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In Korea, education for the gifted students in science has been carried out nationwide since the spring of 2002. Twenty five Institutes under University supervision were established since then, and special classes for the gifted students were assembled in several primary and junior high schools under the supervision of Provincial Office of Education. Instead of selecting students by conventional stepwise knowledge-based tests, Korean Government advised to screen students based on their performance in the classroom. Here we present a few guidelines of what to consider for screening the gifted students. In general, gifted students possess several virtues including intelligence, perseverance, originality, creativeness, and imagination. However, to excel in science there are more characteristics desired. Basic knowledge, tenacity to overcome hardship, lifetime interests and passion for science are among them. We will discuss how and why these properties helped the great scientists to succeed in the history through case studies. Some of crucial points are used as items for the checklist tables in judging students for their prospect to be scientists. Finally, we present two tables of checklists as examples which may be helpful in judging students of their scientific potentialities.

A research and education program on the measuring the temperature distribution of an air around a candle flame was carried out. This program was prepared to help the eighth and the ninth grade students understand the basic concepts in optics such as refraction and interference of light, refractive index of gas media and the effects of temperature on the refractive index of an air. From the wave number differences between two light beams due to the candle flame on one path of the Mach-Zender interferometer, the temperature distribution was measured and the obtained two-dimensional average temperature distribution was found to be from 77℃ to 317℃.

The Tombs of the kings at Luxor, Egypt, is considered one of the most important Egyptian Pharaohs heritages and one the favorite places for touristic attraction from all over the world. These mountings dug single entry passage leading to the burial room that is beautifully painted with golden artifacts that are admired by everyone. Ancient Egyptians had carved these in surrounding limestone that are affected by water vapour due to human activities. Airflow characteristics in ventilated and air-conditioned spaces play an important role to attain comfort and hygiene conditions. This paper utilizes a 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model to assess the airflow characteristics in ventilated and air-conditioned archaeological tombs of Egyptian Kings in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor, Egypt. It is found that the optimum airside design system can be attained, if the airflow is directed to pass all the enclosure areas before the extraction and with careful selection of near wall velocities to avoid any wear or aberration of the tomb’s wall paintings. The airside design and internal obstacles are the focus of the present work. The free air supply and mechanically extracted ducted air play an important role in the main flow pattern and the creation of main recirculation zones. The internal obstacles can offend the airflow pattern by different ways, such as, by increasing the recirculation zones or by deflecting the main airflow pattern.

The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of parents and teachers about scientifically gifted students in Korea. An instrument that measures perception consisted of 34 five-point Likert-type items (scores range from 1 to 5), and categorized into six domains: curiosity and adventure, logical thought and word, commitment and responsibility, learning ability, leadership and reaction, and openness. Data were collected from 73 parents and 73 teachers of scientifically gifted students, which were taught in the Science Education Institute for the Gifted adjacent for University. The levels of perception were considerably high. The highest perception domain was learning ability for both parents and teachers, but the lowest was openness. Perception level of parents was higher than teachers’ in curiosity and adventure domain. There was no significant difference between parents’ and teachers’ perception levels in other domains (p < 0.05). For teachers’ perception, each domain correlated positively, and the correlation between the domains was significant. But, for parents’ perception, the openness domain didn’t correlated significantly with curiosity and adventure, logical thought and word, and learning ability (p > 0.05). Effectively to educate scientifically gifted students, gifted educational programs need to be designed considering perceptions of gifted students' parents and teachers about them.

Background; Most gifted students prefer self-directed learning with computerized tool. Here we developed an app called “Plants in Dokdo” for students to independently learn as they look through plants which grow in a unique ecological environment. Although Korean students have an interest in Dokdo, there are many obstacles to visit this island. Therefore, this app can provide an educational opportunity for students to do a virtual field trip. Design and Methods; We observed the plants in their natural habitat and located the place using a GPS for making a map of the flora. An App was developed containing information and photographs of plants and uploaded to App store. Results; Students can do the virtual field trip to Dokdo by accessing this “Plants in Dokdo”App. This App provides educational tool of the plant ecology with specific interests. Conclusion; App becomes an education tool for students to understand plant diversity and ecology without textbook.