# Curriculum Options Get started with selecting curricular resources, see our recommendations for educational apps and external resources, see our curriculum correlations, and learn how to donate used materials to the Learning Commons. # Getting Started With Selecting Curriculum #### Curriculum Options and Picks The *[Curriculum Options](https://learningcommons.ca/curriculum-options/)* page on our website offers carefully vetted suggestions for each core subject by grade level, meeting the needs of most typical home-educating students. To quickly find our "Picks" (recommended resources that cover key standards without overwhelming you with too many choices), simply filter the *Curriculum Options* by **GRADE** and select ONLY the feature **“HCOS Pick.”** [](https://sophie.onlineschool.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/YBRimage.png)
Detailed information regarding our curriculum picks can be found in the SOPHIE chapter, [Curriculum Picks](https://sophie.onlineschool.ca/books/information-for-families/chapter/curriculum-picks).
Purchasing information can be found on our [Resource Vendor Directory](https://sophie.onlineschool.ca/books/information-for-families/page/resource-vendor-directory) page.
#### Curriculum Selection Tools and Tips Webinar This webinar provides an overview of the curriculum selection process and references many curriculum options that may work for your situation.NOTE: Some of the information may be sensitive to specific age groups. This site is recommended for middle grades and older with the guidance of an adult and/or teacher.
### How can it help me? ### How do I use it? ### Where do I find it? # Educational Apps for Tablets & Phones This page contains free and paid app suggestions in a variety of subject areas and grade levels. #### HCOS + Flex Apps These are the app versions of tools and platforms available to enrolled students through HCOS + Flex. Please search [SOPHIE](https://sophie.onlineschool.ca/books/information-for-families) to learn more about accessing the Resources and visit the Learning Commons website to find passwords for our Subscriptions.**Name** | **Description** | **Links** |
Canva for Education | Graphic design | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/canva-design-photo-video/id897446215) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=canva&c=apps) |
Google Workspace | Calendar, Docs, Drive, Gmail | [Apple App Store](https://www.apple.com/ca/search/google?src=serp) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=google&c=apps) |
Grammarly | Writing and proofreading | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/grammarly-ai-writing-keyboard/id1158877342) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grammarly.android.keyboard&hl=en_CA) |
Read&Write | Reading and assistive technology | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/read-write/id934749270) [Chrome Webstore](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/readwrite-for-google-chro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Links** |
BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr | Movies and quizzes from the BrainPOP website | [BrainPOP Apps](https://www.brainpop.com/about/apps/) (Apple App Store and Google Play) |
Matific | Skill-building numeracy games | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/matific-maths-game/id1440019986) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=matific+app&c=apps) |
Reading Eggs | Skill-based literacy games | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/reading-eggs-learn-to-read/id726696040?mt=8) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=reading+eggs&c=apps) |
RightNow Media | Bible study video resources | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/rightnow-media/id925747028) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=rightnow+media&c=apps) |
Sora | eBooks and audiobooks library | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sora-by-overdrive-education/id1376592326) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=sora&c=apps) |
Tynker | Coding-based math games | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/tynker-coding-for-kids/id805869467) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=tynker&c=apps) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Adult Colouring Book | Digital colouring book | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/adult-colouring-book-pigment/id1062006344) |
DMD Panorama | Photo and video 3D camera app | $12.99 (Apple) Free (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/dmd-panorama/id441183050) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=dmd+panorama&c=apps) |
GarageBand | Music recording and editing app | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/garageband/id682658836?mt=12) |
iMovie | Movie editing app | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/garageband/id682658836?mt=12) |
Lapse It | Time-lapse and stop motion video creator | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lapse-it/id539108382) |
Paper | Digital sketchbook | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/paper-by-wetransfer/id506003812#?platform=ipad) |
PicCollage EDU | Photo editor and collage creator | $2.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/piccollage-edu-collage-maker/id977081997) |
Pixlr | Photo Editor | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixlr-photo-editor-retouch/id526783584) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Pixlr%20Photo%20Editor&c=apps) |
Procreate | Digital art creator and editor | $17.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/procreate/id425073498) |
Stop Motion Studio | Stop motion video creator | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/stop-motion-studio/id441651297) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cateater.stopmotionstudio) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Articulation Essentials 2.0 | Speech therapy support | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/articulation-essentials-lite/id1180068605) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mts.articulationessentials.pro.lite) |
Articulation Station | Speech therapy support | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/articulation-station/id467415882) |
