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 http://www.geniusdenied.com/Cybersource/Record.aspx?lib=1&sort=SourceName&scat=902&stype=110&sid=11201&NavID=&sterm=%22Tips+for+Teachers%22
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 http://www.nswagtc.org.au/ 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 Australasia.
Mensa Australia
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.