By Jennifer de la Haye This week, I had an opportunity to observe a session of Spyglass, IEA’s new distance learning program that brings professionals and students together via Zoom for specialized workshops. This particular session was the 4th class in a 6-part series for children ages 9-12. The...
Creative Problem Solving II - Changing Your Point of View In this video, 2023 CDB Scholar Arul Kolla continues the series of videos about creative problem solving by talking about changing your point of view. In many problems, we often get stuck after trying for...
Mathematical Poetry - Topology This is the third part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce the basic concept of Topology, teach students to write a "three-line transforming poem" and create their own Mobius...
By Jennifer De La Haye Dan Tichenor is a beloved Yunasa Fellow and friend of IEA. During our virtual Yunasa West session, Dan led a workshop about self-kindness, a topic that seems especially important right now, when everything feels upside down. I conducted an interview with...
By Amber McClarin, IEA Enrollment Coordinator Summer plans may not be shaping up the way we had imagined, but that doesn’t mean that traveling to new and exciting places are off the table. There are no limits to where our minds can take us. No matter...
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This is the second part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce basic fractals and teach students to create their own fractal designs and three types of "Fractal poems". This workshop is recommended for...
By Ashley Prior, Marketing and Communications Coordinator This summer’s ever-changing landscape provides children and youth of all ages an opportunity to participate in fun, challenging learning through IEA’s virtual programs. When the Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) made the difficult decision to cancel all in-person summer...
Dear IEA Families, The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is deeply saddened by the most recent examples of the horrific injustice that has plagued our nation’s Black community for far too long. We join communities around the world that are banding together to mourn and work towards social...
Physics seems to work well on human scales, but why does classical physics seem to break at the largest and smallest ones? This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and CEO of Brilliants, a tutoring organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities)...
Patsy Kumekawa and her husband Michael are well known in the gifted community through their organization, Scholar Search Associates. For several years, IEA has partnered with Scholar Search to represent our organization and programs at various school fairs and gifted conferences throughout the country. Below,...
Physics seems to work well on human scales, but why does classical physics seem to break at the largest and smallest ones? This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and CEO of Brilliants, a tutoring organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities)...
By Nicole Endacott, Program Coordinator Each person on the Academy team misses our extraordinary students! I, for one, am looking forward to being back in person to check progress on Rubik’s Cube solving times, see pictures of growing puppies and kittens, and hear everyone’s latest research...
By Alexis Hopper, Program Coordinator In celebration and in honor of Teacher Appreciation week, I’d like to take this opportunity to send a very special thank you to each of our Spring Academy instructors. Academy teachers bring passion and expertise in carrying out IEA’s mission of helping...
By Jennifer De La Haye “The word ‘education’ comes from the Latin ‘educere’= e (out of) + ducere (to draw). Education is not just about putting information in. We have forgotten that it, in fact, begins in the child’s heart.” -Vince Gowmon Wonderful things happen when educators...
By Rachel Hanks, IEA Communications Assistant The current state of our world has forced many of us to be stuck inside physically. Mentally, the social distancing measures along with the uncertainty of what’s to come can cause a lot of unrest and unhappiness. I know I...
What is a marine mammal, and how are they specially adapted to their life living in the ocean? This video will discuss how animals are designated as marine mammals, as well as dive into classification of marine mammals from otters to sea lions and porpoises...
By Jennifer De La Haye As the COVID-19 pandemic has developed over the last couple of weeks, I have been struck by my own attachments to simple comforts and small routines – they make me feel safe, and when the grocery stores started feeling post-apocalyptic, I...
Physics seems to work well on human scales, but why does classical physics seem to break at the largest and smallest ones? This series of videos will discuss the physics on the scale of atoms and galaxies. In this introductory lesson, we’ll discuss reference frames,...
Looking for some quick brain breaks? Ways to expel some energy indoors? Look no further, our friends at Mint Condition Fitness have created this quick fit video to help you get up and get moving. Follow along as Jen shows us the proper form and...
Virtual Learning Lab: Govlearn - Presidential Elections: The Electoral College and More In November 2020, Election Day will arrive, and American voters will decide who to elect as President of the United States, but how does the process truly work? From the early stages of the...
By Amber McClarin, IEA Enrollment Coordinator Springtime, a great time to look ahead! A time to think about what we want to do when we emerge from hibernation, self-quarantine, or a city ordered mandate to stay at home. It's a first for our collective society to have...
This is the first part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce Fibonacci Number and Sequence and two types of poems, the "Fib" and "Create Your Own Pattern" poems. At the end of...
By J. Ruhl, CDB Mom My son is a 2014 Caroline D. Bradley Scholar (who graduated high school in 2019), and as such I am frequently asked to give advice to families who are considering applying for the CDB Scholarship. I have realized that I’m repeating...
By Rachel Hanks, Communications Assistant Here in Los Angeles, it’s been raining quite a bit this month. With the dreary weather on top of spending a lot of time inside recently, I almost completely forgot that as of March 19, it’s now officially spring! One of...