B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

http://bjpinchbeck.com

An excellent homework helper resource site.  B.J. Pinchbeck started this site with his dad when he was 9 years old.  He's now about 25 and a college graduate.  Check it out and see if there's anything you want to explore.

Math sites to explore

Figure This!  Math Challenges for Families

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html 

Free Rice-answer correctly and earn grains of rice donated to feed the world's hungry  -  Different subjects

http://freerice.com/#/basic-math-pre-algebra/16879

Mrs. Renz's (4th grade teacher in Oregon) math sites-She has 3rd grade mah up to high school math

http://www.neosho.k12.mo.us/teacher_pages/terrybarbara/Math%20extras.htm

Khan Academy-many topics available - Watch is for the instructional videos.  You can also do practice exercises.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

National Library of Virtual Manipulativese

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/

Logic Puzzles

http://www.logic-puzzles.org/

Math cats - You can figure out how old you are down to the second

http://www.mathcats.com/

Gamestar Mechanic

Gamestar Mechanic 
http://gamestarmechanic.com

Do you want to learn to design video games?  Gamestar Mechanic is a great exercise in problem solving.  After you play the games, you'll go through the steps to learn how to create your own.

Duolingo-Learn world languages

Duolingo-learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian
duolingo.com

This is a free site where you can learn foreign languages.  You have to create a free account with email (or Facebook).  It's a lot of fun.  We tried the site this week in class in 5th-8th.  Everyone seemed enthused.  Some gifted students found it a challenge because they didn't have the answers.  But most stuck with it and found positive learning!

iGifted School

To parents of gifted kids,

This is a new idea I just learned about.  Online after-school challenge clubs.  Right now they have a math club and a debate club.

My twitter feed today-Judy Twetten @jtteachercresco

http://www.review.net/section/detail/the-school-gift/

Inspiring awesome idea!  I subscribed.  School web address is http://www.igiftedschool.org/

Image made at http://www.tagxedo.com with school web address

B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com

Glad to see B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper still online.  He's a 25 year old college graduate now.  He started this site with his dad when he was 9 years old.  This is a good place for kids to start searching.

Belin-Blank Exceptional Student Talent Search

The Belin-Blank Exceptional Student Talent Search discovers the level of academic challenge appropriate for students.

Many bright students have hit the ceiling of grade level tests, limiting the usefulness of these scores for curriculum planning purposes. The results of an above-level test like those available through a talent search can tell us what students are ready to learn.  

http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/Students/BESTS/

4th to 6th grade--The deadline for registering for the January 26, 2013 Explore test is December 18, 2012.  

7th-9th grade--The deadline for registering for the February 9, 2013 ACT test is January 9, 2013.