Project Challenge Overview
Project Challenge is a program for identified gifted students in the POBCSD school district. This program operates as a school within a school. As lead teacher, I am responsible for curriculum development and implementation, scheduling, transportation, orders, communication with the parent community, and classroom teachers. These students demonstrate the need for an academic challenge above and beyond the regular classroom curriculum. Our program successfully pivoted to remote instruction in response to COVID 19 school closures. Virtual facilitators and field trips replaced in-person experiences.
Project Challenge Curriculum by grade
Inquiry...
A dynamic process of being open to wonder & puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world.
Implementation of the curriculum throughout grades 3-7 includes integration of concepts in all disciplines. Problem-solving, creative thinking, research, proficient technology skills, literature, Socratic seminar, communication skills, technology, science, mathematics, and engineering are common threads of learning in every grade.
Grade Three
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STEAM Giants
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Forces
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Newtons Laws of Motion
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Junior Great Books
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Figure it Out
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Introduction to Coding
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Package Engineering
Grade Four
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Neuroscience
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Bridge Engineering
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Ozobot Robotics
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Solar System
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Moon, Mars & Beyond
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Junior Great Books
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Greek Mythology
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Figure it Out
Grade Five
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Global Awareness
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United Nations:Sustainable Development Goals
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Simulation: Operation Mont Serrat
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Literature: I am Malala & Long Walk to Water
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Socratic Seminar
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Figure it Out
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MOEMS
Grade 6
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Nanotechnology
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Toshiba Exploravisions Research Competition
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Web Design & Digital Portfolio
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Self Conferences
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Paper Roller Coasters
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Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury
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The Odyssey or Romeo & Juliet
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Figure it Out
Virtual Field Trips & Facilitators
Virtual Facilitators:
Michael Fairchild: Photojournalist
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Co: Theatre Workshop
Tom Lee Story Teller
Alison Bowman: Nasa Mission Specialist
Leslie Satier: Reuse it Recycled Art
Writopia: Screen Writing Workshop
Art Benjamin: Mathemagician
Janet Nye: Climatologist from UNC
Mark Kistler: 3D Artist in Residency
Virtual Field Trips:
Brooklyn Bridge: Annaline Dickelmann
WaterFront Center: Ecology & Local Water Animals
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Greece
Cold Spring Harbor Labs: Genes Lab
Field Trips:
United Nations: Tour
Brooklyn Bridge: Annaline Dickelman
TOB Sail on the Historic Christeen: Ecology
Brookhaven National Labs:
Nanotechnology Exploration, Visit the RICH Ring
Metropolitan Museum of Art: J. Vermeer, Ancient Greece
Cold Spring Harbor Labs: Genetic Lab, oldest man