Equisite Minds Free Gifted Resources and Curriculum. The Best Gifted Resources and Curriculum We’ve Found: Mostly Free! Free Gifted Education Resources: Teaching Philosophy to Children: Lesson plans for all ages from the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children. The Marshmallow Challenge: Fun creative team building exercise for students. Myths and Legends: This is a really cool site where kids can create myths and legends, cartoon style. Good graphics and easy to use. TED: Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world: From the podcast publisher: “Each year, TED hosts 80 of the world’s most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. And “ If you’re a teacher, consider incorporating TEDTalks into your courses.
Our two favorite companies for ordering gifted resources and units of study: Interact Simulations: Great simulation units for gifted curriculum: My colleagues and I liked many of these units, we used approximately one unit a year as a gifted unit of study. Gifted Preschoolers. Digital tools (Info Technology)
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception. NASA-Students. NSDL.org - National Science Digital Library. Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies | poster. Latin. Project Gutenberg - free ebooks.
Philosophy. Physics simulations. Taylor’s Nuke Site. The Boy Who Played With Fusion. "Propulsion," the nine-year-old says as he leads his dad through the gates of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "I just want to see the propulsion stuff. " A young woman guides their group toward a full-scale replica of the massive Saturn V rocket that brought America to the moon. As they duck under the exhaust nozzles, Kenneth Wilson glances at his awestruck boy and feels his burden beginning to lighten. For a few minutes, at least, someone else will feed his son's boundless appetite for knowledge.
Then Taylor raises his hand, not with a question but an answer. And he wants—no, he obviously needs—to tell everyone about it, about how speed relates to exhaust velocity and dynamic mass, about payload ratios, about the pros and cons of liquid versus solid fuel. As the guide runs off to fetch the center's director—You gotta see this kid! When I meet Taylor Wilson, he is 16 and busy—far too busy, he says, to pursue a driver's license. "Where does it come from? "