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Welcome to Magic Logic, where brilliant minds meet their favorite monthly challenge! This edition is specially designed for gifted students who love exploring the power of logic, creativity, and critical thinking. Every page of this issue is filled with brain puzzles, problem-solving challenges, and logical reasoning games that stretch your imagination and boost your cognitive skills. As you dive into these mind-bending activities, you’ll discover how powerful it feels to think differently, to question deeply, and to solve problems with creativity and precision. In today’s fast-paced world, nurturing analytical thinking and mental agility is more important than ever. That’s why Magic Logic brings you puzzles and exercises that not only entertain but also build higher-order thinking skills and intellectual confidence. Whether you’re sharpening your logic for school competitions, preparing for…

Gifted and Talented Class Ideas If you’ve been given a GATE class and need some direction on what to do during the time, try implementing some of the ideas included in this packet. With gifted students, choice is important. Consider allowing your students to help decide how your time will be spent. This resource will provide ideas to help. Adapt them to fit the needs of your own students, and have fun! Idea 1 ~ Dramatic Production Allow your students to use a fairytale as a springboard to write their own dramatic production. Your students will take an original fairytale and rewrite it with a modern twist or with their own creative changes. Students will become playwrights, producers, and actors. Put your students into small collaborative groups and let each…

This challenge is low prep and tons of fun, but can get MESSY! Your students will use ingredients to try and create a bubbling witch’s brew. I recommend that you have your students work in small groups (2-H students each) and have a station for each set of H-8 students. Before Starting Talk about lab safety. Because the students will be mixing ingredients, discuss with them the importance of handling the materials. All of these ingredients are safe but should not be ingested. If they have a spill, they should clean it up or ask for help since someone could slip on a wet spot. Challenge Setup Pour the different ingredients into containers that the students can then measure from (bowls, measuring cups). You will likely want to set up…