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education

HIGHLY GIFTED SUPPORT BOARD
Teachers.Net GIFTED/TALENTED
TEACHERS CHATBOARD - Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers, join your fellow teachers on the Gifted/Talented Teachers teacher chatboard. The Teachers.Net Gifted/Talented Teachers website offers Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers a Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers mailring (Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers mail list or Gifted/Talented Teachers listserv) and Gifted/Talented Teachers teacher jobs and Gifted/Talented Teachers education jobs, and other resources exclsuively for Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers. Teachers from all over Gifted/Talented Teachers, please bookmark the Gifted/Talented Teachers teachers chatboard and contribute often!
Teachers.Net - SCIENCE TEACHERS - Science Teachers connect on Teachers.Net. The Teachers.Net Science Teacher forum offers Science Teachers a science teacher mailring (science teacher mail list or science teacher listserv) science teacher jobs and science education jobs, and other resources exclusively for science teachers. Teachers from all over, bookmark the Science Teacher chatboard and contribute often!
Teachers.Net -LIBRARIANS
Gifted Exchange
Unwrapping the Gifted
Tamara Fisher is a K-12 gifted education specialist for a school district located on an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana and president-elect of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education. With Karen Isaacson, she is also co-author of <a href="http://www.giftedbooks.com/productdetails.asp?id=42"><em>Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids and Their Teachers</em></a>. Her hobbies include drawing, hiking, fourwheeling, and building houses. (She lives in a house she built herself.) In this blog, Fisher discusses news and developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for teachers on working with gifted students.
Prufrock's Gifted Child Information Blog - Prufrock Press Inc.
Prufrock Press' Gifted Education Blog offers information about gifted and talented children, new products, and trends related to gifted and talented programs. This blog ia written by Prufrock's publisher, Joel McIntosh. The information in this blog is designed to help gifted and talented education teachers and parents of gifted children.
Hoagies
Santa Cruz School News
A place to talk about your local schools -- from the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
The NXT Classroom - Home
The NXT Classroom - Learn and teach all about the NXT

schools

Spring Hill Private School for Gifted Children in Santa Cruz, California
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School
Pacific Collegiate School
Mission Hill Middle School - Home
Bayview School

contests

MATHCOUNTS Foundation - Welcome!
Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools
American Mathematics Contest 8 - AMC 8
American Mathematics Contest 8 - AMC 8, for students 8th grade and younger
2007 AMC 8 Statistics
2007 AMC 8 Statistics
About the USAMTS
Odyssey of the Mind
Toshiba - ExploraVision
FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST LEGO League
TOYchallenge
Summer Institute for the Gifted Contests
A leader in gifted education since 1984, the Summer Insitute for the Gifted (SIG) provides academic summer programs for gifted and talented students in grades K-11 in top institutions across the U.S. including Princeton University, Bryn Mawr College, Emory University, Amherst College, Vassar College and more.
Destination ImagiNation, Inc. - Destination ImagiNation®
Grace Church School
Ruckus Nation: An Online Idea Competition to Get Kids Moving!
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
About ~ Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge
U.S. Physics Team
U.S. Physics Team main page
Chemistry Olympiad
Computational Linguistics Challenge
International Linguistic Olympiad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Science Olympiad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Educational Program With National Contest that Teaches Problem Solving Skills to Kids - INVENT AMERICA!
INVENT AMERICA! is the exciting, non-profit k-8 teacher-created program that helps kids learn by inventing-teaching them creative problem solving skills for the new millenium! We're America's first national invention program, now celebrating more than a decade of bringing bright ideas out of young minds!