Audio Notebook | Voice recorder | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/audio-notebook-voice-recorder/id720435436) |
Mod Math | Adaptive math notation | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/modmath/id821892964?ls=1) |
SnapType | Worksheet digitization and editing | Free | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/snaptype/id1124115982?mt=8) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=SnapType&c=apps) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Bible App for Kids | Interactive Bible stories for children | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/bible-app-for-kids/id668692393) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bible.kids) |
BibleProject | Interactive Bible resources and classes | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bibleproject/id1523687027) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bible+project&c=apps) |
Keys for Kids Ministries | Daily devotionals | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keys-for-kids-ministries/id1247475861) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.keysforkids.dailydevotional) |
Superbook Kids Bible | Interactive Bible stories and resources | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/superbook-kids-bible/id606378030) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.cbn.superbook.bible.app.android) |
YouVersion Bible | Digital Bible resource | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/bible/id282935706) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=youversion&c=apps) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Be Focused (Apple) Focus To-Do (Google) | Time management support | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/be-focused-pomodoro-timer/id973130201) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superelement.pomodoro) |
CamScanner | Document scanner | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/camscanner-pdf-scanner-app/id388627783) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=camscanner&c=apps) |
Evernote | Notes and task organizer | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/evernote-notes-organizer/id281796108) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Evernote&c=apps) |
Genius Scan | Document scanner | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scanner-app-genius-scan/id377672876) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thegrizzlylabs.geniusscan.free) |
Noteability | Notes organizer | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/notability-notes-pdf/id360593530?ign-mpt=uo%3D4) |
Time Timer | Visual time management | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/time-timer/id332520417) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timetimer.android) |
Vantage | Scheduling and calendar tool | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/vantage-calendar/id777313686#?platform=iphone) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Blending Sounds 1 | Skill-building phonics games | $19.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/blending-sounds-1-phonics-words-for-beginners/id883245394) |
Brain Works | Sensory breaks | $11.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/brain-works/id524997517) |
Choiceworks Calendar | Visual calendar and time management | $17.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/choiceworks-calendar/id791053105) |
Conversation Builder Teen | Skill-building conversation tools | $39.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/conversationbuilderteen/id551522479) |
Exploring Emotions | Social emotional learning | $9.99 (Apple) $12.99 (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://learningcommons.ca/) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuypers.zonesEE) |
First Then Visual Schedule | Visual calendar and time management | $19.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/first-then-visual-schedule-hd/id624035410) |
Keedogo Plus | Simplified keyboard layout | $3.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/keedogo-plus/id918496636) |
Letter Sounds 1 | Skill-building letter sounds games | $19.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/letter-sounds-1-phonics-graphemes-for-beginners/id771807063) |
School of Multi-Step Directions | Auditory comprehension and listening skills | $24.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/school-of-multi-step-directions/id668209269) |
Sight Words 1 | Skill-building sight words games | $19.99 | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/sight-words-1-common-english-words/id849060802) |
The Sounding Out Machine | Assistive reading tools | $3.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-sounding-out-machine/id1063090009?ign-mpt=uo%3D8) |
The Zones of Regulation | Social emotional learning | $7.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/the-zones-of-regulation/id610272864) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=The%20Zones%20of%20Regulation&c=apps) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Book Creator | eBooks creator | $3.99 | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/app/book-creator-0-make-books/id661166101) |
IXL | Skill-building literacy games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ixl-math-practice/id693689912) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=IXL%20-%20Math%20and%20English&c=apps) |
LetterSchool | Handwriting skills | $12.99 (Apple) Free (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/letterschool-block-letters/id435476174) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letterschool.lite) |
Me: A Kid’s Story | Digital diary creator | $4.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/me-a-kids-diary-by-tinybop/id1126531257) |
Storybird | eBooks creator | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/storybird/id1461691231) |
Strip Designer | eComics creator | $4.99 | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/strip-designer/id314780738?mt=8) |
Tell About This | Photo prompt caption creator | $3.99 | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/tell-about-this/id781841086?mt=8) |
