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Attention Parents: The Hour of Code is coming soon! Check it out: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/hour-of-code/hour-of-code-for-teachers/a/using-hour-of-code-with-your-child.

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Event for Families of Gifted Teens (and Tweens) at Camp Long NWGCA is excited to present our first event designed exclusively for families of gifted teens (and tweens). Parents will enjoy speakers on college admissions, grit, underachievement, and helping your teen get organized. Teens will have a challenging high ropes course or rock climbing, plus a present…

50+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction Through Social Media Social media can enhance differentiated instruction if the tools are selected with a careful eye on individual students' readiness, interests, and learning profiles.

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8 Myths That Undermine Educational Effectiveness Edutopia blogger Mark Phillips examines eight myths that drive education policy, including the value of homework for students and merit pay for teachers, the irrelevance of funding and class size, and the fairness of college admissions.

LeMay Museum > Family STEM Days Build, tinker, and learn together as you explore the world of cars. Every fourth Saturday, you and your child, grandchild, or family will spend quality time together designing, creating, or exploring cool car concepts.

Brain Fair 2015 | OMSI Learn about the amazing adaptive power of the brain when the largest Brain Fair in the country returns to OMSI March 14. The free fair is part of Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Brain Awareness Season 2015. This year’s cerebral celebration will include interactive exhibits, real human br…

"Failing is just another word for growing."

Khan Academy You only have to know one thing: you can learn anything

Celebrate 125 years of Washington statehood at the capitol Rotunda in Olympia! Enjoy cultural and heritage displays, including: a re-encactment of the arrival of the telegram, tribal and square dancing, a rare George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, hands-on children's activities, birthday cake and more!

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What Parents Need to Know about Smart Kids
Many parents are surprised to learn that their child's unique "quirks" are actually well-studied social and emotional behavior patterns that appear across large populations of highly intelligent children. Join us for a half-day workshop on November 16 in Woodinville, Washington and gain research-based perspectives, new parenting tools for your toolbox, and support in raising your gifted child.

Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA) Home The Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA) is a statewide, nonprofit organization of people with an interest in meeting the special needs of highly capable children.

"Math makes sense of the world."

Math class needs a makeover Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. In his talk, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think. (Filmed at

Gifted Parenting Support: Dumbing Down America ~ An Interview with Dr. James Delisle "By paying scant attention to the needs of gifted kids, we are squandering a resource that will make our nation less competitive, less meaningful, less respectful."

Baseball fans and math nerds will appreciate this one!

Comics that ask "what if?" Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader’s question about Google's data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over…