talent searches

JHU-CTY talent search
Duke Gifted Letter
Davidson Young Scholars Program
Duke TIP EOG
The Study of Exceptional Talent (SET)
California State University, Los Angeles -- Early Entrance Program Main Page

tests

SB-5 test
The Cerebrals Society - Testing

books

Analogy Roundup
amazon:Academic Competitions for Gifted Students : A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents
Real science with Gravitas Publications
PERPENDICULAR PRESS (math6)
Prufrock links
Introductory information about gifted children and gifted educaiton for parents. Prufrock Press is the nation's leading resource for gifted children and advanced learners. Includes information designed to help gifted and talented education professionals and parents of gifted children.
AoPS Textbooks
Singapore Math
Official distributor of K-12 Mathematics, Singapore Math Textbooks, Teacher's Guides, Singapore Math Review (supplementary), Science and English books from Singapore. Math Curricula - Earlybird Kindergarten Math, Primary Mathematics, New Elementary Math, New Syllabus Math. TIMMS results and Singapore MOE syllabus.
Physical science textbooks for middle and high school courses from Science Curriculum Inc.
Publisher of Introductory Physical Science (IPS) and Force, Motion, and Energy (FM&E) the leading middle school physical science and high school physical science textbooks for hands-on, inquiry learning.

organizations

cag_santalucia : cag_santalucia
Welcome to The California Association for the Gifted
The TAG Project

scholarships

FinAid | Scholarships | Scholarships for Children Under Age 13
Money for Students in K-12 Education
Private K-12 education is not cheap; get a leg up. Check out our ideas for finding free educational scholarships for your kids.

math and science

Adventures in Statistics - Cartoon Learning Modules
Science Math Gifted Products
Physics To Go
Physics to Go is your guide to online physics resources.
Science Friday Kids' Connection Archives
An online companion to Science Friday, a weekly science, technology, and environment news radio program.
wffnproof | Catalog & Store
Defending Science Education in Your Community
These are great default keywords
Planning Science Programs for High-Ability Learners
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page ERIC: Planning Science Programs for High-Ability Learners
Totally Free Math
The MATHMAN
Art of Problem Solving Forum
Science.gov topic Science Education for user category All categories
Learning to Program with Alice
Learning to Program with Alice
LabWrite for Students
Home Page
Modeling Instruction in High School Physics
Guide to Lock Picking
NetLogo Home Page
The Home of Mathematical Knitting
Math Fair - SNAP Foundation's Math Fair Home Page
Chapter 2: Electromagnetism
Make science toys at home with common household materials
Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School | MIT OpenCourseWare
Free & open online high school course materials from MIT. Lecture notes, video & audio lectures, AP materials, MIT Introductory courses, demonstrations, labs, competitions, teacher resources, lessons, homework, hands-on learning, writing.
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
President Bush issued an executive order creating a National Mathematics Advisory Panel to advise him and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research on the teaching and learning of math.
PROMYS
PROMYS is a summer program for mathematically talented high school students.
The Ross Program: Introduction
Honors Summer Math Camp : Texas Mathworks : Texas State University
Summer Math Camps and Programs for High School Students
CEE: Research Science Institute Introduction
PhysicsCentral: PhysicsQuest
PhysicsQuest
mathcircles.org
Science Teacher Websites

