GATE Enrichment/Extension Resources
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Please note that CVUSD provides these resources for your reference, but that does not constitute affiliation with or recommendation of the organizations or practices listed within.
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Around the World Field Trip and Scavenger Hunt
Art with the Illustrator:
- James Dean draws Pete the Cat
- Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) draws Greg Heffley, and shows how to change feelings and shares his experiences in becoming an author.
- Jon Klassen draws Turtle (We Found a Hat)
- Mo Willems draws Pigeon "live" video, an "animated illustration" of Pigeon, and Piggie (Elephant and Piggie)
Brandon Mull's Virtual Book Tour - Candy Shop War
Brandon Mull's Virtual Book Tour - Dragonwatch
JPL Virtual Tour and Scavenger Hunt (condensed version and extended edition)
Mars Curiosity Rover, JPL Chief Engineer Rob Manning - How Failure Helps Us Succeed: The Agony & Inspiration of Defeat
Résumé Building & Interview Workshop Series
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Scavenger Hunt
The Creative Art of Organizing
Thousand Oaks Library Coding with Fiero Code (Access Information)
Westlake High School student created Escape Room
Westlake Hills teacher, Mr. Manzatt, created Harry Potter Escape Room
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Elementary:
Middle/High School:
Escape Dr. Plunkington and his Suspicious Signal
All Ages for Family Fun:
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- 2048
- Brain Games
- Brain Teasers
- Chess
- Connections
- Cryptograms
- Futoshiki
- Games for Change
- Games for the Brain
- Geo Guesser
- Jeopardy
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Kakuro
- KenKen
- Logic Puzzles
- Math Play
- Mind Games
- Mensa Games
- Set
- Slide Puzzles
- Space-X Simulator
- Strands
- Sudoku
- Tangrams
- The Grey Labyrinth Puzzles
- Wordle
- Worldle
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- Aurora Borealis Webcams
- Author Readings
- Art for Kids Hub
- At Home Engineering
- Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning
- City Guesser
- Coding
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
- Duolingo
- Exploratorium
- Funbrain
- Grammy Museum At Home
- Imagineering In A Box
- JPL Virtual Tour
- LabXchange Library and Solutions
- Learn.Genetics
- Library of Congress
- Math Planet
- Mensa for Kids
- Molecular Workbench
- NASA at Home
- NASA STEM Activities
- NatGeo@Home
- No Screen Activities
- Old Farmer's Almanac
- Pixar In A Box
- Postcrossing
- Prodigy
- Resources for Gifted Kids
- Scratch
- Ted Talks for Kids
- The Kid Should See This
- Thousand Oaks Library Resources for Students
- Time for Kids
- Tynker Coding
- Ultimate STEM Guide for Kids
- Virtual Makerspace
- Virtual Tours
- Wizarding World - Brings Hogwarts to You
- Wonderopolis
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- Achieve 3000
- American Association for Gifted Children (AAGC) - Curriculum Units
- CS First - Teach Computer Science and Coding to Kids
- Discovery Education: Lesson Plan Library
- Easy Button for Differentiated Instruction using AI
- Epic
- Exquisite Minds: Gifted Resources/Curriculum
- GFletchy - Problem-Based Math Concepts
- JPL Education Page
- Kennedy Center - Lessons and Activities Exploring the Arts
- Kennedy Space Center Educator Resources
- Learning Links By Grade Level
- Mensa Lesson Plans
- Minecraft Education Edition
- National Geographic Education Resource Library
- Prodigy
- Science and Technology Virtual Tours and Class Visits
- Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) Resources
- Trivia Maker
- Virtual Field Trips
- Would You Rather Math
