Curious inquiry bubbled up and overflowed Monday across the Killeen Civic and Conference Center where kindergarten through eighth grade students showcased a huge range of projects following months of research.
Each Killeen ISD school selected its top project per grade level that students completed as part of the Texas Performance Standards Project to make up the annual district showcase.
A total of 165 projects displayed on boards and in some cases with digital work filled the ballroom space.
Parents, teachers and guests meandered through the display, talked with students and used stickers to indicate their favorites.
Advanced Academics Specialist Rachel Bailey said the project is an important one to give students who are identified as gifted and talented an outlet to explore beyond the set curriculum.
“Our gifted and talented students have picked a passion topic and developed a project,” Bailey said. “They’ve done research. Most made a trifold and an artifact of some kind.”
Most students worked on projects during class and outside of class.
There are few limitations on topics and that was evident in the range of projects on display.
Students studied tornadoes and cheetahs, Napolean, bullet ants, bridges, robotics, space travel and so much more. Topics related to history, math, science, geography, culture, art and music to name a few.
“We want them to be excited to learn,” said Bailey. “A lot of gifted and talented students feel tied down. This gives them freedom to research a topic of interest.”
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