A Compendium of Research-Based Information on the Education of Gifted and Talented Students
Gifted Education Policies for California
Creative Kids Magazine - The National Voice for Kids
Free Touch Typing Program
Free Program that lets you exercise and learn Touch Typing
Homeschool.com's Top 100 Educational Web Sites of 2005 - Homeschooling Articles - Homeschool.com - Your Virtual Homeschool
LEGO Education
Education is a Process, Not a Destination
Research Synthesis on Gifted Provisions - Dr Karen Rogers
Provides Dr Karen Rogers' update (1999) of her synthesis of what the research says about different gifted education provisions
mentisonline classes
A different place
The Gateway to Standards-Based Mathematics Education. Internet resources to improve teaching learning of school mathematics based on the NCTM Priniples and Standards for School Mathematics.
Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites
Virtual School for the Gifted
NCTM e_Resources - On-Math Home
Gravitas for Geeks
Smart-eStore.com for computer software, kids education, games and more.
Educational kids software and family games; free shipping; over 100 full-version programs; PC and Macintosh; Tonka, Scrabble, Alphabet Express, scrapbooking, Blue’s Clues, Atari, Dora the Explorer, Crayola, greeting cards, typing
Cogito - Home
core hours per day
TeacherTube - "Teach the World"
Publications Catalog - Federal Reserve System
learninginhand.com - Create Podcasts
Scratchpad
BBC - Schools - Dance Mat Typing - Home
A fun colourful website with animation and games introducing touch typing to children aged 7 to 11
Literal Answers to Rhetorical Questions
Guide to Grammar and Writing (textonly version)
A Guide to Grammar to Writing. Contains several digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing. Javascript and cgi-based quizzes (form enabling required). Acrobat Reader, sound card, and PowerPoint recommended but not required.
American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
Site dedicated to Public Communication of all kinds and includes a Speech Bank, Movie Speeches, Audio Figures of Speech, The Top 100 American Political Speeches of the 20th Century, The Rhetoric of 9-11 and links to Communication Associations and Journals
Video Placement Worldwide - Educational Videos
The VPW Classroom Information Network offers an ever-growing list of high-quality educational videos and teaching materials FREE to educators and youth leaders.
YouTube - stanforduniversity's Channel
SAT Younger than 13

weird news

sfgate weird news
NEWS of the WEIRD

Geekdad - Wired Blogs
Instructables - The World's Biggest DIY & How To Show & Tell
Instructables is the World's Biggest Show & Tell where people share what they do and how they do it. Join other creative, curious people for entertainment, inspiration, and education.

comics

Dilbert.com
The Official Dilbert Website features Scott Adams daily Dilbert strips, Dilbert merchandise, The Dilbert List of the Day and Dogbert's New Ruling Class.
Piled Higher and Deeper
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
Tom Swanson's Science Cartoons
Tom Swanson's cartoons
Biology Cartoons - Nearing Zero
Cartoons about biology
Business Cartoons by Glasbergen
Business Cartoons, computer cartoons and assorted business cartoon topics, sorted by theme for fast and easy browsing. A professional resource for publishers, advertisers and others.
Science Cartoons Plus -- The Cartoons of S. Harris
The cartoons of S. Harris, covering a wide range of subjects, including science (biology, chemistry, physics, et al.), medicine, psychology, the environment (including a new book on global warming), sociology, religion, business, art, academics, law, literature, and much more.
I'll have a double, Felix!
I'll have a double, Felix! (JPEG Image, 2264x2064 pixels) - Scaled (34%)

Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz Public Libraries' Website
Weather Underground: Santa Cruz

