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Title: Description: The Florida Department of Education has allocated funding for the 2005-06 Challenge Grant, Collaborative Curriculum Projects. This grant is available on a competitive basis to schools serving students who are gifted. Specific information and a request for applications was sent to all principals in the school district who supervise gifted programs. The Collaborative Curriculum Projects are intended to promote innovative redesign of instruction and improved gifted student performance through collaboration between gifted students or teachers and other students, colleagues, mentors or community agencies. Collaboration may be with general education classrooms, classrooms for students with disabilities, other gifted classes, other schools, or school districts, professionals in a particular field who are willing to become mentors and share expertise, colleges, universities, museums, and laboratories. The goals of the individual grants must be to teach and promote scientific inquiry, integrate critical thinking with other disciplines and provide opportunities for students to present demonstrations to other students and members of the community. Each district may submit a maximum of five applications. A maximun of $10,000 will be awarded to each grant recipient. Funds may be used to purchase materials and technology. Evaluation procedures will include pre and posttests, rubrics and checklists. Sunshine State Standards will serve as the basis for the evaluation instruments. Recommendation: Financial Impact: For Additional Information, contact: Attachments (list):
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