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- 1. Grade 7: The Solar System: An Introduction to the Sun
From our earliest childhoods, we are fascinated by space. We wish on stars and read of cows jumping over the moon, and the fascination grows along with us. This series of lesson plans explores the area of space closest to us - the solar system in which we live. It begins with this introduction to our very own star, the Sun.
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- 2. General: The Power of Invention
Virtually everything we use had to be invented, and behind every invention is a person who saw a problem or an opportunity and invented a solution or a new device. Through this lesson plan, students will describe the development process, evaluate the usefulness of various inventions, and devise a solution to a problem through their own invention.
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- 3. Grade 5: Ecosystems
As the environment becomes an ever-increasing matter of national and international importance, students' knowledge of ecosystem dynamics gains in value. In addition to being a core requirement of science standards across the country, the study of ecosystems is interesting to students, creating an arena in which complex ideas become accessible to learners.
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- 4. The Mensa Foundation Honors Dr. Joyce Van Tassel-Baska
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (11/3/11) – Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation for her vast contributions to the field of intelligence in a ceremony preceding the National Association of Gifted Children Convention in New Orleans. She is the founding Director of the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. The Center, which has been in operation for more than 30 years, has produced research and development in the field of talent development, along with 50 doctorates in gifted education.
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- 5. Grade 8: Influence of the Media
By learning the techniques marketers use to try to get them to buy products, children can become more informed consumers of products and information in general. Many of these strategies are strong rhetoric techniques, making this lesson an accessible segue to logical reasoning and argument.
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- 6. AMERICAN MENSA HONORS DFW RESIDENT FOR WORK WITH GIFTED CHILDREN
American Mensa, the high IQ society, is proud to announce William Rock of North Texas Mensa as the 2011 recipient of the Gifted Children Coordinator Award. The Gifted Children Coordinator Award is given for superior service as a local Gifted Youth Coordinator, which contributes to the growth of programs or services for gifted children and/or growth for Young Mensan membership.
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- 7. Summer Fun
Have fun — and learn, too! — with these ideas for summer experiments, activities, games and songs.
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- 8. GCC educational resources
Finding new activities for local groups of Young Mensans is often challenging for Gifted Children Coordinators. Sponsored by the Mensa Foundation, we provide a selection of lesson and activity plans that our GCCs can utilize at the local level. These plans can be scaled up or down depending on number of attendees, desired level of complexity, etc.
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- 9. High School: I Need a Hero
The idea of the hero is something that even very small children understand at some level. Many
favorite picture books feature heroic characters like Max in Where the Wild Things Are. As children grow, their exposure to heroes broaden, encountering them in television, movies, books, magazines, music and newspapers.- Read more
- 10. Year of Living Poetically
Take the inspirational challenge of our "Year of Living Poetically." If you memorize just one poem a month, in one year you will have 12 powerful poems that will be yours forever! Of course we include memorization tips, background information and activities that will make your efforts fun and, well, memorable.
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