For abe

West End Studio Theater
PISCES MOON Productions
Pisces Moon Productions produces cutting edge, dramatic theatre in Santa Cruz and runs a summer drama program for children. Plays include The Laramie Project and Nicky Silver's The Altruists and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Plays : The drama magazine for young people
Plays, the Drama magazine for Young People offers something for everyone: even children who are shy about performing can help with costumes, makeup, set design, props, and much more.
Scratch
SketchUp - Home
howtoons
Rune Headquarters :.:.: Your unfair Runescape advantage
Canon 3D Papercraft
Use this page to download free 3D papercraft patterns. Learn about the science and culture of the world by building it yourself!
Zubbles... The World's First Colored Bubbles!
Zubbles combine the simple joy of bubbles with the beauty and magic of color, creating the world's first colored bubbles!
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Science Fairs
Chemistry Comes Alive! Sample Movies
science idol finalists
The 12 finalists of the science idol editorial cartoon contest. A contest for amateurs and professionals focusing on political interference in science and scientific integrity
Science Education Sites around the world
A motley collection of science museums and science education sites
THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006
BMI Graph Page
N C H S - 2000 C D C Growth Charts: United States
Places to visit with children in the San Francisco Bay Area
Quirky list of interesting places to visit with children in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
secret life of the cell
Free Online Chess
Play free online chess, hybrid online chess site offering real time chess and correspondence chess with international players, tournaments, teams, clubs, chess database, chess forums.
AiLive, Inc.
yourDictionary.com • 100 Most Often Misspelled Words
A list of the words most often misspelled in the English language with the correct spellings and explanations where applicable.
Cogito - Home
Coke and Mentos Fountain at EepyBird.com
It's a hysterical and spectacular mentos powered video of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, brought to you by the mad scientists at EepyBird.com.
Boids
Homepage of Conrad Parker
StarLogo TNG
StarLogo on the Web
ASL's LEGO Page
LEGO constructions, with emphasis on sculptures. Included are models of Dilbert characters and of Rodin's Thinker, and a variety of mathematical LEGO sculptures including knots, Mobius strips, a Klein bottle and some minimal surfaces. There are also some interesting Technic constructions including a working Hobermann sphere.
Nathan Sawaya | The Art of the Brick™
Nathan Sawaya: LEGO Art Sculptor.
YouTube - Mindstorms Autofabrik
Eine Anlage, die Legoautos herstellt.Gebaut von der Robotik-Gruppe des Veit-Höser-Gymnasiums Bogen.A machine producing small LEGO cars.
Welcome to AquaStruct!
Drawing Coach - Step by step lessons and videos
Step by Step Drawing Guides show you how to draw the fun and easy way! Learn how to improve your technique in no time with the help of an online coach.
Edmund Optics - Microscopes
Edmund Industrial Optics (EO) has been a leading supplier of optics and optical components since 1942, designing and manufacturing a wide array of multi-element lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems, and opto-mechanical equipment. EO is application-focused and pursues new ways to implement optical technology, enabling advancements in semiconductor manufacturing, industrial metrology, and medical instrumentation. Our staff and facilities span the US, Europe, Japan, Singapore and China. EO’s skilled optical engineers design precision products for use in research, test & measurement applications, and for the automation of manufacturing processes.
MaximumRobotics
NerdKits - educational microcontroller kits for the digital generation
Electronics kits for the digital generation. Includes educational material relevant for students and adults.
Allatok
LARRY'S TOON INSTITUTE -- Lesson Plan
Dual Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil - HvWiki
LEGO.com Customer Service : Building Instructions/KeywordSearch/castle/Castle+of+Morcia8781
Downlad PDFs of building instructions for your favorite LEGO sets here.

summer camps

Santa Cruz Kids Summer Camps in the City and County of Santa Cruz
Computer Camps
Summer iD Tech Computer Camps
JHU CTY summer programs
Cybercamps
Cybercamps is the coolest summer computer and technology camp for kids ages 7-18. More than 60 locations nationwide we offer game design, web design, Flash anmiation, computer programming, robotics, and more.
Academic Summer Camps (educationunltd)—list by region
Summer Institute For The Gifted
Camp SEA Lab : Science, Education and Adventure : Programs
Summer Programs (Davidson Institute list)
Satori Summer Camp for Gifted Teens
Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Math summer camp program and resource for gifted middle school students | Mathpath
mathematics enrichment for students showing high promise in middle schools and high schools
HCSSiM high-school math summer camp
PROMYS
PROMYS is a summer program for mathematically talented high school students.
The Ross Program: Introduction
Honors Summer Math Camp : Texas Mathworks : Texas State University
Summer Math Camps and Programs for High School Students
CEE: Research Science Institute Introduction

Fidelity NetBenefits

Old bookmarks

Arroyo Craftsman - Framburg Lighting - House of Troy
Kids at Sea [rec.humor.funny]
EFI Internet Division Residential Catalogue | Controls & Switches
UC Santa Cruz draft bike plan
CASP6 Home page