Text Twist | Letter games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-twist-word-games/id1576157508) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Text%20Twist&c=apps) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Doctor Lowhigh | Ordering values | $0.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/doctor-lowhigh/id876998884) |
Equilibrians | Balancing equations | $2.99 (Apple) Free (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/equilibrians/id1185452190) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Equilibrians&c=apps) |
Euclidean Lands | Puzzle-based math games | $6.99 | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/euclidean-lands/id1181212221?mt=8) |
IXL | Skill-building numeracy games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ixl-math-practice/id693689912) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=IXL%20-%20Math%20and%20English&c=apps) |
King of Math | Skill-building numeracy games | Free (Apple) $4.09 (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/king-of-maths/id473904402) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oddrobo.kom) |
King of Math 2 | Skill-building numeracy games | $3.99 (Apple) $4.09 (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/king-of-math-2-full-game/id978643377) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oddrobo.kom2) |
Lightbot | Coding-based math games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/lightbot-code-hour/id873943739) |
Math Slide | Multiplication and division | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/math-slide-multiply-divide/id588829554) |
Monument Valley | Geometry-based math games | $4.99 (Apple) $6.99 (Google) | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/monument-valley/id728293409) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Monument%20Valley&c=apps) |
Odd Bot Out | Puzzle-based math games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/odd-bot-out/id919968216) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Odd%20Bot%20Out&c=apps) |
Prodigy | Puzzle-based math games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/modmath/id821892964?ls=1) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Prodigy&c=apps) |
ReflexMath | Skill-building numeracy games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/reflex-student/id892510181) |
ScratchJr | Coding-based math games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=scratch%20jr&c=apps) |
SET Pro HD | Puzzle-based math games | $6.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/set-pro-hd/id381004916) |
Swift Playgrounds | Coding-based math games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492) |
**Name** | **Description** | **Cost** | **Links** |
Biodigital Human | 3D anatomy virtual model | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/biodigital-human-3d-anatomy/id771825569) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=BioDigital%20Human&c=apps) |
Frog Dissection | Virtual dissection lab | $4.99 | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/frog-dissection/id377626675) |
IXL | Skill-building science games | Free | [Apple App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ixl-math-practice/id693689912) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=IXL%20-%20Math%20and%20English&c=apps) |
NASA Visualization Explorer | Space research and exploration | Free | [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/nasa-visualization-explorer/id448700202) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa.gsfc.nasavizprod) |
The Explorer’s Library by Tinybop | Skill-building science games | $2.99-$4.99 | [Tinybop Apps](https://tinybop.com/apps) (Apple Play Store) |
Parents should preview resources to ensure suitability for their students.
### Accessing External Resources #### Kindergarten - Grade 5**[Curiosity Machine](https://www.curiositymachine.org/challenges/)** | Design challenges across various subject areas |
**[Design Squad Global](http://pbskids.org/designsquad)** | Compete to create solutions to engineering challenges |
**[Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/)** | Learn how to make anything, one step at a time. |
****[Little Inventors](https://www.littleinventors.org/challenges/)**** | Design challenges and resources that encourage children to think up and draw great invention ideas. |
**[Makers Empire](https://www.makersempire.com/download/)** | 3D design tool to create, download, and print original or community-based objects |
**[The Tech at Home](https://www.thetech.org/athome)** | STEM and design challenge activities for K-12 learners |
**[The Young Inventors](https://www.theyounginventors.org/)** | Challenges designed to demonstrate how inventions can improve people’s lives |
**[Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com/)** | Three workspaces where students can design: 3D Design, Codeblocks, and Circuits |
**[Art For Kids Hub](https://www.youtube.com/@artforkidshub)** | Online YouTube videos teaching young children to draw |
**[8notes.com](https://www.8notes.com/)** | Sheet music and resources for musicians, including tuners, chord charts, and lessons |
**[Blob Opera](https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?cp=e30.)** | Create your opera-inspired song; no music skills required |
**[GarageBand](https://www.apple.com/ca/mac/garageband/)** | Music creation studio with a complete sound library |
**[Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM](https://educationcloset.com/units/)** | Arts-integrated online learning experiences for students that include videos and lesson plans |
**[MetKids](https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/metkids/)** | Whimsical, kid-friendly intro to the wide art world with videos and interactive activities |
**[PBS Learning Media’s Arts Education](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/)** | Resources, videos, and interactive lessons in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts |
**[TedEd Visual Arts](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=visual-arts)** | Instructional videos with comprehension and guided discussion questions |
**[Elevate Kids](https://elevatekids.com/)** | Kid-friendly, age-appropriate, and Bible-based videos to show your child how to become the leader that God designed him or her to be. |
**[Kids Corner](https://kidscorner.reframemedia.com/)** | Audio adventures, Bible stories and activities for kids |
**[Kids of Integrity](https://www.kidsofintegrity.com/)** | Downloadable lesson plans that help parents instill Christ-honouring character traits in their kids. |
**[Kids World](http://ubdavid.org/kids-world/kids.html)** | Online easy-to-read Bible lessons. |
**[Mini Bible Lessons](https://www.minibiblelessons.com/teen-topics/)** | Short, self-guided lessons on topics of interest to teens |
**[Open Network](https://open.life.church/categories/267-6-12th-grade)** | Engaging video dramas and Bible-based topics complete with leader guides and activities. |
[SundaySchoolZone.com](https://sundayschoolzone.com/) | FREE printable children’s Bible activities for use with kids at home, church, and school, as well as resources for teaching children the Bible. |
