My students need 10 subscriptions to DynaMath and SuperScience magazines to engage them in STEM learning, interactive websites, and high level nonfiction text.
My students come to my gifted education classroom one day a week to challenge themselves. They work harder than they ever have before because they are able to pursue their interests, engage their curiosity, and explore higher level topics. They collaborate, use technology, and create products.
My students are intellectually gifted.
They come from a variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds: some have lived in Mississippi their whole lives while others have just moved here and are still learning the language. What they have in common is that they are curious and eager to learn. Sometimes they are bored by the regular education curriculum and underachieve because they don't feel challenged. It is my job to help them reach their full potential by introducing them to the wider world and their place in it. I want my Mississippi students to compete with their peers across the country. To do that, we need to move past the textbooks and engage in current events and technological breakthroughs. My students are bright enough to succeed in STEM fields as adults, but they need to be exposed and challenged in the classroom as young learners.
My Project
My goal is to provide a hands-on STEM challenge each week to my gifted students. They will need to collaborate and use their creativity to solve problems. But before I can create a weekly challenge and before my students can successfully engineer a solution, we all need to do our research! Scholastic DynaMath and SuperScience magazines are always current and engaging reads for students. They are edited by some of the best in the business, with in-depth research and a collection of resources that far surpass what a single teacher working alone could provide to her students. I teach 4th and 5th grade students, but some students read at an 8th grade level while others are just learning English. Some students are scared of science or think they're not any good at math. With articles, quizzes, videos, and interactive websites, these magazines are designed to help teachers differentiate for a wide range of learners while sparking all students' innate intelligence and curiosity.
We do not have textbooks in the gifted classroom.
All resources are teacher-created or student-supplied. By having a class subscription to DynaMath and SuperScience magazines, students will have access to resources and curriculum that will put them on a level playing field with their peers in other parts of the world. Not only will they develop science, technology, engineering, and math skills, students will become part of a global community of today's learners and tomorrow's leaders.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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