Students in TAG work on advanced math work and deal with thematic units. All subject areas are integrated into the units of study. Some of the units that we have covered include: marine biology, middle ages, ancient Egypt, cultural investigations, holocaust literature/geography based program, flight, physics of roller coasters, sunken ships, and others. Students also work on creative and critical thinking skills. Technology, research skills, and independent study projects are also utilized. The gifted curricular framework is as follows. The students are the center of their own learning, math, language arts, science, visual arts, performing arts, social studies, and technology are curricular areas that are addressed. Instructional strategies for differentiation include: creative problem solving, problem based learning, inquiry, differentiated curriculum, etc. Students also engage in the following lifelong learning skills: intra/interpersonal communication, research skills, critical thinking, creative thinking, decision-making, literacy, and independent study. Students are accelerated by subject area depending on ability level. Together we focus on accelerated pace and appropriate in-depth content. Students can work with peers of same abilities, which can help their self-esteem and self-confidence. Students also develop higher level thinking skills, affective social/behavioral skills, and aesthetic skills by demonstrating a variety of products and/or performances.