Gifted+Mentoring+and+Reading+Buddies

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The Brain Box game is great for your memory and general knowledge. You can even play it [|online]! Bugz the movie songs and lyrics and album cover by Paul.

This year Zane, Michael J and Cameron are working with me on studying how Carbon Nanotubes are made and what they are used for: Here is a [|You Tube video] of Carbon Nanotubes.
 * [[image:P2220095.JPG width="288" height="219" caption="Research and Reading for Science"]] || [[image:P2220096.JPG width="288" height="216" caption="Cameron Multi-tasking"]] ||
 * [|Music research] for Kenny and Zak || The [|virtual keyboard] is a hit! ||

On Fridays we have Gifted Mentoring and Reading Buddies running at the same time in the LS room. The Gifted mentoring group consists of about 5 boys ranging from yr 1-6, they are like minded peers that work together on projects such as the Egyptian Board Game creation, posters and plasticine figures relating to Scientific readers such as Animal Journeys. The boys have also learnt Design Technology skills using Lego Technics education resources and have created Dogbots, cars and bats as well as their own inventions.

In reading Buddies time Clay, James and more recently Nick S have been helping some year 1 and 2 boys with their reading and writing skills. I have been very impressed by their developing teaching skills and patience with the boys. Here is a Power Point Presentation made by Clay and James about thier journey this year. Michael J from year 1 made this Elk on his own after reading "Animal Journeys". Oscar and Cameron from yr 2 made pink salmon out of plasticine. A [|website for parents and teachers] for programming/differentiating learning for Gifted students.

Next term I plan to get some [|Lego Engineering] happening in the Gifted Peer mentoring group see a website that I found from seeing [|Chris Rogers] talk at the ACEC conference.

Tomorrow I plan to give you a problem to solve-how to help Mr Patton pick up his pen when it falls on the floor and he can't bend down to get it as his knee is recovering form an operation. We have a Lego set of 352 pieces #9362 set and a powered motor of 3 pieces #9628. and let's see what we can create.

For some handy directions on Lego Robotics this wiki looks good as a resource: http://ict-in-science-education.wikispaces.com/Lego+Robotics