More pics from 3rd grade Arboretum Trip!

 Two of our parents sent in some more pics they took on our Whitt 3rd grade GT trip to

the Dallas Arboretum! Enjoy!

GT -- Fall 2011 -- Whitt Elementary

The photos say it all...

Below are pictures from

grades 2 - 5 Gifted & Talented

at Whitt this fall.

Enjoy!

Fifth graders receive their "jobs" for MarketPlace:

Preparing for MarketPlace:

The DJ MAS Kids' Cafe team

Fourth graders campaign

for or against

the "two child law"

from the novel Among the Hidden:

Fourth graders -

Reading/writing connections

Third graders create their own fractals --

"Serpenski's Triangl"

Fractals have self similarity.

A smaller portion can be magnified to reflect the whole.

These students are taking their fractals to the sixth generation

of triangles! Lots of measurement and you have to be precise!

Solving logic problems in teams:

Second graders solved this problem from

a Japanese TV game show.

Can you move only two toothpicks to change "300" into "ONE?"

Practicing face painting for MarketPlace

(one group's entrepeneurial "product"):

Chess!

3rd grade field trip

to the Dallas Arboretum

Identifying bones of various animals

on our guided tour --

"Wild Walkabout"

We were busy identifying shapes in nature

when we found this shape from nature that man has copied --

the spiral -- in a beautiful fountain!

"Models":

More from MarketPlace preparation:

TV Mart Studios team

created the super blaster for their

entrepeneurial product.

It was a big hit!

Nothing like a mom to help out

at DJ MAS Kids' Cafe!

Dressing up for Career Day!

Logic Buddies

Mastermind