Theme: Gifted and Talented Education including lessons and
teacher references By Request: Year 4 Maths Worksheets By Request: Sydney Koori
Culture Excursions
Sites
Tournament of Minds
Tournament of Minds is a problem solving
program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. They are
required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from Maths, Social Science
and Language disciplines.
Think Quest
Teams of students and teachers are challenged
to build websites on educational topics. These websites are published in the
popular ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win
valuable prizes.
Future Problem Solving Program
FPSP features curricular and co-curricular
competitive, as well as non-competitive, activities in creative problem
solving.
Math League
The Math League is dedicated to bringing
challenging mathematics materials and contests to students.
Quiz Hub
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
Fun online interactive
learning challenges.
TalentEd Enrichment Program
http://scs.une.edu.au/tedvep/default.html
TEEP aims to provide Internet based learning
situations that encourage collaboration and investigation in problem solving
situations where children are encouraged to participate and interact through
self directed research.
The Brain Rummager
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~umbidas/
Word fun for students
interested in the history and usage of the English language.
VSG Enrichment
The VSG is an online school which specializes
in providing enrichment courses to complement and extend the regular
curriculum.
Bright Ideas for Gifted Students
http://www.myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,47184-120442-51-33889,00.html
Fun ideas to challenge your
students.
Double Helix Science Club
Official science club of
CSIRO.
Absurd Math
http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/
Interactive mathematical
problem solving game series.
The player proceeds on missions in a strange world where the ultimate power
consists of mathematical skill and knowledge.
Amusement Park Physics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
Design a roller coaster and find out how
physics laws affect amusement park ride design.
Bubble Dome Detective Writing
http://www.bubbledome.com/bubbledome.asp?Action=Solve_it
Challenging writing
competitions that encourage creative thinking.
Clever Games for Clever People
http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html
Collection of challenging
number games.
Lessons
TalenteEd Lesson Plan
http://scs.une.edu.au/TalentEd/EdSupport/EdSupport.htm
Links to lesson plans, units of work and
enrichment activities.
GATE Units of Work
http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us/staff/pware/
Special projects such as tessellations,
student-designed web sites, and web-based lessons for teachers are available
for you to use and enjoy.
Web Resources in Gifted
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=7721
Lesson plans for gifted students.
Software
Robocode
http://robocode.alphaworks.ibm.com/home/home.html
Build the best. Destroy the rest. In Robocode, you'll program a robotic battle tank for a fight
to the finish.
Teacher Reference
Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners
Strategies for regular classroom teachers to
use with gifted students.
Gifted Education
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gifted/
Site with information on
identification of gifted students and their educational and social development
needs across all aspects of schooling.
Austega's Gifted Resource Centre
http://www.austega.com/gifted/index.htm
This site is dedicated to parents and
teachers faced with the joy and anguish of gifted children. It includes links
to significant Australian sites.
NSW Assn for Gifted & Talented Children
Information and support for teachers and
parents of gifted children.
Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented
Children http://www.qagtc.org.au/ Open
association of people who share a common interest in gifted and talented
children.
EAGER Gifted Education
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/gifttal/EAGER/index.html
Lists teaching strategies
and research articles on Gifted Education.
World Council for GAT Education
An exchange of ideas, experiences and people
from all over the world interested in gifted and talented children.
Ozgifted
http://www.nswagtc.org.au/ozgifted/
The OZ-GIFTED suite of email discussion lists
covers any topic of interest to parents and teachers of gifted children,
emphasizing
Mensa
Aims to identify and foster human
intelligence for the benefit of humanity, encourage research into the nature,
characteristics and uses of intelligence, and to provide a stimulating
intellectual and social environment for its members.
US National Society for Gifted Children
Organization of parents,
teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to
address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and
talents.
Gifted Identification
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/identification.htm
List of articles about identification of Gifted students.
Curriculum Differentiation
http://www.austega.com/gifted/provisions/curdifferent.htm
Explanation of this term that refers to the
need to tailor teaching environments and practices to create appropriately
different learning experiences for different students.
Who Are The Gifted?
http://www.nagc.org/ParentInfo/index.html
Information on
characteristics of various areas of giftedness.
Gifted: The Seven Types of Intelligence
http://www.swopnet.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences.html
Psychologist Howard Gardner identified the
following distinct types of intelligence. They are listed here with respect to
gifted and talented children.
Identifying The
Gifted
http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html
Tips on recognising the
characteristics of gifted children.
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted
Children http://www.sengifted.org/articles_counseling/Webb_MisdiagnosisAndDualDiagnosisOfGiftedChildren.shtml
This article discusses the view that many
gifted and talented children and adults are being misdiagnosed by
psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and
other health care professionals.
Characteristics of Extreme Intelligence
Barbara Clark reviews the research on
characteristics of children with extreme intelligence and identifies 30
characteristics highly gifted children commonly possess.
TIP Learning Theory Database
The database contains brief summaries of 50
major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed
by learning domains and concepts.
Year 4 Maths Worksheets
Math Worksheets Online
http://www.shorncliss.qld.edu.au/000627.htm
Links to several sites that
have printable worksheets.
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
Make your own here at SuperKids
for free.
APlus Math Worksheets
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/
Print out the worksheet, then click on the
\"Get Answers\" button and print the answers.
Create Your Own Math Worksheets
http://www.mathplayground.com/worksheet.html
Practice your basic math skills with our
printable worksheets.
4th Grade Maths Worksheets
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Worksheets.htm
Math printables
will open up in new windows so you can easily refer back to this page.
Sydney Koori Culture Excursions
This site provides up-to-date information on
the objectives, services and activities of the NSWALC and its members and
information on issues affecting Aboriginal people in NSW and around
Hunter Aboriginal Gateway
http://www.aboriginalhunter.com/
Gateway to the Indigenous
community of the Hunter.
Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation
Blue Mountain Rock-Art project
http://www.livingharbour.net/partners/wollemi2.htm
Wollemi Rock Art
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s968475.htm
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative http://www.boomalli.org.au/ Aboriginal
arts organisation incorporated to promote Aboriginal culture and independence
through the visual arts.