Check out links to activites that also enrich curriculum for students at Kid Links (sorted by subject area), Contests and Resources.

Super Saturdays and Sometimes Grant

We are pleased to announce the availability of funds for Super Saturdays and Sometimes activities for the 2011-2012 school year. Application for a maximum of $300.00 per activity may be made. Super Saturdays and Sometimes funds are to be used to provide enrichment activities for students. Activities must be held before or after school or on weekends. Activities taking place during the regular school day will not be funded. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2012, and activities must be held prior by May 15, 2012. You will be notified of acceptance of your application within a week of its receipt. Requests for the sole purpose of providing transportation are discouraged. 

In your application, please include:
·Amount of money requested and what it will provide
·What the enrichment activity is
·When it will be held (date and time)
·Number of students participating
·Grade level(s) of students participating
·Qualifications of presenter to teach children in this enrichment area (if relevant)
·Name of the school contact person organizing the activity and requesting the funds

Note: Sponsor will need to fill out an evaluation of the activity gathered from student input and a final checklist to be returned to the TAG office upon completion of the activity.

Examples of some of the kinds of activities funded in the past are:
Civil War reenactment, poetry and writing workshops, cartooning workshops, lego-logo classes, puppet theater, multi-cultural festivals, readers' slumber party, Mesa Verde study and pottery making, attending the Environmental and Earth Science Expo, theater arts day at the Arvada Center, storytelling, animal care classes, physics night, folk dancers, intro to electronics, magic and math, geological study, paleontology field trip, and many others.

Please  e-mail becky.whittenburg@bvsd.org  or call extension 5067 if you have any further questions.

Adults are responsible for determining appropriateness of all sites and activities before using with children.  Due to the changing nature of the Internet, we can not be held responsible for bad sites although every effort is made to only include child-friendly sites. 

Contests and competitions

Mensa for Kids games, articles and helpful parent and teacher resources

Mizel Center for Arts and Culture New classes and performances for children. The site has a link to each program and it's support of content standards.

Great Books Home of Junior Great Books and Shared Inquiry.

Edventures  Products and services in science, technology engineering and math

ThinkQuest   Students work in teams to build innovative, educational websites.

Center for Bright Kids, formerly Rocky Mountain Talent Search, an academic talent search program based on above-level testing challenging academic summer opportunities.

Chess Workshops Boulder area classes and workshops for all ages.

Denver Botanical Gardens  Provides classes and botanical experiences.

Expanding Your Horizons A conference for girls supporting career exploration in nontraditional fields.

Academy of American Poetry All things poetry for children and adults.

Fiske Planetarium
For more information or to schedule shows, please call us at 303-492-5002.
Suzanne Traub-Metlay, Ph.D.
suzanne.metlay@colorado.edu  
 Education Programs Manager
(303) 492-4073

The Geography Zone
       Instruction Guide

The Journey North An exceptional site

Kudzidza Foundation  Authentic African Presentations, authentic African Music and authentic African Art for children, teens and adults.
bethie@zulazula.com  
720.259.2199
720.327.3570

Newspapers in Education
Denver Post
303-820-1335 or fax 303-866-9013
Boulder Daily Camera
seibertt@dailycamera.com 
phone 303.473.1523/fax 303.473.1430
Daily Times-Call
Cindy Piller
(303) 776-2244 ext. 338
(303) 772-8339 - fax

NCAR Outreach Programs National Center for Atmospheric Research
Office of Education and Outreach at (303) 497-1185. 

IBM Mentors for 4th and 5th graders
Dee Bumgarner dlbumgar@us.ibm.com

Lego League and Lego Robotics
ColoradoFIRST - Lego League
All questions: fll@coloradofirst.org

NASA's ISS EARTHKAM PROGRAM
Participation is free.
ISS EarthKAM images

Colorado Opera
programs and scholarships for students.