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Community service and involvement projects need rigor and relevance in order to have meaning.

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Essay writing

Literature analysis

Socratic seminars

Student-led lessons

SEL lessons could use rigor

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Buy-in. Connectedness. Build perseverance. Hone skills for next levels of education.

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Support growth at their pace.

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To foster engagement and motivation

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Students need to connect with their learning and if it is boring without depth they can’t really do that.

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Gifted kids need a challenge and to see the importance of something to stay motivated. They love to know the why behind everything you’re doing. Rigor provides that challenge and productive struggle. Relevance gives them the why.

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So they are not bored

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Kids need challenge and purpose.

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Depth and breadth keep their interest

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In their study of forces, students will be working toward expertise in­ Product Design and Presentation while working as Engineers. The methodology of the discipline that will be the focus is the Scientific Engineering and Design Process.  They will use what they have learned to create a model roller coaster (to be opened at a new amusement park).

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In their study of fractions, students will be working as mathematicians to show how many fractions can be made using two Hershey bars.

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In their study of mixtures and filtration, students will be working as an Engineer. The methodology of the discipline that will be the focus is the Design Process.  They will use what they have learned to solve the problem of having non-potable water coming from the classroom taps. 

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In their study of poetry analysis, students will be working as Poetry Anthology Curators. The methodology of the discipline will focus on textual analysis and thematic connections. They will use what they have learned about poetic interpretation to create a community poetry anthology that pairs classic poems with local poets' works, complete with student-written analysis of explicit and inferred connections, culminating in a community poetry celebration.