This is an ongoing project that gifted and talented kids can actually share in building. Students from all over the world have already participated and it gives gifted students an opportunity to not only collect and analyze data, but to create their own web page. I would suggest students work in pairs or small groups to create their own hero reports. The class together can create a rubric that guides criteria to be used in selecting the designated hero . Language arts skills used include composition from both informative and persuasive speech styles.
Study skills applied are information collection and organization, and data analysis.
Technology skills include using and adding to a data base, exporting or scanning illustrations into a word processing document, and attaching and sending files electronically. These processes and skills are of higher level than upper elementary gifted students would receive in regular instruction. This interactive project could lead to a Leaders VS Heroes forum where students debate differences and defend their classification using their own rubrics as criteria.