Socratic Seminar: To what degree is it true that you are what you eat, and you are at least partly composed of every single thing that has lived before you?

Interdisciplinary Learning: The classroom will be transported to the year 2043. The students will be scientists of tomorrow, developing the first international human settlement on the planet Mars. Through independent teams, students will research, develop, design, and build a multicultural human habitat for twenty-five crew members.

Exhibition: Students in the performing arts are able to author and transpose music by using specialized technology that attaches a mini-keyboard to their computers. Their compositions are included in their portfolios, charting their work and progress through the years.

Independent Study: In cooperation with Case Western Reserve University's GENie Project, Gilmour students investigate the global impact of human use of technology. Our students work with college students, graduate students, college professors, and politicians to gather and evaluate data and develop global solutions.

Math is viewed as an activity and a process, with a common core of topics that all students are required to master. The math department at Gilmour Academy believes that math skills alone do not provide students with practical knowledge. For this reason, our focus is on teaching students how to use math skills as tools to solve real-world problems.

Gilmour's curriculum is based on training that the National Science Foundation stipulates as important for mastering scientific reasoning. However, it is essential that a person understand the central themes of each related discipline and, just as important, the methods of science. Armed with this knowledge, one can reason through the plethora of scientific reports and can make informed decisions about applying technology.

The Gilmour Virtual Library, a universal research, writing, and communications starting point, includes:

• software for brainstorming, outlining, and organizing information on any project or topic;
• high-speed access to the Internet from nearly every classroom and from state-of-the-art computer learning rooms.