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Texas Performance Standards Project. www.texaspsp.org. Klein ISD Office of Advance Academics. Starting with the end in mind. Young Minds Creating Knowledge. Klein ISD Gifted Showcase. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7-r7eUx_4. What is it?.
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Texas Performance Standards Project www.texaspsp.org Klein ISD Office of Advance Academics
Starting with the end in mind Young Minds Creating Knowledge Klein ISD Gifted Showcase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7-r7eUx_4
What is it? The TPSP is a classroom learning experience in whichyou will have the opportunity to explore, through research, one of your areas of interest in depth. If you are interested in science, you will conduct studies much as a laboratory scientist would do. If you would like to be a published poet, you might like to focus on taking a poem from conception to publication.
How can you use • this task to make • a difference in your • community? • 2. How can you • apply the task • to a real-world • situation? • How will this • task have a • personal impact • on you? To Think About . . .
Personality Traits Needed for Successful Completion
Where to Start? 1. Take home the letter to parents 2. Show parents the presentation 3. Review the synopsis of available tasks: Grades K-5; Grades 6-8; Exit Level 4. Complete an interest inventory called “List What You Love” 5. Discuss ideas with your parents 6. Return the signed Student Profile and Participation Agreement to the homeroom teacher
Keys to Success Create a calendar and stick to it. Stay organized (GT WIKI coming soon!)