Gwinnett Alliance for Gifted Education’s Summer Exploration Program (SEP) is designed to broaden the academic learning of gifted and high achieving students in a small classroom setting.
SEP provides a wide variety of challenging and enriching classes using 21st century strategies in a project-based learning format.
Each unit of study combines creativity, leadership, inquiry, critical thinking, and technology.
Each lesson is designed to encourage students to discover, explore, and grow.
Striving for Excellence in Gifted Education
Register for GAGE's annual Summer Exploration Program.
Here is an opportunity for your child(ren) to participate in one or two of our challenging courses designed for gifted and high achieving students.
Gifted certified teachers created and will be teaching the enrichment courses.
Students select a class based on next school year grade level!
Select 1 class per session!
FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Classes Grouped by Grade Levels
Morning Sessions:
Primary – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade
Title: Etiquette - Good character at school
Description:Lessons on how to teach children how having good character and etiquette can help them be successful in life.
Title: Passion Project
Description:Have you ever wondered what your passion is? During this session we will explore and research what type of leader you are. You will take ownership of your own learning and find out things you didn't know you needed.
Sometimes we have difficulty finding our niche and purpose, we will talk to leaders in our community to see what motivated them!
Title: Ms. Goodman’s Investigators
Description: Do you enjoy reading chapter books? Have you ever read a book and wished it had a different ending? In this club, you will have the opportunity to read a book and rewrite the entire ending of the story.
As a team, you will work to create a film to share your new story with your friends and family. If you love reading and acting, then this is the course for you! Join us as we consider story elements to help us recreate the perfect ending to a story!
Title: Programming Outdoor Fun!
Description:This beginner level Lego Robotics camp will provide students with STEAM-focused activities to promote 21st-century skills and computational thinking, introductory programming, math, and language arts.
Students will participate in team building activities and opportunities for physical activity, as well as receive a team briefing for challenges aligned to gifted standards.
Challenges will help students develop skills and knowledge to complete the culminating project of designing and programming outdoor fun on an amusement park ride using the Lego Spike Essentials robotics kit.
Title: Summer STEM
Description:Do you think making an instrument out of bananas, Play-Doh, and other conductive materials, and actually hearing music generated from it is cool? How about building a Lego structure and programming it to move?
If these activities sound interesting, you should join our summer STEM class, where we will do a variety of technology activities including programming dash robots, using Makey Makey Circuits, coding games, and even making slime and ice cream.
Space is limited, so sign up quickly!
Title: Dinosaur Exploration/Dig
Description: Have you ever wanted to explore like a paleontologist to discover ancient and mysterious dinosaur bones from the past? Well, here’s your chance! This summer you will do just that.
Welcome to the Summer Exploration Dinosaur Camp! Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as we journey back in time to explore the world of dinosaurs! This camp will offer a fun, educational experience filled with exciting activities, games, and learning opportunities.
Highlights: fossil digging & identification, dinosaur-themed crafts, and games.
Middle – 4th & 5th Grades
Title: Fantasy Quest - Discovering the Magic of Fantasy
Description:Students will embark on an unforgettable journey through the enchanting realms of epic quests. From brave heroes to wicked villains, from mysterious forests to enchanted castles, students will delve deep into captivating stories.
Through interactive activities, imaginative storytelling, and creative projects. Fantasy Quest will foster a love for reading, critical thinking skills, and a sense of wonder and imagination.
Title: Creation Station
Description:Calling all STEM fanatics! In this action-packed class, we will make roller coasters, mini golf course models, and strategy games! We’ll combine creativity, problem solving, and teamwork to create some amazing inventions!
You’ll have so much fun playing, you won’t even realize how much you’re learning!
Title: Create Your Own Video Game!
Description: Create an RPG side scroller or escape room game and share it with your friends! Use Scratch programming to design and build your own computer game while learning computer science skills.
We’ll have fun learning game design and experimenting with different types of games. Students will have time to test their code and share it with others.
Title: Bucket Drumming
Description:Bucket Drumming is designed to expose students to playing a percussion instrument; learn to read and play rhythm notation and gain basic playing techniques.
We will also learn some Drum Cadences and play along with some of students’ favorite tune.
