G1FT3D Newsletter
Quarter 4
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This has been an exciting final quarter, filled with many culminating projects and competitions for our gifted learners! I feel very proud of the work and inventive creativity that they have produced throughout all of these experiences. For some, the competitions have been a new opportunity to present their novel work and ideas to a room full of judges, or a panel of evaluators. Many public speaking skills have been gained, ideas cultivated, and we have had a lot of fun as we've worked through every new challenge! Enjoy the compilation of pictures from our program opportunities!
G1FT3D Website: https://sites.google.com/schuylkillvalley.org/svgiftedprogram/home
~Dr. Elizabeth Schucker
G1FT3D Scrapbook : What have we been working on in the gifted classroom?
Virology Lab: "What is a bacteriophage?"
Dr. Krick led the students through understanding more about viruses.
Students used the microscopes to learn more about parts of the hair shaft and other samples on the slides.
Students were able to make their own slides and even collected samples from around the school to study!
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
Our engineering mentor, Mr. Dave Brown works with one of our STEM teams on their BCIU contest design.
Talking about new ideas and accurate blueprints!
Competition time with our team, 'The Green Beans'! Let's build!
The 'Garden Girls' put their invention together, piece by piece!
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." – Ronald E. Osborn
The 6th grade gifted group at the Philadelphia Zoo for the Unless Contest celebration.
Finalists out of 800 contest submissions! Aria and Vienna place in the top 5 for the Unless Contest!
Very proud of all the hard work... it pays off!
Aria and Vienna talk with reporters about their project.
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” — Audrey Hepburn
The 'What's So Cool About Manufacturing' contest always has the best 'swag'!
Getting ready to begin the awards ceremony!
Sixth grade gifted feeling proud of the video they created for Eagle Metals!
Having a blast and feeling a sense of accomplishment!
"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" – Benjamin Franklin
Seventh-grade students are ready to begin their 'Shark Tank' presentations!
Caleb shares his invention and provides an excellent sales pitch!
Amora discusses the financial aspects to the sharks (who were a very talented team of high school gifted students!)
Annabelle accepts one of the shark's hypothetical deals!
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." – Rene Descartes
Emily and Lilly enjoy a competitive game of chess!
Julia teaches Vienna some new moves!
So many great games going on at the same time!
Julia plays multiple boards at the same time... and is challenged by some expert moves by the students!
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” -Dale Carnegie
So many wonderful Pop-up museum exhibits to visit!
Cassie can't wait to show off her 'Flags of the World' showcase.
Jacob's exhibit even has a false floor under the chess board, which reveals some important facts about some well known chess players and their strategies during compeittion!
Nariah and her 'History of Libraries' museum is so detailed!
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The boys' agency-based football game heats up with a debate!
Lilly's 'Einstein's Envelopes' game is a creative and challenging scavenger hunt with riddles to solve!
Dominic's game was so much fun and kept these gamers on their toes!
Sheamus's game had multiple levels to the rules and a variety of different cards and challenges to choose from!
Riddles to solve!
Visual-spatial challenge!
Students create Mr. Potato Head Crime Mysteries to solve, also related to financial literacy!
Sixth-graders work together to solve a braingle challenge!
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