4th Grade TAG Enrichment Resources
What is TAG?Click on the following links to find out information and resources from various organizations related to helping gifted students succeed:
COMING SOON! Science Unit: What Can We Learn from Artifacts?Students will use a variety of information and skills to understand the important role that archeology and archeologists play in today's world; understand what artifacts teach us about the past and how we can use this knowledge to understand the future; and understand knowledge of methods and vocabulary associated with archeology.
In small groups, look through the following website to research one of the topics below. Report back to the whole group on what you found on your topic. National Park Service Website 1. Who are archeologists? 2. How do they work? 3. The Archeology Lab |
Math Unit: Around the World in 80 DaysStudents will use a variety of information and skills to plan a trip around the world. Skills will include computation of money (expenses and foreign currency conversion), reading schedules and elapsed time, temperature conversion, geography and map skills, and researching various countries/cultures.
Use these links to find information for your project:
US Airways (for information on flights) CIA's The World Factbook (for information on your countries and cities) Forex Currency Converter Temperature Converter World Time Zones |