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NAGC Resources
The digital age has sparked an explosion of information and resources around the globe — sometimes making it difficult to spot the proverbial forest for the trees. Whether you’re new to the world of high potential young people or have years of experience with gifted children, NAGC is here to help! We have collected the practical resources you need and the high-quality information you have come to trust in one easily accessible, organized location. So, take a walk though our top notch forest (and keep your eyes open for the trees, too).
Finding a Mental Health Professional TIP Sheet
Please utilize this ideas for “Finding a Mental Health Professional” for more information on knowing when and how to to seek out professional advice from a psychologist, counselor, or therapist for their gifted child
The Big Picture
If you’re looking for answers to questions like “What is gifted?” and “Why do we need gifted education?” — this is the place to start.
Information for Your Pediatriciaion
NAGC and Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) have come together to bring teachers and parents alike this valuable public information brochure to use with psychologists, pediatricians, and family physicians. Decreasing Medical Misdiagnosis in Children
Glossary of Terms
Every area of knowledge has its own unusual set of terms and phrases. Our glossary is designed to help you translate and build a stronger understanding of the frequently used vocabulary in gifted education
A History Of Gifted Education
Check out this timeline which traces the significant events and innovations in the field from the 19th century to today.
Parenting For High Potential Magazine
NAGC’s Parenting For High Potential Magazine
Parenting for High Potential (PHP) is an award-winning quarterly magazine designed for parents who want to make a difference in their children’s lives. Packed with advice about developing a child’s gifts and talents to the fullest, each issue includes special features, expert advice columns, software and book reviews, ideas from parents of high potential youngsters, and a pullout children’s section.
Studentcompetitions.com is a website dedicated to organizing hundreds of websites across the world for student K-12. It has an easy to use search feature that lets users customize searches.
Rubik’s Cube Competition is held at Arizona State University’s west campus each spring. The teams will be competing for the fastest time to collectively solve 25 Rubik’s Cubes.
National Geography Bee is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge.
Future Problem Solving Program has both competitive and non-competitive events which give students the opportunity to think creatively to solve difficult problems in unique ways.
Let’s Get Real Competition helps students gain experience working on real business problems.
National History Day Competition is designed to provide an opportunity for students to conduct authentic historic research using a history topic of interest to create a long term project.
Future City Competition is a fun and exciting educational engineering program for 7th and 8th-grade students where they are challenged to present their vision of a city of the future.
Science Olympiad is a “rigorous academic interscholastic competitions…between various science disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, computers, and technology”.
Destination ImagiNation focuses on problem solving, teamwork and divergent thinking.
Noetic Learning Math Contest – The Noetic Learning Math Contest is a biannual math problem-solving contest for elementary students grades 2 through 6. The goal of the competition is to encourage young students’ interest in math, to develop their problem-solving skills, and to inspire them to excel in math.
Math Kangaroo Math Contest – An international Math competition for grades 1 through 12. Students from all over the world participate in a math contest on the same day… the third Thursday in March.