Books in the Gifted Treasury Series series

This resource book for the media specialist or for use in the G/T classroom offers substantive information combined with an activity orientation that aims to "demystify space" for today's students. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the whole field of space science.

Flack's exciting, mind-stretching activities illuminate a rich, interdisciplinary field of study. Investigating inventions of the past and the present, funny inventions, and inventions we may see in the future provides a natural springboard to creative thinking.

Can creativity be taught? Absolutely! And Meador shows you exactly how to nourish creativity and problem-solving abilities in your students. After presenting valid models of creative thinkers appearing in outstanding children's literature, she offers a variety of activities you can use to develop creative processes through fluency, flexibility, and originality. In addition, there are lists for further reading and guidelines for adapting lessons. Grades K-4 (adaptable to other grades).