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Allison Burrell

Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA) - 0 views

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    The Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA) is dedicated to the study and support of educational acceleration for academically talented students. We serve educators, parents, students, administrators, policy makers...in short, anyone with an interest in learning more about why and how academic acceleration works for meeting the needs of high-ability students.
Allison Burrell

Unwrapping the Gifted - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

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    An article describing how a gifted teacher has begun using Solitaire Chess (a new game from the ThinkFun company) with her students. She says that this game works best with students who are already familiar with chess or with very small/ one-on-one lessons for students who are just learning the rules. She's using the hands-on version, but there's also an iTunes app available. A video of one of her 5th grade students playing is included.
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A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

  • tar balls as big as manhole covers float at the surface. Oily sheens, some hundreds of yards across, glow dully on the water.
  • They are just beginning to study—and attempting to repair—a coast transformed by oil.
  • Jim Cowan and a dozen of his laboratory members gather to discuss their next move. In the agonizing days since the spill began, Cowan’s fisheries lab has become something of a command center, with Cowan guiding his students in documenting the damage.
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  • Much of his research has focused on fish and their habitats. But now he worries that the Gulf he’s known for all these years is gone. “These kids are young, and I don’t think they realize yet how it’s going to change their lives,” he says of the oil. “The notion of doing basic science, basic ecology, where we’re really trying to get at the drivers of the ecosystem...” He pauses and shakes his head. “It’s going to be a long time before we get oil out of the equation.”
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