Mark your calendars! Secondary Division begins June 23, and Elementary Division kicks off July 14. See the full calendar for details.
Read More →Program Dates Set for Summer 2014
An End to STAR Testing? [The Daily Californian]
ATDP’s Faculty Director Frank C. Worrell comments on how revisions to standardized testing may affect the college-bound student. (Links to an external site.)
Read More →Research Grant Opportunity for Middle & High Schoolers
Have you ever had an idea for your own scientific investigation? The following release from the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC) outlines an exciting opportunity for innovative students in scientific fields. Check it out!
Read More →SD Final Evaluations Released
The ATDP office mailed final evaluations for 2013 Secondary Division students on August 30. Read more about taking next steps for next year, including how to send your ATDP recommendation of credit to your school.
Read More →Office Closed for Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 2
Our office and the UC Berkeley campus will be closed for the September 2nd Labor Day holiday. Feel free to drop us an email or voicemail if you have any questions or concerns, and we’ll get to them as soon as we’re back on Tuesday. Have a great weekend!
Read More →Challenge #5: The Bears and the Maiden Fair
The final challenge of 2013 is part puzzle, part story, and part game! An evil wizard has locked the princess in the dungeon. Luckily, she had a hairpin, and used it to pick the lock and escape from her cell. Now, she’s trying to make her way out of the dungeon. (See a static map […]
Read More →The 2013 ATDP Picnic – Saturday, July 20
Eat and be merry with ATDP faculty, staff, and students and families from the Elementary and Secondary Divisions, starting at noon outside Tolman Hall on the Berkeley campus!
Read More →ATDP Challenge #3: All of the Lights (25 pts)
In front of you appears a 5×5 grid of cells. When you reach out and touch a cell, it toggles itself along with its adjacent cells (above, below, right, and left). The cells toggle through 3 states: off, red, and green. So, if you touched cell C3 three times, it would look like this: Here’s […]
Read More →ATDP Challenge #2: With Love XOXO (15-20 Points)
Here is a grid of X’s and O’s. (Why is it here? There is no elaborate backstory. It simply is.) Now, let’s draw a path on top of it. When you draw the path, something curious happens. As you move from one box to the next box, the X’s and O’s switch spots. So, as […]
Read More →Meet Your Counselors!
Although the ATDP office is located in University Hall, your handy dandy counselors will be stationed conveniently in 4320 Tolman Hall, near many of our Secondary Division classes. The counselors can be reached by phone at (510) 643-4898, and students are always welcome to drop by the counseling office. Christine Gerchow and Jesse Erwin are […]
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