Extended Learning
"All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent." - John F. Kennedy
This website is meant to provide opportunities for all of our Central Lee students. Dated contests and scholarships will be amended once the new information is available.
Book Lists
MENSA for Kids Excellence in Reading K12
25 Books to Read after Harry Potter Grades 3-8
20 Books to Read for Kids not Ready for Harry Potter Grades K7
20+ Science Books for Middle and High School Girls (Or for anyone else!)
Book Club for Kids Podcast Grades 5-8
Brightly Ages 0-18
Common Sense Media Book List PK6
Hoagies Reading List for Gifted Children PK12
Camps/Courses
Lifeprint ASL Free or $$$ for course credit
Oklahoma School for the Deaf There is a spring and a fall course offered. Free
Start ASL American Sign Language Free
Apex Learning High school and middle school courses. $$$
Art of Problem-Solving Academy Grades 2-12, $$$
Belin Blank Weekend Enrichment Grades 3-8, $$
Constitutional Academy (Bill of Rights Institute) HS students, $$+Travel
Courses.com Lots of free courses, including Patrick JMT math courses.
Crash Courses For anyone, Free
DuoLingo Learn a new language. Free
eDynamic Learning Grades 6-12, $$$
ExploreU for Middle School Girls Coralville, $
Northwestern's Comprehensive Talent Development Programs PK12, $$$
Photography for Kids You can find other courses here, too. For anyone, $
UI Wild State Park Camps Grades 3-7, $$
Williamsburg List of Camps Various, updated closer to summer
World History Project These courses are aligned to the AP® World History: Modern Course and Exam Description (CED). Free
W3Schools Teach yourself to code. Free
Yale Young Global Scholars Prestigious HS Camp, $$$$$
Fine Arts
Portfolio Hosting Options For anyone needing a digital portfolio of their work. Various ages and costs.
Art
3d Doodler Fun drawing app. Free.
Art Contests for Kids Various, free art lessons here, too
Art For Kids Hub This is the How-To-Draw link, but there is much more to explore here!
Bomomo Digital art for all, Free
Doodle for Google K12, Free
Gentype Mess around with fonts, make them out of anything. AI, Free
Ideogram AI generated art
Ocean Awareness Contest Learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication. Art, dance, forms, writing, multimedia. Ages 11-18. Deadline in June.
Say What You See Describe and identify art styles while improving AI prompting.
Science Without Borders Art Competition Grades 6-12, Free
Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Grades 7-12, Free
U.S. Kids Magazine Art Contest Ages 2-12, Free
Music
Audiotool Browser-based music-maker for everyone, Free
Every Noise at Once Learn your music genres! For everyone, Free
Generative Music Sites Various, most links still work.
Incredibox Make music! So cool. For everyone, Free
Instrument Playground Use Google AI to make music. For everyone, Free.
MusicFX Describe a song and it will be composed! AI
Photography
Photo Contests for Kids Various
Photography for Kids Activities for all ages, Free
Performance Art
TheatreFolk Free resources for aspiring thespians
Family Support
The Effect of Technology and the Internet on The Gifted Child
Family TIP Sheets Many categories of support from NAGC in these resources
Perfectionism - 5 Ways to Help
Perfectionism - Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
Games/Puzzles/Fun
Brainbashers Logic Puzzles
Brainzilla Logic Puzzles
Enigma (famous quotes puzzles)
Food Mood Get inspiration for your next meal and create new recipes mixing influences from two cuisines, generated with the help of Google AI.
Infinite Wonderland This is an AI experiment where Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is endlessly reimagined by artists, AI and you.
Institute of Competition Sciences This is an amazing list of competitions.
The Kid Should See This (videos)
Noble Prize Find stories, videos, and even games about the Laureates.
Tumble Together A web-based emulator for the Turing Tumble marble-powered mechanical computer to help build, test and share designs.
Would You Rather Thought provoking questions for kids and families.
