What a wonderful geography project that really engaged students!
Sixth grade students at the Morristown-Beard School,Morristown, in New Jersey, launched a 5 ft. long model boat into the Atlantic Ocean. On board the craft was a GPS tracking device.The students also placed their names on the bottom of the boat and a photograph as well as a message in several languages. Part of a geography project, the students watched the location of their boat,called the Crimson Tide, as it made its way...
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In this thoughtful Harvard Business Review article~ Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams (Harvard Business School) offer advice to maxed-out~ stressed-out leaders who have concluded that work/life balance is an unattainable goal. The authors and their collaborators spent five years interviewing 4~000 executives around the world and report that prospering in the senior ranks is a matter of carefully combining work and home so as not to lose themselves~ their loved ones~ or their foothold on...
Check out this free web quest on Presidential trivia-lots of interesting facts! http://gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?presidentcyberhunt.html
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There have been many polls taken on the...
Which program serves as the best model for gifted children?
Thats an interesting question~ sure to bring out a variety of responses. In this blog~ Id like to share my opinionbut please remember~ its just that~ simply an opinion.
Based on my experience and research~ I have to confidently say that while there is no one perfect system~ no holy grail so to speak of gifted delivery models~ I would recommend some combination of using a separate classroom or pull-out program with...