Last week, the 5th graders worked on teams to create detailed giant posters outlining the form and function of the brain. They then produced and created videos presenting what they had learned.

This week, they watched each other's videos, practiced leaving positive, inquisitive, and productive comments on videos and then prepared for the event they have all been waiting for... BRAIN DISSECTIONS!

We had a ton of fun with this challenge by choice piece of work. While a couple students attempted to build a detailed brain model in the hallway, most students followed a dissection guide as they worked to identify the parts of the brain they have been studying the past few weeks. There was a lot of bravery to try something new and push out of comfort zones. Amazing job, 5th graders!  

NOTE ON NOV 2 VIRTUAL DAY

Today the student received a hard copy of work for the November 2nd virtual day. It will also be posted on the Google Classroom. Since not all of our feeder schools are sending computers home for for the day, the other GATE facilitators and I created a restaurant-design project to activate their creativity and help the students to reflect on our personality work in a fun way.

If a student, family, or homeroom teacher thinks that it is best for the student to attend their regular class for that day rather than GATE, that is no problem, and they will be excused from the work. Just give me a heads up email, so I can confirm with the homeroom teacher and everyone is in the loop.

UPCOMING: There will be no GATE the week of November 29-December 3.