Suggested Activities for the Gifted Program

Architecture
2-6 students per team
Pittsburgh History and Landmark Foundation
www.phlf.org
(October-February)

Art
Individual Projects Developed

BVA Gifted Home Page
Development and maintenance of the gifted section of the BVA High School web site.  This will involve the gathering of time sensitive data required to maintain and establish a web site and to provide the updated material for review in a consistent and accepted style and on a prompt time line.

CalcuSolve Competition
Teams of 5 students
Westmoreland County Gifted Coalition
January

Engineer’s Day
Carnegie Science Center
Rube Goldberg Device                        
October - December

Health Quest Challenge Academic Competition
1 team of 6
Mon Valley Hospital at Cal U
Academic Quiz Format
www.Monvalleyhospital.com
Late April

History Day - teams or individual
Extensive rules are set and many participants are possible.
www.NationalHistoryDay.org

Invention Convention
Individual
Judging in early December

Jets/TEAM Competition
Held at the PSU-Eberly Campus:  Jets/TEAM is a national competition usually held in the second week of March.  Teams of up to 8 students solve 80 or more multiple choice math/science/engineering questions in 90 minutes.  A second session (another 90 minutes) of open ended discussion questions are also part of the program.  Questions are appropriate for first year college engineering students.  The members prepare in the months prior to the competition to learn to work together and experience the type of problems that will be encountered.
www.jets.org
February

Language Competition
Lower Burrell HS
Categorical competitions in four languages

Mock Trial
Prepare a legal case from both defendant and plaintiff points of view . . . under purview of a lawyer.
www.pabar.org/yldstatewidemock.shtml
October - February

Mt Pleasant Quiz Team
5 members per team/1 sponsor per team
2 categories:  9-10 and 11-12
November - January

Olympics of the Arts
Categories:
1 minute video production
Creative Writing
Dance and Voice

Photography
Projects - Development of photographic skill sets to include the operation of cameras, the physics of light recording, media, and practical technology of image composition based on desired outcome.

Individual project(s) designed to develop student skill level within the cope of specific skill sets.

Criteria:  to produce photographic projects that demonstrate a significant change in the level of understanding of photography and how it can be used to communicate within the skill set.

Assessment:   Teacher-based evaluation

Timeline:  Weekly monitoring for the duration of project(s)

Psychology Bowl
sweitzer@cup.edu

Southwest Academic Quiz League
Up to 8 members per team
November-December

Science Olympiad  Science Tournament
Multiple Event Category Competition at California University
16 participants in 9-12 grade
www.sciteched.org
March Competition - Preparation time varies

Pi Competition
3 teams of 6 students each
9th and 10th graders
http://www.fe.psu.edu/
March

Valley Independent
“Young Voices” writing  for newspaper
October - April

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