worked with partners and utilized Wallis’ Stages of Creativity to guide in the production of their inventions. It was fun to see all of the creativity and innovative thinking the students used to successfully complete this project.
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Students in HPISD's Talented and Gifted programs are using analytical and critical thinking skills in their daily learning units. Here are just a few examples of the special learning occurring in our TAG classrooms.
Second-grade TAG students have been studying inventive thinking and inventors. After a lesson on the inventor, author and cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the students tried their hand at creating their own zany inventions. Keep an eye out for one of them on a store shelf one day. Third-grade TAG students are studying heart health. The students are looking forward to hosting several guest speakers in the near future, and they are especially excited to dissect pigs' hearts with assistance from a community expert. TAG students in fourth grade recently researched enigmas and developed their own cases for and against the reality of these enigmas. They also presented newscasts about enigmas, basing them on Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast, War of the Worlds.  On November 20, Dr. Nathan Scott McClanahan, President of The Doctor Tutors, discussed SAT vs. ACT – Preparing for Testing. He talked for almost two hours on the differences between the tests, when you should take them, how/when to prepare, and many other very useful things.
Below are handouts/resources from the session:
On October 31, several 6th and 7th grade students attended the TEDxKids event. Katrina Csaky, MIS 6th grader, was selected to do a performance of her original poem. She did an incredible job!
To see Katrina's performance, click HERE (look for Session 2 video, starting at time 17:36). |
