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Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder
The Center for Gifted organizes week long summer camps and weekend classes throughout the year for grades Kindergarten through 11. Click here for classes in Burr Ridge!
Fermilab Science Adventures
Science Adventures are informal classes for students in grades PreK-10 held on Saturdays throughout the school year and during the summer. Click here to view a listing of current classes.
Other Fermilab Programs
Wonders of Science – (Ages 7-12)
February 26, 2012
Tickets: $4.00/person (nonrefundable). Contact edreg@fnal.gov (preferred) or 630-840-8259 with questions. Printable registration forms available at: http://eddata.fnal.gov/lasso/program_search/wos_form.html
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) High School Career Expo – April 11, 2012 – 5:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
The program, held at Fermilab’s Wilson Hall, is free, and no registration is required.
Fermilab Family Open House – April 22 or 29, 2012
The open house will be most appropriate for families with children in grades 3 and up. Tours restricted to those ages 10 and up. Watch the website for updates.
Family Outdoor Activity Fair – (Ages 5-12)
June 10, 2012 – 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Activities include walking the emerging tallgrass prairie, netting for land and water critters and visiting the bison herd. The fair is free.
Get to Know the Lederman Science Center
Explore Fermilab science from a kid's point of view! Bring your family for a guided tour of Lederman Science Center exhibits on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 AM to noon. No registration is required.
MIT Splash
https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html
One weekend in November, thousands of 7th to 12th grade students of all types flood to MIT just for ESP’s Splash program to learn anything they want. From fractal fun to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash participants are introduced to a huge variety of topics by over 400 classes taught by teachers from the MIT community. Want to take a class on Egyptian mythology? Origami? Chemical sensors? All are possible. Over the course of 20 hours during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any number of subjects—things you always wanted to learn, or topics you never knew existed. Or you can dive head first into an in-depth seminar or intensive workshop. The whole thing happens over the course of two intense days on the MIT campus, with classes taught by MIT students and community members.
The Illinois Association for Gifted Children is an organization of parents, educators, and others committed to the education and development of children with diverse gifts and talents. We educate, support, and influence those who touch the lives of children and focus our energies to meet the needs of children with gifts and talents in Illinois through: advocacy, standards, and networking.
Northwestern Center for Talent Development
The Northwestern Center for Talent Development runs numerous different programs target at gifted children. http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/
MATS provides the opportunity for kids in grades 3-5
to take above grade level tests, either the Explore (grades 3-5) or the SAT
or ACT (grades 6-8) and then receive information on how they scored
compared to other MATS participants and information on what those scores
mean in terms of future educational choices and opportunities.
To qualify to participate in MATS, students need to have scored in the 95th
percentile or above on a nationally normed test (97th percentile for 3rd
grade). The MAP tests which the district gives is one example of a
nationally normed test. More information can be found at: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/
, click on "Learn more about MATS"
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