Title: Become an Entrepreneur
Description: Have you ever recognized a need in the world, do you see a problem that needs to be solved, do you have the answer to that problem? Well, here is your chance to become the CEO and Founder of your own corporation and create an invention.
Students will create an invention, identify the target market, outline the business plan, and present their idea to the class. Assessment will be based on a rubric that includes creativity, feasibility, and presentation skills.
Middle: 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades
Title: Model of a Tiny House
Description: Sustainable residents have been all the rave for some time now! Students will oversee creating their own tiny house.
Students will have to manage their budget and the materials that will be used and create a mock tiny house of their own!
Title: Let’s Build A Sustainable Green Lego City!
Description: Do you love building your future city out of Legos? Can you plan and build an ecofriendly Lego city and even design your own buildings, apartments, retail space, medical center, and tons more that every city needs. As our population grows in our cities, the more nature and the countryside will be destroyed.
We will design and build a real Lego Green City in a short week time. You will be an Architect, Construction Manager, Real Estate Supervisor, Artist and even an Engineer/Researcher. Come spend the day building a Green City.
Afternoon Sessions
1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades
Title: Passion Project
Description: Have you ever wondered what your passion is? During this session we will explore and research what type of leader you are. You will take ownership of your own learning and find out things you didn't know you needed.
Sometimes we have difficulty finding our niche and purpose, we will talk to leaders in our community to see what motivated them!
Title: Living in Space
Description: This advanced level Lego Robotics camp will provide students with STEM focused activities to promote 21st century skills in design engineering and computer science. Students will participate in team building activities and opportunities for physical activity as well as receive a mission briefing for daily challenges aligned to gifted standards.
Daily challenges will help students develop skills and knowledge to complete the culminating project, to design a base for tourists to visit in space using the Lego Wedo 2.0 Robotics kit.
Title: Summer STEM
Description:Do you think making an instrument out of bananas, Play-Doh, and other conductive materials, and actually hearing music generated from it is cool? How about building a Lego structure and programming it to move?
If these activities sound interesting, you should join our summer STEM class, where we will do a variety of technology activities including programming dash robots, using Makey Makey Circuits, coding games, and even making slime and ice cream. Space is limited, so sign up quickly!
Title: Dinosaur Exploration/Dig
Description: Have you ever wanted to explore like a paleontologist to discover ancient and mysterious dinosaur bones from the past? Well, here’s your chance! This summer you will do just that. Welcome to the Summer Exploration Dinosaur Camp!
Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as we journey back in time to explore the world of dinosaurs! This camp will offer a fun, educational experience filled with exciting activities, games, and learning opportunities. Highlights; fossil digging & identification, dinosaur-themed crafts, and games.
Description: Students will dive into the thrilling world of mysteries as they explore captivating stories and participate in hands-on activities to unlock secrets. Through engaging activities and discussions, students will unravel clues, decode suspects, and uncover the truth behind intriguing mysteries.
Get ready for an immersive journey into the heart of suspense!
Title: Ukulele
Description: Students learn to play ukulele which is a fretted instrument, and a great beginning to playing guitar.
We will learn open strings and learn to play chords so students can play along to some of their favorite songs.
Title: The New Ending Club
Description: Do you enjoy reading chapter books? Have you ever read a book and wished it had a different ending? In this club, you will have the opportunity to read a book and rewrite the entire ending of the story. As a team, you will work to create a film to share your new story with your friends and family.
If you love reading and acting, then this is the course for you! Join us as we consider story elements to help us recreate the perfect ending to a story!
6th, 7th, & 8th Grades
Title: Cookie Jar Mystery
Description: Students will use biotechnology to determine who took the cookies from the cookie jar.
Students will create and use their own gel electrophoresis, use forensic methods as well as learn about DNA to solve the mystery!
Title: Become a Meteorologist that investigates Tornadoes and Hurricanes
Description: This investigation will involve research, interpreting weather like a meteorologist, filming a segment like a real meteorologist and much more fun! We also will have A STEAM Day working with Art and Science.
They will explore and analysis data through art projects such as spin art and color graphing. Students will investigate the weather, the damage caused, they difference in the storms and how they are rated. Come be a Meteorologist for the day!
GAGE Members: $150
Non-GAGE members: $175
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