Gifted Bulletin Board

Welcome to the Gifted Issues Discussion Forum.

We invite you to share your experiences and to post information about advocacy, research and other gifted education issues on this free public discussion forum.
CLICK HERE to Log In. Click here for the Board Rules.

Links


Learn about Davidson Academy Online - for profoundly gifted students living anywhere in the U.S. & Canada.

The Davidson Institute is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students through the following programs:

  • Fellows Scholarship
  • Young Scholars
  • Davidson Academy
  • THINK Summer Institute

  • Subscribe to the Davidson Institute's eNews-Update Newsletter >

    Free Gifted Resources & Guides >

    Who's Online Now
    0 members (), 86 guests, and 12 robots.
    Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
    Newest Members
    Amelia Willson, jordanstephen, LucyCoffee, Wes, moldypodzol
    11,533 Registered Users
    October
    S M T W T F S
    1 2 3 4 5
    6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    13 14 15 16 17 18 19
    20 21 22 23 24 25 26
    27 28 29 30 31
    Previous Thread
    Next Thread
    Print Thread
    Page 3 of 3 1 2 3
    Joined: May 2007
    Posts: 1,783
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: May 2007
    Posts: 1,783
    LOL! Like a toast-blender?

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posts: 1,917
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posts: 1,917
    Originally Posted by Kriston
    SPG, you'd be surprised how much comes back to you. Honest!

    We'll see, but some of the things you have been discussing were never "there" in the first place, so they won't be able to come back! (i suppose you'll be telling me there are octagonal numbers, too...) I'm sure DS4 will be telling me soon "i think [insert any name here] knows way more about math [or insert any other topic] than you do."

    Oh, and I had to look up heuristics too.

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posts: 1,917
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posts: 1,917
    well, humph!

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    Kriston Offline OP
    Member
    OP Offline
    Member
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    Originally Posted by st pauli girl
    We'll see, but some of the things you have been discussing were never "there" in the first place, so they won't be able to come back! (i suppose you'll be telling me there are octagonal numbers, too...) I'm sure DS4 will be telling me soon "i think [insert any name here] knows way more about math [or insert any other topic] than you do."

    Oh, and I had to look up heuristics too.


    I did, too, the first time I came across the word in teaching lingo, SPG. No worries there. Some of it is just experience with teaching materials.

    I learned about triangular numbers from a "math with pattern blocks" book that I bought for this school year. I had never heard of them before that. Haven't we all made pyramids out of stuff before though? The concept is there, even if the terminology isn't.

    I'm telling you, you're ahead of the game! Your child is three years younger than mine, and you know as much as I know on this subject already! So much comes out of the learning materials you find...

    Oh, and from this forum, of course! laugh

    And now I'm off to look at that octagonal numbers link. I've never heard of those...


    Kriston
    Joined: Dec 2007
    Posts: 902
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Dec 2007
    Posts: 902
    Originally Posted by Kriston
    Have you discovered "How It's Made" on the Science Channel yet? DS7 LOVED that show for a while. He could talk for hours about how golf balls and streetlights were made. laugh It's boring as sin to a non-engineer, but DS7 and DH (the engineer) could watch it for hours almost without blinking! LOL!

    Of course, "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel is also great, even for me. I love those nerds! grin

    Thanks for the recommendations. I just told our TiVo about it smile


    LMom
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posts: 1,815
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posts: 1,815
    We're a big "How's It Made" and Mythbusters household!!! In fact it's where DS8 learned to use the word "d&*n^" thanks again Adam. Ha Ha Ha.

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    Kriston Offline OP
    Member
    OP Offline
    Member
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    Yes, I do wish they wouldn't curse. But I'm willing to overlook it since it's such a great show otherwise. We just use it as a teachable moment to talk about appropriate and inappropriate language.

    Plus, I confess, it's not like my kids have never heard me slip before... blush


    Kriston
    Page 3 of 3 1 2 3

    Moderated by  M-Moderator 

    Link Copied to Clipboard
    Recent Posts
    Help with WISC-V composite scores
    by aeh - 10/28/24 02:43 PM
    i Am genius and no one understands me!!!
    by Eagle Mum - 10/23/24 04:11 PM
    Classroom support for advanced reader
    by Heidi_Hunter - 10/14/24 03:50 AM
    2e Dyslexia/Dysgraphia schools
    by Jwack - 10/12/24 08:38 AM
    Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5