GATE Enrichment/Extension Resources
GATE Enrichment/Extension Resources
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.
ACES
- ART
- BOOKS: AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
- CREATIVITY/PROBLEM SOLVING
- ENGINEERING
- ESCAPE ROOMS
- SCAVENGER HUNTS
- SCIENCE
- TECHNOLOGY
- TIPS FOR SUCCESS!
ART
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)
Book Origami - the art of therapeutic and FUN book folding: Directions and Pattern Ideas (Search "free book folding templates and patterns" for more.)
Pumpkin Patch: Art and Origami
BOOKS: AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
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
CREATIVITY/PROBLEM SOLVING
ENGINEERING
ESCAPE ROOMS
Westlake High School student created Escape Room
Westlake Hills teacher, Mr. Manzatt, created Harry Potter Escape Room
SCAVENGER HUNTS
Around the World Field Trip and Scavenger Hunt (with Google Earth)
Exploring our World and BEYOND!
JPL Virtual Tour and Scavenger Hunt (Elementary and Secondary)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Scavenger Hunt
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
Thousand Oaks Library Coding with Fiero Code (Access Information)
TIPS FOR SUCCESS!
Mars Curiosity Rover, JPL Chief Engineer Rob Manning - How Failure Helps Us Succeed: The Agony & Inspiration of Defeat
Résumé Building & Interview Workshop
Students
ART
CODING
- Blockly Games
- Code.org
- Codecademy
- CodeCombat
- Coding
- Hour of Code
- Khan Academy - Computing (Python, Java, etc)
- Scratch
- Tynker
CREATIVITY
EXPLORE THE WORLD
LANGUAGE
LOGIC AND PUZZLES
- Braingle
- Chess for Kids
- Daily Factor Square Puzzles
- Daily Math Logic Puzzles
- Funbrain
- Games (Crossword, Mahjongg, Outspell, Scramble, Trivia, Word Wipe, and more!)
- Los Angeles Times Puzzle Games
- Merriam Webster Word Puzzle Games
- National Geographic Puzzles
- New York Times Puzzle Games
- Rebus
SPACE
STEM
Summer Learning
Berkeley Business Academy for Youth (B-BAY)
California Lutheran University Summer Camps
Camp SEA Lab - Voyage Seaward
Duke Pre-College Programs (Virtual Campus Tour)
Education Unlimited Programs at UCLA
EXPLO Summer Enrichment Programs at Wellesley College
Georgetown University Summer High School Sessions
Harvard College Summer Programs for High School Students
Harvard University Catalog of FREE Courses
Idyllwild Arts Summer Teen Programs
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Loyola Marymount University and University of California Santa Cruz for grades 5+)
Makos Surf Camp (Malibu and Ventura)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare offers over 2,000 FREE online courses
Santa Clara University Young Scholars Program for High School Students (for rising 11th and 12th grade students)
Summer Springboard (Pre-College Programs for Greater Los Angeles Area Teens on the Campus of UCLA)
Summit Education (Virtual Summer STEM Programs for 8th - 12th Grade Students)
Thousand Oaks Summer Camps:
- Activity Hero
- Boys & Girls Club of Conejo Valley
- Brains & Motion
- Conejo Recreation & Park District (CRPD)
- Galileo
- Snapology
- The Arterie
Travel Ed 2 DC (8th grade students)
University of California, Berkeley Summer Sessions
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Pre-College Summer Institutes
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Summer College Immersion Program (SCIP Webinar Slides and Recording)
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Pre-College Programs (Brochure, Summer Research Academies and Research Mentorship Program)
Teachers
- 35 Fun and Educational Winter Activities for Your Classroom
- 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 Escape Rooms
- Virtual Field Trips
- Would You Rather Math