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Differentiation for GT - Part II

Adding Depth and Complexity

Jennifer Sheffield, Ed.S.

mulberryjen@gmail.com

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Depth and Complexity

A framework for academic exploration designed by Sandra Kaplan and Bette Gould to help challenge students and enhance thinking skills.

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How do experts within their fields think?

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https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/

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SYMBOLS:

Share information

Tell us what to do/not do

Create expectation

Convey Emotion

Can change meaning (in context, over time)

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Depth and Complexity Categories (I. Byrd)

https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/

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https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/

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https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Fictitious Plant Name Generator can be found here: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Elementary Science

Draw and describe a Hyphydrpooecetes rubicundblastus plant in a ___________ habitat.

What helps it survive?
What makes it unique?

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ELA - Various Grades

Word Interviews

(Independent or Partner Game)

Word: Angst

Who are your relatives? (Synonyms)

What do you love? Why?

What do you dislike the most? Why?

Are you useful? How?

What are your dreams?

If you could give advice to someone, who would it be and what would you advise?

What are the highlights of your life?

What is something you wish people understood about you?

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Trend

a general direction in which something is developing or changing

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Analyzing Trends

Identify Trends using evidence and data
Look at cause and effect
Examine influences that affect change

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https://clarkcountyblog.com/news/403760/sports-apparel-online-retailing-market-including-top-key-players-nike-adidas-puma-under-armour/

https://www.stateofthebirds.org/2019/steep-declines/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Unanswered Questions

Comfort with ambiguity
A sense of wonder

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Unanswered

Questions

What is something you don’t know the answer to but you could find out?

What do you not know the answer to because that answer is not available?

What is something you know but other people disagree with you about?

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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http://www.thinklaw.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Secondary-TEKS-thinkLaw-Samples.pdf

Colin Seale’s

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*Link to Graphic organizer

http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Big Idea & Details Graphic Organizer

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19TPLWrVEaNMIacagtQ5E8gOaOmekszWuhcsH0dsAlck/copy

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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https://www.gapminder.org/resources/

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Which geometric shape is the most useful? Why?

GMO Foods - Feeding the World or Frankenfoods?

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Dollar Street

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http://www.scusd.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/icons_for_dandc.pdf

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Source: Lisa Van Gemert: https://www.giftedguru.com/why-i-love-depth-and-complexity/

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Ask students to confirm or refute statements based upon combinations of icons (I. Byrd) https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/

🌻 Details come together to form 🌀 patterns.
⚖️ Ethical problems lead to the development of new 🚦 rules.
New 🚦rules lead to new ⚖️ ethical problems.
👓 Multiple perspectives create ⚖️ ethical problems.
👓 Multiple perspectives can come together to solve ⚖️ ethical problems.
👄 Language can ⏳ change over time and develop new meanings.
👓 Points of View can ⏳ change over time. What appears foolish at one time may wise later; and vice versa.
When a 🌀 pattern changes, it becomes a 📈 trend.
A ⏳ change leads to new 👓 perspectives.
🚦 Rules depend on the 👓 point of view.
🏠 Big ideas are built from 🌻 details
A 🏠 big idea can ⏳ change over time
New 🚦 rules create new 🌀 patterns
👓 Different people will view a 🌀 pattern differently
⏳ Changes lead to ⚖️ ethical issues.
📚 Combining disciplines leads to new ⏳changes.