INFORMATIONAL – For teachers, parents and students

  1. http://www.nagc.org/ - National Association for Gifted Children, information for teachers and parents
  2. http://www.oatag.orgOregon Association of Talented and Gifted, information on conferences for TAG educators, a link for opportunities for kids, such as Saturday Academy and Mock trial, links to other resources
  3. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/ - Hoagies Gifted Education Page, parents, educators, kids and teens, and a shopping guide, lots of fun stuff on the kids and teens links.
  4.  http://www.ditd.org/ - Davidson Academy of Nevada, a new kind of public school, links for parents, interesting for teachers
  5.  http://www.sengifted.org/ - SENG, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted, articles and resources for parents and facilitators.
  6.  http://www.uoregon.edu/~tag/ - Youth Enrichment and Talented and Gifted Programs, U of O, opportunities for TAG students.
  7.  http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr101.shtml - Education World, great educator’s site, lesson plans, all subjects, classroom ideas.
  8.  http://school.familyeducation.com/gifted-education/parenting/34390.html - Family Education, site is for parents.
  9.  http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.gifted.html - kidsource. online, resources and links for all grade levels, articles and digest provide ideas, guidance and activities for parents and educators of gifted students.
  10. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/career_planning.html

http://www.kidsource.com/gifted.calendar.html

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/joy.loss.eq.gifted.html

This is the same as website as 9, just different topics.

  1. http://www.bizworld.org/programs.html?_kk=gifted%20and%20talented&_kt=32e3ebb9-9578-495c-839d-b4034ffc93f5&gclid=CJi4w6Wo640CFRPNggodDGdztw – supplementary curriculum for grades 3-8, real world, hands on activities.
  2. http://www.adifferentplace.org/index.html - A Different Place, wonderful website for kids, teachers and parents, with links to other resources.  You could spend hours on this site. Great stuff, especially for students to do on their own.
  3.  http://smithsonianeducation.org/ - using their words, a gateway to Smithsonian educational resources, for parents, teachers and students.
  4.  http://www.prufrock.com/ - gifted educational resources for teaching and parenting gifted children.

 

EDUCATIONAL- Teacher and specific topic sites

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/ - Building a bridge, probably best for older students.
  2. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/resources/subject.html - teacher guides for NOVA series subjects.
  3.  http://www.rube-goldberg.com/ - Fun website Rube Goldberg, explore in your free time.
  4. http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=7721 – web resources for gifted education.
  5. http://www.adifferentplace.org/menu.htm - a direct link to the kid pages of A Different Place.
  6. http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/teachers/lesson3.html - teacher resource for lessons centered on Abe Lincoln and the anti-slavery movement.
  7. http://www.intime.uni.edu/lessons/032moue/default.htm - interview project for gifted students’ grades 3 & 4 to develop interview skills for interviews with community leaders about jobs in the community, leading to an informational writing assignment.
  8. http://www.teachnet.com/powertools/take5/082799earlyfinishers.html - a compilation of ideas for the ‘early finishers’ or the ‘I’m done’ students.
  9. http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html - lesson plans, language arts, science, real world, social studies, math, health, physical education, art music.
  10. http://edsitement.neh.gov/ - Edsitement, National Endowment for the Humanities lesson plan website, art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, history and social studies.
  11. http://www.iit.edu/%7Esmile/mathinde.html - Smile Program Mathematics Index, collection of almost 200 single concept lessons, includes all strands of math.
  12. http://www.braingle.com/index.php - Braingle, brain teasers, riddles, trivia, brain exercises, games, forums and more... a fun place for students and teachers, parents could have fun with their kids on this site.