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Creativity
¡°Think[ing] outside the box¡± is the main motto for this class.
In this class, children will be asked to do exactly this.
Children will be challenged to think outside of what the norm
is. They will be asked and encouraged to think of things that
are not normal. They must be creative with an imagination
that will lead them to the unknown. When the children see
a line, they will be challenged to think, ¡°That¡¯s not just
a normal line, that¡¯s a line that divides the sky and the
universe. That¡¯s a line that holds the entire world together!¡±
The main goal of the class will be for children to use their
imaginations to create something that is bigger and greater
than what they already know.
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Math
& GT Math
GATE School provides two types of math to strengthen students¡¯
gifted minds. For GT Math, we use the interactive online mathematics
program by Stanford University. Main key concepts are introduced
offline and then the math problems are practiced online in the
computer lab. The general Math is taught by the homeroom teacher
and focuses on mathematical thinking, content standards and
related activities, such as reasoning, statistics and probability,
number sense, geometry, and pattern connections.
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Science
& GT Science
At GATE, we offer two different types of science classes for
the children. There is GT Science and (Regular) Science. The
topics that are covered in both of the classes are very much
alike but the techniques used to teach the children will be
different. The two classes will reflect off of one another
so that the children will be able to grasp a better knowledge
of what they are learning. In GT Science, the students are
taught with a more ¡°direct¡± approach. They learn concepts
and key facts that are followed and backed up by evidence.
Students will also be asked to use their prior knowledge to
help them through situations that are new to them. They will
then be assessed to see if they fully grasped the concepts
that were taught to them. They will be asked to take what
they learned and apply it directly to their learning environment.
For (Regular) Science, a different approach is used. Students
are able to do more ¡°hands-on¡± type activities while they
learn and work from a science textbook. Students will learn
how to make observations and draw conclusions from the experiments
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