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                • The following resources may be helpful to support the needs of the Gifted learner:

                  Local Resources
                  The Ringling
                  Salvador Dali Museum
                  Florida Holocaust Museum
                  Florida Aquarium
                  Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium


                  Art Museums
                  Louvre Museum (Paris, France)
                  Metropolitan Museum of Art #metkids
                  National Gallery of Art
                  Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy)
                  Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)


                  Zoos and Aquariums
                  Central Caribbean Marine Institute
                  Georgia Aquarium
                  Monterey Bay Aquarium
                  Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs (Rhenen, Netherlands)
                  National Aquarium Virtual Tour
                  San Diego Zoo
                  Seattle Aquarium
                  Smithsonian’s National Zoo


                  Historical
                  American Battlefield Trust
                  Anne Frank House
                  Colonial Williamsburg
                  Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
                  Mount Vernon
                  Mount Rushmore
                  National Museum of African American History and Culture
                  National Park Foundation
                  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


                  General Resources
                  Museum of Flight
                  NASA
                  The Nature Conservancy
                  Virtual Field Trips

                   

                Projects for Gifted Learners

                • Exquisite Minds – Strategies and Tips
                  Bright Hub Education – Grade level specific suggestions for instruction, by group/grade level
                  Raising Lifelong Learners – Strategies and Tips
                  Scholastic – Resources for Gifted Learners
                  We are Teachers – Tips, and ideas. Some free printables


                  Art Projects and Crafts
                  Create your own glimmering glass lamp
                  A variety of art projects, including making your own paper sculpture
                  Create your own containers with popsicle sticks
                  Create dragonflies from pipe cleaners and clothespins
                  The perfect activity to celebrate Earth Day, create your own Earth Moss Ball
                  Create your own crayons that look like Earth
                  Create homemade suncatcher windchimes
                  Use everyday items to create your own marble run
                  Use old magazines to create your own artistic masterpiece
                  Enjoy a virtual painting lab
                  Create your own water color canvas with decorative tape
                  Painting with a popsicle mold and food coloring
                  Use balloons to create one of a kind art pieces
                  Use an old paper bag and water colors to create art

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