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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Academic Challenges <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/PHP/Competition%20Chart.pdf]

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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://www.prufrock.com/?gclid=CISP_5i445MCFSQWiQodPjOfWQ]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Digital Kids ideas <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Passport to Learn] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Author: <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Jacqueline Melin]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Price: $24.95 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Designed as an around-the-world adventure for gifted students, these activities emphasize creativity, problem solving, inquiry, and critical thinking in the fields of math, language arts, leadership skills, social studies, and science.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Grades 4–8

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Design Studio: Integrating Art & Thinking] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Author: <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Dianne Draze]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Price: $11.95 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">More than an art class, this book is also a course in thinking. Students learn how to create attractive designs using the techniques of unity, variety, repetition, movement, proportion, and more. Concise information is combined with unique projects that allow students to hone both their their thinking and artistic skills.

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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">KidPix4 Movie Tutorials <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">KidPix4 PowerPoint <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://visalia.k12.ca.us/teachers/dbronzan/profdev/Kid%20Pix%204.ppt]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">French Printable Texts <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://bdemauge.free.fr/index_litterature.htm]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Create a graph <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Critical Thinking Grade 8 - The Arts in Renaissance Europe <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Critical Thinking Grade 7 - Riel and MacDonald: Great Leaders? <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://www.carcpd.ab.ca/social/criticalthinking/greatLeaders_gr7/index.html#download]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Critical Thinking Grade 8 - Renaissance Thinkers <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Science Fair Guide <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Pre-AP 7/8 info <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Tail of 2 millenium WebQuest <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Roller Coaster Rock N Roll WebQuest <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: #003333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Students will need to have access to computers with a browser and a printer - preferably color. Model-building materials - such as craft sticks and glue guns, or other basic crafting items will also be needed. Many students and parents are willing to provide these. There are some roller coaster videos that would add extra pizzaz to the learning.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Inventors workshop <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Avalanches <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">American Sign Language/Sense and Technology <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Math challenges <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Math arcade games <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Early Years Mathematics Activities and Games <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Algebraic transformations <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Arithmetic Tic-Tod <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Lessons <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons.aspx]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Math Central is an award winning site maintained by faculty and students in Mathematics and Statistics and Mathematics Education at the University of Regina in Regina. It exists in both English and French (and Spanish!!) and features famous mathematicians, teacher resources, even a problem of the week… <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[| http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|NRICH team] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice. More information on many of our other activities can be found <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|here.]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0pt;">Math Games <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Hexxagon <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|http://kidrocket.org/game_hexxagon.php]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mastermind <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">HYPERLINK "http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_179_g_2_t_1.html?open=instructions" <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_179_g_2_t_1.html?open=instructions <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">__