Gwinnett Alliance for Gifted Education’s Saturday Exploration Program (SEP) provides a wide variety of challenging and enriching classes using 21st century learning strategies for gifted and high achieving students.
Each unit of study combines creativity, leadership, inquiry, critical thinking, and technology.
Each lesson is designed to encourage students to discover, explore, and grow.
Gifted and Advanced Content Students are invited to participate!
Striving for Excellence in Gifted Education
Register for GAGE's SpringSaturday 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.
The Saturday Exploration Program covers all 4 Saturdays!
Description:Get ready for an awesome adventure in coding and STEM fun!
In this class, you'll bring characters to life in Scratch, making them move, talk, and race each other! You can also build your own Flappy Bird game or create a thrilling dodge game. But that’s not all, you'll also do amazing hands-on STEM activities, like building a catapult, designing lava lamps, and doing the egg drop challenge.
Come explore, create, and have fun as you become a coding genius and a STEM superhero!
Problem Solving through Board Games
Description:Enter into a world of mystery, adventure, and dice-driven storytelling by playing board games. Improve your game playing strategy to win the games. Have fun developing your number knowledge, arithmetic, and problem-solving skills.
You will play games like Clue Jr., Color Slam, Scrabble, Candy Land, Sorry, Don’t Break the Ice, Chutes & Ladder, and so much more. Also, you will create your own board game to play with your family and friends.
Storybook Art!
Description: Do you love to read? Do you love art too? Have you ever though to yourself, I can recreate that story, or I can bring that story to life? If so, Storybook literature and arts is the class for you.
In this class you will explore your creativity, critical thinking, and connect your personal experiences to reading and art.
Third, Fourth & Fifth Grade
Dinosaur Exploration ‘Let’s Dig!’
Description:Have you ever wanted to explore and discover old bones of dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago? Well, here’s your chance to learn the ancient and mysterious wonders of the dinosaurs just like a paleontologist.
You will have an opportunity to unveil models of these ancient wonders and learn more about their habitat, what they ate, and most of all, why these magnificent world wonders became extinct. Get ready to join me on this expedition.
Electricity & Magnetism
Description:Are you curious about electricity and how it powers our world? Do you wonder where the force of a magnet comes from and how strong it can be in our universe? Discover how the worlds of electricity and magnetism collide to help us perform daily activities. Explore the fascinating principles of electricity by creating electric circuits.
Experience the role of an electrical engineer using real circuit components that snap together to create working electronic circuits and devices. You will be able to create a switch light, radio, flying toy and so much more. Here is your opportunity to learn about electromagnetic force.
Math Masters: Cooking, Crafting, and Creating!
Description: Get ready for the ultimate Math Adventure, where learning meets fun and creativity! Ever wondered how math can help you cook up a perfect pizza or bake the yummiest cupcakes? You’ll discover it all as we mix numbers with delicious ingredients!
But that's just the start — get ready to unleash your imagination as we design and build your favorite 3D zoo animals, bringing them to life! And to top it off, we’ll dive into the world of strategy as you use your math skills to design and create your very own interactive Battleship game!
This isn’t your typical math class — it’s a thrilling, action-packed adventure where math becomes your superpower.
Extraordinary Engineers!
Discription:Join the mission to rebuild Gwinnett County! A devastating natural disaster has destroyed homes, schools, roads, and more. The commissioner seeks EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERS to design, scale, and restore our community.
Are you creative, cooperative, or competitive? If so, your skills are needed to construct safer, stronger infrastructure for families to return home.
This is your chance to make a lasting impact—sign up now and be part of the team that brings Gwinnett County back to life!
Fourth to Seventh Grade
Roller Coaster Challenge
Description: If you'd like to investigate the physics of amusement park rides, then this challenge is for you. You'll build a roller coaster track for marbles using simple household items and see how much the marble's potential energy at the beginning of the track is converted to kinetic energy at various points along the track.
GAGE Members: $150
Non-GAGE members: $175
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