Gifted Education Links
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Curriculum Enhancement Resources
Link to Gifted Programs in All Canadian Provincial School Boards
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Associations for Gifted Children: USA
Austega's Gifted Resource Centre
Association for Bright Children of Ontario
Belin Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, U. of Iowa
British Columbia Ministry of Education Gifted Program
British Links to Exceptionalities
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World Gifted Programs
Africa - Considerations in Education
Europe - 21 Countries
USA - All State Programs (see map on site)
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Creativity Page
DiscoverTeenergy.com Featured Topic "Gifted & Enrichment" & "Gift Rap" Newsletter
Educating Gifted Children
Factoids Addressing Gifted Issues
Gifted Education: Free Online Resources
Gifted Education Professional Development Package
Gifted Journey -provides information for parents and teachers about the characteristics and needs of gifted children
High Achievers Resources for Teachers
History of Gifted Children 1979-1997 (valuable statistics)
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
Identifying Academically Gifted Minority Students
Iowa Gifted and Talented Association
Issues Associated with Highly Gifted Children
Links to Sites for People with High IQ's
London (England) Gifted & Talented
National Association for Gifted Children - Great Britain
National Association for Gifted Children - USA
National Foundation for Gifted & Creative Children - USA
National Primary Trust (primary education in England)
Network of Distance Learning - Ontario Ministry of Education
Ontario Gifted: Resources & Information for Parents of Gifted Children
Queen's University (Kingston, ON) Enrichment Studies
Research Bibliography on Giftedness: Johns Hopkins University
Resources for Parents, Teachers & Gifted, Talented, Creative and Promising Mathematics Students
Teaching Resources Related to Special Education
World Council for Gifted & Talented Children (hold annual world conferences)
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Curriculum Enhancement Resources
Collaborating Between Gifted Education & General Education to Enhance Learning for All
Antarctic Program - aims to understand the world's coldest, windiest, driest, and harshest continent -- its ecosystems and its effects on global processes such as climate. Read breaking news from a us newspaper written in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Learn about important discoveries. See articles about a killer crater found under the ice and the melting of polar ice sheets.
Cultures and History of the Americas - features 50 highlights from rare books, maps, paintings, and artifacts. The exhibit explores pre-Columbian cultures of Central America and the Caribbean, encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples, the growth of European Florida, and piracy and trade in the American Atlantic. Highlights include Columbus's account of the 1492 voyage, Frances Drake's maps, the first natural history of the Americas, and a 7th century wooden box that recorded Mayan dynastic lineage.
Cyberinfrastructure - examines the convergence of three realities -- the spread of the Internet, the shrinkage of computers, and the accumulation of databases -- that has led researchers to envision a planet-wide grid of computing, information, networking, and sensor resources. Learn about projects to develop the emerging cyberinfrastructure. Find out how researchers are beginning to depend on it. Discover resources for teaching and learning about information technology.
Ethics: Institute for Global Ethics
Ethics: Resource Center
Giraffe Heroes Project -people who are willing to stick their necks out for the common good
Mathematics Across the Community College Curriculum - provides course descriptions and student projects in anthropology, art, biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, English, environmental science, health, marketing, mathematics, nursing, physics, policy studies, political science, social services, and urban planning.
Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Television Network Resources - media resources presented on their television broadcasts are made available to teachers
Solar and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Competitions - focuses on designing and building solar and hydrogen fuel cell cars. Explore components of solar cars. Conduct experiments to improve car performance. Find activities for measuring solar cell output, tips on vehicle construction and transmission design, and formulas for calculating vehicle performance. See a list of regional competitions sites. Find out how to integrate solar vehicle activities into the curriculum.
Teach Engineering- provides more than 500 lessons and activities for teaching engineering content in K-12 science and math classes. Topics include oil and energy consumption, water and electricity, mass and volume, various energy sources, heat transfer, solar heating systems, collisions and momentum, electrons, cellular respiration, biomedical engineering, and more. Lessons connect real-world experiences with concepts and skills already taught in K-12 classrooms.
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