Nichols GT Scoop
October - November 2021

“Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing.”
~Madeline Hunter

5th Grade:
Our GT students completed their Road Trip Project where they visited a location and attraction of their choice. Fifth grade GT students traveled all around the United States!
The students selected four destinations to consider for their road trip and then did some research on information for each destination before selecting a final destination as their road trip project. Once they selected their destination, the students planned their trip, completed a budget, learned how to spend money on the road, and learned how to map their route. Students also created a few vacation selfies, as no vacation would be complete without selfies!
The students created a brochure of their favorite attraction as a culminating product for this project.
Below is a sampling of the attractions/destinations the fifth grade GT students visited:
· Disneyland, Los Angeles, California
· The Whitehouse, Washington, D.C.
· Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
· Louisville Slugger Museum, Louisville, KY
· Salt Lake City, Utah
· Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA
· Disney World and Universal Studios in Orlando, FL
· Waikiki Beach in Hawaii
· Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
· Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan
· White Sands National Park, New Mexico
· Park City, Utah
Raegen Lowery works on her brochure about Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. She was excited about visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! | Anaabelle Burgess and Keidy Perez work on completing their brochures on their destinations to Disneyland and the Cincinnati Museum of Art. | Landon Wallace and Layne Brooks work on their vacation selfies! |
Raegen Lowery
Anaabelle Burgess and Keidy Perez
Knox Williams, Miles Herrington, and Maddox Dement research information on their destinations to the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, The Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the home of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. | Stevie Rae Gresham works on her time and money on the road budget sheet on her way to Park City, Utah. | Leah Best, Kori Crispin, and Scarlett Luna research interesting facts and information to complete their travel brochure to their destinations of the Whitehouse in Washington D.C., Times Square, New York City, and the M&Ms store in Times Square, New York City. |
Knox Williams, Miles Herrington, and Maddox Dement
Stevie Rae Gresham

6th Grade
Tate Chandler and Hendrix Burnett show their eyewitness sketching skills! | James Traylor and McKenzie Reynolds are analyzing fingerprints to determine if they have arches, loops, or whorls. | Zayden Paulk examines his prints to determine which type of print he has; either an arch, loop, or whorl. |
Cesar Meza and Carlos Presa are examining the ridge characteristics of their fingerprints during our ridge lab. | Mary Grace Peacock and Kenley Penn are making bite mark impressions to measure their impressions of their jaw. The students learned how the experts use impressions and bite marks as evidence. | Bella Valenzuela and Aubrey Lake make tire tracks and examine them to identify each set of tracks on their worksheet. |
Cesar Meza and Carlos Presa
Mary Grace Peacock and Kenley Penn
Detective Compton
The Iodine Method Detective Compton demonstrates the iodine method - this method is somewhat messy and a bit smelly! | Latent prints Detective Compton asked the students to put their prints on the paper. Then he sprinkled some powder on top and swished his brush around the paper and the students watched as their fingerprints magically appeared! | Gold powder The gold powder was a favorite for many students! The gold powder method is used to pick up prints on glass. |
The Iodine Method
Latent prints
Alisson Gaytan assembles the skeleton in the Bone Challenge. | Sydney Harmel, Isabelle Green, and Haylie Dean place the bones in the proper place in the proper place on the outline they traced. | Alison Villarreal, Stephany Zamarron, & Maryse Lara analysis the animal hair samples during the hair lab. |
Riddles
1. I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?
2. You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
3. It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
4. I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Answers at the bottom of the page.
Games for Gifted Children
Gifted children enjoy many of the same games, like Monopoly, that other children enjoy, but their love of learning and need for challenge means that they will enjoy games where they can learn, show off their knowledge, and be challenged. Whether your gifted child loves robots or space, language or logic, or anything in between, you can find the perfect game. Here is a list of toys and games recommended by other gifted children, tweens, and teens sorted by age.
https://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/file/NAGC_PHP_Toy%20and%20Game%20List%202020-FINAL.pdf

Starting in January, our Gt students will begin working on their showcase projects!
Mrs. Cagle's GT Class Website
April Cagle, M.Ed.
Riddle Answers: a stamp; 2. The letter “R”, 3. A keyboard, 4. popcorn