ACOS

11/19/2015

Attention Parents: The Hour of Code is coming soon! Check it out: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/hour-of-code/hour-of-code-for-teachers/a/using-hour-of-code-with-your-child.

06/08/2015

NWGCA is excited to present our first event designed exclusively for families of gifted teens (and tweens). Parents will enjoy speakers on college admissions, grit, underachievement, and helping your teen get organized. Teens will have a challenging high ropes course or rock climbing, plus a present…

04/27/2015

Social media can enhance differentiated instruction if the tools are selected with a careful eye on individual students' readiness, interests, and learning profiles.

03/22/2015

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Edutopia blogger Mark Phillips examines eight myths that drive education policy, including the value of homework for students and merit pay for teachers, the irrelevance of funding and class size, and the fairness of college admissions.

03/07/2015

Build, tinker, and learn together as you explore the world of cars. Every fourth Saturday, you and your child, grandchild, or family will spend quality time together designing, creating, or exploring cool car concepts.

03/06/2015

Learn about the amazing adaptive power of the brain when the largest Brain Fair in the country returns to OMSI March 14. The free fair is part of Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Brain Awareness Season 2015. This year’s cerebral celebration will include interactive exhibits, real human br…

01/08/2015

"Failing is just another word for growing."

You only have to know one thing: you can learn anything

11/03/2014

Celebrate 125 years of Washington statehood at the capitol Rotunda in Olympia! Enjoy cultural and heritage displays, including: a re-encactment of the arrival of the telegram, tribal and square dancing, a rare George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, hands-on children's activities, birthday cake and more!

10/15/2014

What Parents Need to Know about Smart Kids
Many parents are surprised to learn that their child's unique "quirks" are actually well-studied social and emotional behavior patterns that appear across large populations of highly intelligent children. Join us for a half-day workshop on November 16 in Woodinville, Washington and gain research-based perspectives, new parenting tools for your toolbox, and support in raising your gifted child.

The Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA) is a statewide, nonprofit organization of people with an interest in meeting the special needs of highly capable children.

08/07/2014

"Math makes sense of the world."

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. In his talk, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think. (Filmed at

07/20/2014

"By paying scant attention to the needs of gifted kids, we are squandering a resource that will make our nation less competitive, less meaningful, less respectful."

05/14/2014

Baseball fans and math nerds will appreciate this one!

Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader’s question about Google's data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over…