Curriculum, Instruction & Staff Development
Empowering Lifelong Learners
- Curriculum, Instruction & Staff Development
- Websites for GT Students
Gifted and Talented/EXPO
- Overview
- Director of Advanced Academics
- GT/EXPO Specialists
- GT/EXPO Handbook
- EXPO Identification Process
- GT/EXPO Forms (Referrals and Appeals forms and dates)
- GT/EXPO Criteria for Placement
- GT/EXPO Testing Dates
- Testing for Advancement to Next Grade
- GT/EXPO Guide for Homeroom Teachers
- Opportunities for GT/EXPO Students
- Websites for GT Students
- Denton Association of Gifted and Talented (DAGT) Parent Advocacy
- Summer Programs
- Resources for Parents of Gifted and Talented Children
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Archimedes' Laboratory Rush Hour Factory Tours USA http://factorytoursusa.com/ Fema for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/ 80 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html Visual Puns http://www.ripleywoodbury.com/News/VisPun.html MENSA FOR KIDS An awesome place for curious kids with spiffy sites, cool articles, fun games, and brain-building tips.
http://www.mensaforkids.org/ Free Rice WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance..
http://www.freerice.com/ Online Analogies http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/analogies.html Japanese Chess http://www.crockford.com/chess/shogi.html Chess http://www.chesskids.com Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/iq.html Figure This! (math challenges for families) http://www.figurethis.org/ Dino Russ' Lair (graphics and info on dinosaurs) http://www.dinoruss.org/ The Invention Dimension (great stories about inventions) http://web.mit.edu/invent/ The Official Rube Goldberg Web site http://rubegoldberg.com/ Hoagies' Gifted Education page http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/ Creativity Links Many links are available here to stretch your creativity.http://www.coe.uga.edu/torrance/resources.html Mad Scientists Network (designed for inquisitive minds) http://www.madsci.org/ Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/ How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/ KidsClick (search engine for kids) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Northwestern University (online dictionaries, thesaurus, & other reference tools) http://er.library.northwestern.edu/ The College Board's Advanced Placement page http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/ The Gifted Development Center http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/ Empiric Research on the Education of Gifted Children by Dr. Michael Sayler http://www.coe.unt.edu/gifted/References_annotated.htm The Davidson Institute for Talent Development http://www.ditd.org/ The Critical Thinking Company Publisher of materials for gifted education.
http://www.criticalthinking.com Engine-Uity Publishers of materials for use in a gifted classroom.
http://www.engine-uity.com Educational Impressions Publisher of materials to enrich the curriculum and to encourage critical and creative thinking.
http://www.edimpressions.com Great Potential Press Publisher of gifted education resources.
http://www.giftedbooks.com MindWare Great source for challenging brain teasers and games!
http://www.mindwareonline.com Pieces of Learning Publisher of resources for gifted education.
http://www.piecesoflearning.com Professional Associates Publishing Publisher that provides educational materials that enrich the learning experiences of all students and maximizing students' high-level responses.
http://www.kingore.com Prufrock Press Publisher of gifted materials.
http://www.prufrock.com/ Tin Man Press Publisher of gifted resource materials.
http://www.tinmanpress.com Toy List 2007 from Parenting for High Potential The parent magazine published by the National Association for Gifted Children puts out an annual toy list that they have researched and found to be thought-provoking and challenging for gifted children.
http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/PHP/Toylist%202007.pdf
