ESU Holds What IF? Event for Gifted Elementary School Students

What If A Gifted Event

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on April 20, 2023, No Comments

On Saturday, April 15, East Stroudsburg University welcomed 65 gifted students from local and regional school districts to “What IF?: A Gifted Event.” ESU students taking Instructional Planning in Special Education (SPED215) created a day of hands-on learning for elementary and middle school aged children (grades 2-8.)

This semester, the pre-service students created lessons involving the new scientific method. They presented the method and taught a lesson showcasing the method and how it plays a role in today’s society. Lessons for the day included: impacts of oil on animals with feathers; Da Vinci science bridge; electric potato; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; impact of oil spills in the Poconos; Rube Goldberg; making a catapult; and reflex or reaction.

ESU SPED215 students who prepared the day’s lessons and event were Bryan Foster, a sophomore from Dingmans Ferry, Pa.; Joseph Halus, a junior from Collegeville, Pa.; Nicholas Hinds, a senior from Walnutport, Pa.; Elizabeth Minnich, a sophomore from Pen Argyl, Pa.; Ellie Parido, a sophomore from Lancaster, Pa.; Stephanie Scupoline, a junior from Hackettstown, N.J.; Holly Soto, a sophomore from Glen Burnie, Md.; and Evan Wooby, a sophomore from Branchburg, N.J.

ESU’s “What IF?” program is the only program of its kind in Pennsylvania. For more information please contact Dr. Brooke Langan, dean of ESU’s College of Education by calling (570) 422-3377 or email blangan1@esu.edu.