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PBVUSD G.A.T.E. Students At It Again
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Posted by Liane Fri May 23, 2008 09:19:39 PDT
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Do you stub your toe on chair legs often?  Does your oven mitt tend to fall off?  Does it drive you crazy when you try to raise your blinds and they go all crooked?   Would you like your toddlers to be learning the alphabet as you are stuck in traffic?  Then you should have attended this morning's Invention Convention, held at Stockdale Elementary. 

Each morning this week, 5th grade G.A.T.E. students from Old River, Laurelglen, Buena Vista, McAuliffe, etc. showed off their creativity at an annual "Invention Convention."   Students have been working diligently for weeks, first visualizing their creation, then constructing it on paper, and finally, producing a model that represents their invention as closely as possible.  Sixth grade GATE students served as judges.  Visiting students, parents and teachers were in awe at the originality of these inventions.  Things were being invented that we didn't even know we needed!  (a hands-free clipboard?  a scented airline "barf bag"?  a remote control backpack?)

G.A.T.E. coordinator and 5th grade instructor, Kathleen Scrivner, has been hard at work supervising the huge variety of inventions, with a different set of schools displaying their product each day.  With a little press coverage, she could have the makings of an entire week's worth of The Ellen Show's Childhood Inventors!  With the right marketing, maybe even the next product lineup on QVC!  

 

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Comment From: Wonkamor

Great article! We-Leigh's friends-are so lucky to know Mrs.Whitson!GATE is indeed awesome. I considered myself unfortunate not having been able to go participate in the Invention Convention. NOTE: 1st one to comment. COOL article!