Exploration Information

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Exploration Class Information
(Listed by grade completed in May)

Grades Listed are the grade level JUST COMPLETED!

Going for the Gold: k-2

Students will combine history, math, language arts and athletics to deepen their understanding of the different aspects of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing.  We will have an Opening and closing ceremony and a parade of nations. (80 student max)  Murphy Price

The Amazing RACE! – Adventures in Cultures:  Grades 2-5 (COURSE IS CLOSED)

Students will be issued a passport then will travel to different countries to learn about their cultures.   Students will experience the culture through art projects, cooking, games, and language.  (40 student max) Roland

Theatre is FUN!:  Grades 3-7

This course will give students an introduction to theatre using fun group activities.  The activities include improvisation, pantomime, acting and technical theatre.  (40 student max) Dunkel

The Music Time Capsule:  Grades k-4

The students will explore the music of the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s including artists of the time, dances of the tome and virtual trips to significant places.  They will also learn simple dance steps of these time periods.  (40 student max) Owens

MOZ-ART (Art through music): Grades k-7

Students will listen to both classical and contemporary music (jazz, hip hop, pop, rock), work with different art mediums and, using their imaginations and artistic abilities merge the two to create their own masterpieces!  (40 students max) Hernandez

Zardip's Health Club: Grades k-3

Zardip, a robot, comes to earth in search of the secret of GOOD HEALTH.  Our class will become a working health club that helps Zardip discover this secret.  Zardip and the students will learn the Eleven Components of Physical Fitness.  The class empowers young people to be healthier and to help their families live healthy lives.  (40 student max) Rushing

Play Ball: Grades k-7

Students will review skills in tennis, golf, flag football, floor hockey, volleyball, softball, Frisbee, and track and field. (80 students max) Sughre, Morrison

The Art of Math:  Grades k-6 (COURSE IS CLOSED)

Students will discover the pleasure of learning math while creating exciting art projects.  Students will create a variety of 2 and 3 dimensional art projects to help them become master mathematicians. (40 students max) Lockwood

FUNdamentals of Math:  Grades 3-4

Using fun games students will engage in partner math games such as ‘Dollar Donimoes’, ‘The Forehead Game’, ‘Race for a Flat’, and ‘Ladybug, Ladybug’.  They will use the building blocks of math. (80 students max) Harlan, Gibson

Young Paleontologist and Geologist k-2
This course is about developing a deeper knowledge about the earth, rocks, volcanoes, fossils, and dinosaurs through books, videos, and various hands-on projects.   Students will create dinosaur t-shirts, fossil necklace, volcano rock garden, and a model of the earth. (80 students max) Clingingsmith, Guzik

2,4,6,8 Isn’t Learning Math Great:  Grades k-2

Students will make math come to life with hands on activities, literature, and simple crafts.   Students will work together to develop an understanding of math concepts, learn units of measurement and create complex patterns.  At the end of the 4 week period students will be able to create their own math game for all the students to play. (80 students max) Mynar, Harris

Media Madness:  Grades 4-7

Using the latest in CFB Technology students will use multimedia programs such as Photo Story 3, PowerPoint, Audacity, and Jodix, to create multimedia presentations.   Students will use these programs to create presentations for their very own podcasts.  (40 students max) Prine

Exploring Children’s Literature:  Grades k-3

Come join the delightful world of children’s books.  We’ll read, dramatize, talk about books, work with groups, generally enjoy picture books and chapter books together.  In the process, we’ll learn to understand more, appreciate more, and experience more about children’s books. (80 students max) Nguyen, Brantley

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2008 Summer Academy for Gifted Education (SAGE)

   June 16th through July 11^th, 2008 at Kent Elementary School

8:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.

SAGE Eligibility:   Students must be identified as ACE, Academic Creative Education or LEAP, Leading Exceptional Academic Producers and are in Kindergarten through seventh grade for the 2007 – 2008 school year.                                              

Call: Ruthe Houser at 972-968-4370 for any questions.

Cost:

$150.00 per student for the four week program.

Credit Card, Cash, check, or money orders may be made out to Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD.

Out of District:  $175.00 (transportation not included for out of district)

Transportation will be provided to and from Kent Elementary from student’s home elementary school.

SAGE Courses

Grades K - 2 Getting Your PhD: Doctor of Sciences

Grade K: Playing with rhyme & reason, hunting for clues, Dabbling with food

Kinder students will become scientists while participating in hands-on, discovery based learning activities. The young scientist will concentrate on identifying PATTERNS in all content areas.  The literature rich curriculum will include Junior Great Books and Readers Theater, plus many humorous texts that promote creative thinking skills. As pattern detectives they will cook, sing and play various games that promote higher order thinking skills.

Grade 1: Promoting chemical reactions, heading for the stars, Discovering dollars

First graders will explore the sciences and become number experts. Their activities will focus on CHANGE through chemistry, meteorology, and economics. These budding scientists will scaffold their learning using literature, Thinking Maps, Junior Great Books and multiple science experiments.

Grade 2: Pondering the sky, having the whole idea, Delving into numbers

Second graders will tackle science as it relates to the sky. They investigate RELATIONSHIPS in astronomy, proportions, and statistics. These future astronomers will construct conversion charts changing mathematical proportions to decimal numbers and percentages. Students will have fun investigating the many cause and effect relationships between the elements on Earth and in the atmosphere!

Grades 3-4 Examining the Earth from Inside Out

Third graders will use their creative and critical thinking skills as they explore Astronomy – through studying the constellations, Zoology – endangered animals, adaptations and habitats, and Physics – with experiments involving density, friction, force, laws of motion, pressure and sound.  They will focus on SYSTEMS of Algebra and problem solving.

Algebra and Geometry will be the math components for Fourth grade while they study STRUCTURES of the Earth’s surface and the ocean floor. The use of technology programs such as SimCity and Geographical Information Systems (GSI) will have 4^th graders experiencing map making skills in a fun way! Fourth graders will also be exploring the formation of the earth and the causes and effects of earthquakes, while they eat their way through the earth’s crust and design their own earthquake PowerPoint presentations. 

Grades 3-4 SAGE classes will have the opportunity to learn basic conversational Spanish.  The students will learn to play games that are part of the Spanish heritage and create simple presentations in Spanish.

Grades 5 – 7: PowerPoint 2008

Man has yearned for power for centuries.  The search continues as students look at the multiple meanings, nature’s forces, and uses of power.  Interactive Lego math activities, similar to robotics, will be set up for discovery. 

We need ‘volunteers’ to develop the newest version of a presentation platform.  By participating in this project, you will create an interactive program designed to ensure broader communication, improve collaborative skills, and increase productivity.    This experience promises to be dynamic, high-impact, and “POWER-ful”!

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