Resources and Enrichment

Online Resources for GT Parents:

• 48 Essential Links for Parents of GT Children

• Hoagie’s Gifted Education Page

• The National Association for Gifted Children

• SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners)

• Websites for Parents from the Renzulli Center for Gifted Education

Online resources for GT students:

• Atlas Obscura: Travel the world virtually... an online guide to the world's hidden wonders

• The British Museum: Hundreds of artifacts are featured on the museum's virtual tour

• Can Figure It Geometry: Created by teachers, this highly interactive tool provides an easy-to-use workspace where students can practice proofs while exercising their deductive reasoning muscles.

• ChemMatters: Online magazines feature a variety of topics and articles may be read online or printed. Articles are also available in Spanish. In addition to chemistry, there are biographies of chemists, and historical articles. Videos are also available

• Creating and Completing Comics: An author of various graphic novels, Jarret Lerner offers various activities including designing comic strips, creating characters, and completing a comic strip he has started.

• The Hero's Journey: An online resource that helps aspiring writers incorporate the hero's journey archetype into their own writing.

• The Kids Should See This: A more educational version of You Tube, this site is a collection of kid-friendly (not Made-For-Kids) videos, developed for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and home.

• The Louvre: France's most famous art museum offers 7 virtual tours:The Advent of the Artist, Founding Myths: From Hercules to Darth Vader, Power Plays, The Body in Movement, Egyptian Antiquities, Remains of the Louvre’s Moat and Galerie d’Apollon.

• Mensa: This website contains critical thinking games and articles about Mensa opportunities and news.

• The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.: Two online exhibits are available: American fashion from 1740 to 1895 and the works of Johannes Vermeer

• The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul: Google's virtual tour takes viewers through 6 floors of modern art from Korea to throughout the world.

• The National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City: Using Google's Arts and Culture app, this exhibit allows views to view archaeological and artistic artifacts from Mexico's pre-Hispanic civilizations (including some from the Mayan civilization)

• OpenMiddle: A website broken down by different grade levels, this site contains equations with missing numbers. Students solve them using their critical thinking, number sense, and math concept knowledge. Students also can use the printable templates to create their own boggles.

• Physics to Go: An online monthly mini-magazine about all things physics. The website also includes links to 950 websites with physics images, activities, and information.

• PlayMonster: An online collection of critical thinking games

• TedEd Student Talks: Short, informative videos, some of which focus on questions that students ask. Each video includes questions to discuss and considerations for thinking deeper.