Winner of the 2017 NAGC Curriculum Studies Award Space, Structure, and Story integrates Earth and Space Science with Science fiction and nonfiction texts, poetry, and art.
Grades 4-6.
Kennedy and President Barack Obama; and informational texts about gravity, orbits, and black holes.
Escher, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Salvador Dali; a novel study featuring A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L\'Engle; short stories from Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury; speeches from President John F.
C.
Lewis; art from M.
S.
Ideal for Gifted classrooms or Gifted pull-out groups, the unit features poetry from Carl Sandburg, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and C.
Mobius strips, the hero\'s journey, dystopian fiction, black holes, Einstein\'s relativity, stars, and moons are just a few of the captivating in-depth topics explored through accelerated content, engaging activities, and differentiated tasks.
Students explore Advanced Science and ELA content through the lens of structure--its parts, purpose, and function.
This unit, developed by Vanderbilt University\'s Programs for Talented Youth, is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.
Winner of the 2017 NAGC Curriculum Studies Award Space, Structure, and Story integrates Earth and Space Science with Science fiction and nonfiction texts, poetry, and art
