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Get ready to flip the script and become the students in our model classroom session! Dive into a mentor text, tackle brain-teasing depth and complexity questions, team up for a STEM challenge, and flex those executive functioning muscles. Walk away with two premade lessons to teach in your own classroom!

Join our education team as we share the exploration of STEAM within the classroom. Learn about tools and solutions you can use district-wide to show students what’s possible and see themselves in STEAM careers. Explore STEAM stations that incorporate hands-on learning to help students develop cognitive, social, and creative skills.

With new Science and Engineering TEKS being implemented this year, participants dive deep into three historic and local engineering scenarios and engage in discussions about the ethics behind each scenario. Teachers walk away with ideas that incorporate ethical issues of science and engineering that increase rigor for their gifted students.

NASA has myriad programs to engage K-12 students throughout the school year and into the summer. HAS, ADC, SPARX and many other amazing acronymic possibilities await to challenge and dive deeper into STEM with your G/T students. This session will not be just a random list of resources. The presenter will focus on those opportunities relevant to the participants who show up and make sure you leave with resources, and materials that you can plug directly into your curriculum.

If someone offers to pay you $10 to watch their dog and says they'll be gone an hour, should you get paid more if they come back after an hour and a half? Too often, students (and teachers) think of math as a rigid set of formulas and steps, and high achieving gifted learners obsess over getting the right answer, skipping over the power of asking the right questions. Instead, when we teach students to shift from asking "what" and "how" to "why" and "what if",  we unlock a set of tools for solving real-world problems of fairness and justice. In this session, learn powerful, practical steps for teaching math mindsets, including checking gut reactions, analyzing from multiple perspectives, and asking "what would the world look like if __?".

Explore how technology can be used to differentiate content for gifted students. This session provides educators with practical tech tools and strategies to create personalized and challenging learning experiences.

Ditch the myth of “math people” by emphasizing the value of productive struggle in learning. Learn how to foster a positive math identity in students as they grapple with challenging problems, ultimately leading to deeper mathematical understanding. Explore strategies to build supportive communities, plan effective lessons, and reflect on teaching practices.

Robotics and technology are amazing and engaging tools for students, but what exactly can we do with them within the time we have our gifted students? This session gives its attendees resources and ideas on how to utilize various robotics and technology while integrating core subjects.