Working with gifted science students in a public high school environment: one school's approach.

The Chemistry/Physics Program at Evanston Township High place of education was designed to provide an environment for the rigorous teaching of advanced science and mathematics to accelerated learners This type of student makes up the magnitude of students in the Advanced Placement Chemistry and Physics classes. However, there is a small number of pupils who master class materials quickly and easily and display unusual scientific insight. We consider these scholars to be gifted, and it is this collection on whom we have reported in this article. We discuss various options we have utilized to retain students in the Chemistry/Physics Program highly motivated