platypus program (Mac wrapper for scripts)
Off-Campus Access: Login
Off-Campus Access: Additional Tools
IT Request, UCSC
UCSC Graduate Application 2008
PSB 305 calendar
WebHome < LifeAtUCSC < SoE Wiki
YouTube - little ceo
A short film by Sari Karplus. Starring Samuel Karplus, Joe Bodolai, Katie Kennedy, Glenn Petteys, Branden Dyke, Ella Karplus, Weston Walls, Jenny Alsberg, Kr...
UC Santa Cruz - Center for Teaching Excellence
about:config
Linksys router
http://gate.cruzio.com/speedtest/
UCSC Graduate Applications 2006
CASP7 Home page
AnnualCreditReport

wireless antennas

2.4 Ghz Cantenna (dryer vent)
Wireless network antenna links
Cantenna 2.4 GHz with tables
Waveguide antenna calculator
Antenna Bundles (All MFGs) - HD19655 - HD19655L (RPTNC For Linksys) - HD19655L
HD19655L (RPTNC For Linksys)
Antennas
Wireless network products including access points, 802.11, antennas, wireless routers, wifi desk top cards from HD Communications Corp.
Amazon.com: Linksys High Gain Antenna Kit for TNC Connectors HGA7T: Explore similar items
Online shopping for audio & video, camera & photo, office electronics, computers, video games, cell phones & more.

Barracuda Spam Firewall
Orbitz: My Trips
farechase
Yahoo! FareChase Air is an online travel search engine that lets you compare flights from dozens of airlines and online travel agencies with one easy search. The site provides tools to help you narrow and sort the results to easily hone in on the cheap airfares that best fit your travel plans. whether it is by airline brand, price, number of stops, desired airports, or travel times. Once you have found the flights you want, you are taken to the travel provider
OptOutPrescreen.com
UCSC library access
supposed to be a bookmarklet
Environmental Health Reataurant Inspection Results Intro
Lester & Karna: The Journey - A World Tour
Netflix Prize: Home
GIS Santa Cruz
4-question ethics summary
Livebench+pdb-cafasp
Polish Bioinformatics Site
Google Image Labeler
http://www.freelights.co.uk/kit.html
Unlocked Wordhoard: Animated Bayeux Tapestry
2nd world wart (JPEG Image, 595x547 pixels)

chemotaxis

A model of excitation and adaptation in bacterial chemotaxis — CellML
Dr. U. Alon, Weizmann, Tutorial on E. Coli Chemotaxis; Robustness of the Chemotaxis Circuit

NotePad for music
The Construction Site ™
pbFORTH
About Museum Day | Saturday, September 29, 2007
Geekdad quarterstaff
Scratch Forums / project working online but *not* offline
Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores, and digital sound
Interactive analyses of Bach fugues with scores synchronized with digital sound and commentary
Artistic Wire
MySpace.com - The Bobs - LOS ANGELES, California - Pop / Comedy / Other - www.myspace.com/thebobsmusic
MySpace music profile for The Bobs with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more
recumbent video - rec.bicycles.misc | Google Groups
Understanding art for geeks - a photoset on Flickr
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos to the world, securely and privately show photos to your friends and family, or blog the photos you take with a cameraphone.
Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
Media Convert - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP AMR FLV SWF AMV MOV WMA AVI MPG MP4 DivX MPEG4 iPOD PSP OGG WMA AAC MP4 MPC MMF QCP KAR MIDI REALAUDIO FLAC JPG PSD DOC PDF RTF TXT ODG ODP ODS ODT SXW WK1 MDB XLS VOB
Converting sound, text and video files, 3gp flv swf amv mov avi divx mpeg4 mpg avi wmv mp3 mp4 mpc smaf mmf aiff amr qcp wav ogg aac wma ra flac bmp odg ods odp odt sxw mdb wordperfect jpg gif tga png psd vob ipod
LifeAtUCSC < SoE Wiki
Johnny Chung Lee - Projects
Home - San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News - breaking news, weather, traffic, shopping, sports, jobs, cars, homes and local events
Re: interview for media specialist
Oxford Journals | Life Sciences | Nucleic Acids Research | SUBMITTING TO THE WEB SERVER ISSUE
ISCB new portal
ISCB- International Society for Computational Biology
CAL FIRE Home