Lewis Carroll's word puzzles, world's fastest robot, defining "squareness," Yosemite over time, Charlotte Remixed, play-doh electronics, and developing a deeper understanding of fraction addition. All originally shared via Twitter.
Moon animation, difficulties falling asleep, Bugs Bunny tutorial, art ideas, LEGO robots and Rubik's cubes, and a LEGO scale model of the Death Star!?
Seven interesting sites to look at: LED suits and snowboards, Oreos in China, China's buried forest, songs as police reports, and more! Originally shared via Twitter.
Stop motion jelly beans, incredible iPod image, preparing students for mistakes, China's fake Disneyland, Snowy Snowy Night, and more! All links originally shared on Twitter, gathered together for your convenience!
Articles from the Wall Street Journal, University of North Carolina, Davidson Gifted, and Psychology Today mingle with YouTube videos, Flickr pictures, and teacher blogs in this resource wrap up. Dive into everything from curiosity to math doodling!
Seven gifted education resources including: gifted boys, multiple perspectives in kindergarten, math enrichment, 96 gifted ed sites, ethnic imbalances, intro to gifted ed, and lots of wordplay.
As a teacher of gifted students, I know that abstract drill and kill only works for so long. I've got to get my students working with math in a more interesting context. Nothing brings a math problem alive like putting it into a real world context. Here are 33 fantastic places to grab data for your students to practice with.
While gifted students look perfect on paper, their teachers know that in the classroom they are not all the academic angels and stellar scholars that people assume they are. Successful teachers of the gifted require a special understanding of their students' social and emotional needs.