APP: Einstein's Riddles
APP: CrossLogic
APP: Elevate - Brain Training Free Memory, Math, and Word Games
Gift Ideas
Books (See lists above!)
Art Mysteries (grades 2-7)
The Ultimate Screen-Free Gift Guide for Curious, Creative Kids
Languages
American Sign Language: See "Camps/Courses" section.
CaixaForum – A source of Spanish media. Free!
Literacy
American Rhetoric - Top American Speeches
Cartoon Caption Contest - The New Yorker You must be 13 or older to enter or vote.
Creative Communication Poetry Contest Grades K-9
Imagine Forest Create your own stories online - free!
Lyrical Iowa Poetry Contests All ages. (Can you find a winner from Donnellson?)
NaNoWriMo Novel Writing Contest All ages. This site has lots of guidance.
North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad High School
Poetry Out Loud Great poetry, free resources, and a dynamic recitation competition for high school.
Project Gutenberg Public domain ebooks - All free!
Publications for Young Writers Some links are broken but there are a lot of great publications listed here for all ages.
Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Grades 7-12
Society of Professional Journalists HS Essay Contest
Story Jumper Create and share books online for free. You can purchase books for reasonable prices.
Teen Ink A magazine for teens, by teens
VisuWords A visual dictionary and thesaurus that's fun to play with
Math
Artful Maths Beautiful art via math, Free.
The Art of Problem Solving A lot of problems for upper level math students.
Boddle Learning Free online games for fun learning online. Aligned standards progress can be recorded.
Figure This! NCTM's math challenges for families.
Just Math Tutorials Videos for nearly every math lesson.
Khan Academy For all subjects
MathWorks Math Modeling Contest for HS juniors and seniors.
Math Studio Free AI app to learn or review math skills. *Always check AI for accuracy.
Mr. Morgan's Math Grades 6-9
NRICH Math Games and Challenges
Statistics Crash Course Videos
TedED Math Riddles You can sort by age bands.
We Use Math When will we ever use this math? (Careers)
Scholarships & Career
Big Future by the College Board
Career Aptitude Test Quote: "Amazingly accurate!"
Collegexpress Ultimate guide to college search
Lee County Fair Select "Scholarship" under the Participate tab. Due in late March.
*O*Net Resource Center Includes "My Next Move" and an interest profiler.
Roquette Scholarship Due in February.
Science Saves Video Scholarship
Teacher Certification Degrees Become a teacher! Lots of good info here.
United States Senate Youth Program Experience government in action and earn a $10,000 scholarship.
Science
Adventures in Chemistry American Chemical Society
Century of Science ScienceNews
Future Engineers Student challenges of all kinds, many involving NASA.
Journal of Emerging Investigators Middle and High School Students can read/submit research and find other interesting opportunities.
Science Journal for Kids Peer-reviewed science research
STEM Resources for High Achievers
Aviation
SkyVector Tricky at first, but make your own flight plans. Use the tutorials.
Science Productivity Tools
Consensus AI Search Engine for Research
Draw Charts (free)
Images
Pexels (Free stock images)
Pixabay (Free stock images)
Showcase
These websites were designed by Central Lee 7th and 8th graders.
Social Studies
Bill of Rights Institute This site has opportunities, contests, and guidance for MS & HS students.
C-SPAN Student Cam Competition Grades 6-12
Cartoon of the Day - Harper's Weekly
Eyewitness to History Primary sources and 1st person accounts
Radio Garden Listen to radio from around the world.
Technology
PBS "Be Media Wise" A series of videos to learn responsible online media use. Free
CodeCombat Learn to code through the power of play.
Snakify Teach or learn Python
Stencyl Make games for iGames, Android, or Flash
Storyboard That Make storyboards for any subject - or just for fun!
"Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing." - Madeline Hunter
Let me know if you have other sites to share.
nweirather@centrallee.org