May
2006
Dear
Ed. Guild members,
Thank
you for your feedback on the new look of the Educators Guild Post! Most
members will not be in school to receive the Post during the summer
months; therefore, this will be our last Post until fall. However, we
are still available should you need our assistance, so please contact
us as needed.
Here
are some resources for teachers and school districts to integrate
gifted curriculum into the classroom.
Have
a wonderful summer!
Your Ed Guild
Team
Classroom
Level Integration for Teachers: Blends of Ethics, Science and English
Ethics
in the Science Classroom
This
extensive guide includes suggestions and guidelines for incorporating
ethics and values in secondary science instruction, 23 model lessons
and an analytical examination of “the many ways that science
and ethics intersect, with regard to both doing science and the
societal uses of the results of scientific research”.
The
following article is one of many integrated curricular options found at
AP Central (see
bulleted resource below):
A
Wealth of Arguments: Using Science Writing in AP English Language
An
exceptional article with concrete teaching ideas describing how to
incorporate scientific prose models into advanced writing and
literature instruction.
This is an
excellent hub of free
resources for teachers in need of rigorous,
gifted-friendly materials and methods in the secondary content areas.
To sign up you only need to provide password & email
information.
District/School
Level Integrations for Administrators: partnerships between secondary
and post secondary education: What
two districts have done to utilize outside resources
Since
1972, gifted high school seniors have had the opportunity to enroll in
The
High School Philosophy Seminar at
The
High School Philosophy Seminar at
Multidisciplinary
Webquests
Solve
It With Logic, Grades
9 – 12, Multidisciplinary
http://www.msu.edu/~reethskr/myweb/gwq/cover_page.htm
A
Crime Scene Investigation WebQuest for high school students in the
areas of language arts, math, and science that uses logic to solve the
crime.
Chocolate: A
Multidisciplinary WebQuest, Grades
5 – 8, Multidisciplinary http://www.btcs.org/tutorials/WebQuests/chocolate
Working in teams, students use a combination of history, science, economics and creative arts to explore the many facets of chocolate. Online chocolate trivia puzzle and process rubrics are included.