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Banquete ISD Optional Resources for Gifted Learners During COVID
While our GT students are at home, they are encouraged, but are not required, to visit links below that may interest them. Students do not have to submit work pertaining to the links below!
The following resources have been reviewed as of the time of posting.
While the links include mostly free resources, BISD is not responsible for enhanced features that may include cost, user accounts, and/or scope of the content.
Parents should preview and monitor student's use.
Click on the blue underlined link for more information.
Elementary Links
Brief Introduction/Explanation
Breakout EDU brings the challenges of an escape room through online games.
Jarrett Lerner is the author of various graphic novels. He has provided various activities including designing your own comic strips, creating your own characters, and even complete a comic strip he has started. Just download, print, and create!
A sweet garden of visuals for Nat Banting to kick start discourse with Fraction-Geometry-Algebraic Thinking connections out the WAH-ZOO!
Broken down by grade level and specific skill, open middle features a series of equations with missing numbers. Students solve them using their critical thinking, number sense, and math concept knowledge. Even better – printable number tiles so students can create their own bogglers for friends and family!
TED-Ed Student Talks are short informative videos. Many of the TED Students Talks answer popular questions that students ask. Each video includes questions to discuss and considerations for thinking deeper. It would fun to watch together and discuss.
Todd Stanley provides a series of fun and engaging resources for free! The projects and activities are for a wide variety of students and provide exciting learning opportunities designed to extend student thinking.
The twist on this classic visual task is that an argument can be made for ANY answer. Use the online puzzles to get the hang of it, then have your children create their own grids with items from around the house, on a nature walk, from magazine pictures, or by using a camera and PicCollage.
Junior High and High School Links
Brief Introduction/Explanation
Students can “travel” the world without leaving their homes. Atlas Obscura is a definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders.
Breakout EDU brings the challenges of an escape room through online games.
Jarrett Lerner is the author of various graphic novels. He has provided various activities including designing your own comic strips, creating your own characters, and even complete a comic strip he has started. Just download, print, and create!
Broken down by grade level and specific skill, open middle features a series of equations with missing numbers. Students solve them using their critical thinking, number sense, and math concept knowledge. Even better – printable number tiles so students can create their own bogglers for friends and family!
Online monthly mini-magazine and a collection of more than 950 websites with physics images, activities, and info
Aspiring science fiction writers will love the Hero’s Journey experience! These online resources discuss the 12 steps of the hero’s journey and archetypes to help writers flesh out a complete story structure. Printables are available on both sites, including cool infographics and current movie examples.
TED-Ed Student Talks are short informative videos. Many of the TED Students Talks answer popular questions that students ask. Each video includes questions to discuss and considerations for thinking deeper. It would fun to watch together and discuss.
An educational alternative to YouTube, The Kid Should See This is a collection of kid-friendly (not Made-For-Kids) videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and home for everyone.
Todd Stanley provides a series of fun and engaging resources for free! The projects and activities are for a wide variety of students and provide exciting learning opportunities designed to extend student thinking.
Created by teachers, this highly interactive tool provides an easy-to-use workspace where students can practice proofs while exercising their deductive reasoning muscles.
The twist on this classic visual task is that an argument can be made for ANY answer. Use the online puzzles to get the hang of it, then have your children create their own grids with items from around the house, on a nature walk, from magazine pictures, or by using a camera and PicCollage.
