This episode feature Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Director for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University, discussing her Top Ten Skills to Cultivate in Your Gifted Child.

Suggestions in Math for Your Gifted Student with Randee Blair (Parents) by CTD Backpack

Questions for an Inorganic Chemist(Part 2)w/ Dr. Harris and Dr. Freedman(Students) by CTD Backpack

There are a lot of questions parents have to think about when considering acceleration for gifted students. The Director of the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern, Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, is our guest to clear up these questions.

With all the standardized tests students have to take, what are above grade leveled tests and why are they important for your gifted and talented students?

Our guest is Rhoda Rosen, Associate Director at the Center for Talent Development, to talk about the importance of above grade leveled tests and how to effectively use them to support your students.

Find out more about NUMATS at http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/program_type/talent-search-assessment.

In this episode, Dr. Gallio, Neurobiologist at Northwestern, discusses why scientists are studying the brain of fruit flies for sensory information, and what implications it has for humans.

This our 3rd and final segment of our interview with Dr. David Harris and Dr. Dana Freedman, Inorganic Chemists at Northwestern.

This is our 1st podcast for the Backpack podcast. In our interview with Jeff Miller we discuss suggestions for future programmers, AI, and future trends in programming.

Episode 2 of the Backpack podcast series for students features Dr. David Harris and Dr. Danna Freedman, assistant professors of inorganic chemistry at Northwestern. This is the first of three podcasts related to this interview.