**[Unlocked](https://unlocked.org/)** | A daily audio devotional for teens. |
[VEGGIE TALES](https://veggietales.com/) | Christian lessions and Bible stories from beloved veggie friends. God made you special, and He loves you very much! |
**[Bankaroo](https://www.bankaroo.com/)** | A virtual bank for kids where you can teach them about the value of money in a safe environment |
**[EVERFI](https://everfi.com/k-12/)** | Standards-aligned, research-based digital lessons to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world. |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
**[Thrively](http://www.thrively.com/)** | Guides students through a student-centred journey to discover their strengths, increase their self-awareness, set goals and track progress, build skills, and learn real-world problem-solving |
**[Lino](https://en.linoit.com/)** | A sticky-note tool to organize and collect information and can be shared with parents and teachers |
**[Screencastify](https://www.screencastify.com/)** | Empowering students to demonstrate and share their learning |
**[Seesaw](https://seesaw.com/)** | Students share their learning with others through digital portfolios |
**[Wakelet](http://www.wakelet.com/)** | Save, organize, and share any content from across the web |
**[Code.org](https://code.org/)** | Hundreds of computer science activities and tutorials |
**[Codeable Crafts](https://www.codeablecrafts.com/)** | Animate stories with accessible drawing tools and coding blocks |
**[CS First](https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home)** | Makes coding easy to teach and fun to use |
**[Scratch](https://scratch.mit.edu/)** | Code, share, and remix stories, games, and animations |
**[ScratchJr](https://www.scratchjr.org/)** | As above, for ages 5-7 |
[Be Internet Awesome](https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us) | To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online. |
[Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship) | All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Everything You Need to Teach Digital Citizenship. |
[LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD](https://www.sd23ltd.com/digital-wellness) | A Guide for Students, Schools and Families - LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD |
[Media Smarts](https://mediasmarts.ca/) | MediaSmarts has been developing digital media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Our work falls into three main areas: education, public awareness, and research and policy. |
[Protect Kids Online](https://protectkidsonline.ca/app/en/) | ProtectKidsOnline.ca is designed to assist parents/guardians in protecting their children on the Internet and reducing their risk of victimization. |
[Well Being BC](https://www.wellbeingbc.ca/) | Well-Being BC was created for all schools, as part of a school-based mental health initiative to support three pillars of Well-Being: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY. TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES. |
**[National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)](https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/)** | Draft an entire novel in just one month in motivational virtual spaces. |
**[Quill](https://www.quill.org/)** | Free writing and grammar activities and tools. |
**[ReadWorks](https://www.readworks.org/)** | Differentiated reading passages designed to improve comprehension. |
**[StoryJumper](http://www.storyjumper.com/school)** | An easy way for students to write, narrate, and illustrate their stories. Find informative, expository, collaborative, narrative, and creative writing project ideas, suggestions on topics to write about and digital storytelling ideas. Your students can then use our tools to create and narrate a book, print it on-demand, and publish a book they can hold and hear. |
**[Storyline Online](https://www.storylineonline.net/)** | Read-along books are brought to life through video narrations by actors and authors. Each title is paired with a supplemental curriculum, designed by a certified elementary educator, to support English-language learners in building comprehension, as well as verbal and written communication skills. |
**[Whooo’s Reading](https://www.whooosreading.org/)** | A website with a clear mission: to help students think more critically about whatever they read through open-ended rather than multiple-choice reading quizzes. |
[Canada’s Original Place Names](https://earth.google.com/web/@55.95077959,-79.32641897,-3.37053057a,5664983.05540502d,35y,23.89357354h,0t,0r/data=Cj4SPBIgYmVjMmFjMDczMzhlMTFlOGEzYTFmZjM4NTk0YmQ5ZmEiGGVmZWVkX3JjZ3NfcGxhY2VfbmFtZXNfMA?fbclid=IwAR1AzyTCYKLBZBDhVpz_2-IO8wf7MqbUSmlMLn2SqfRQRCvCiheY8zHv8j0) | Indigenous Peoples named many places in present-day Canada. |
**[Great Bear Sea](http://greatbearsea.net/)** | Environmental Science lesson plans K-12. |
****[Indigenous Education Resource Inventory](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/indigenous/indigenous-resources-inventory.pdf)**** | Resources from the BC Ministry of Education. |
[Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada](https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/?fbclid=IwAR3U4PvjJz1Xb405rKY_jVVEfQWKiqY_IM3QmXiHcW9wwy0LhEqadpEw2_Y) | Four books: Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations, Inuit, Metis |
****[Indigenous Voices ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzjA5RoLv0)**** | How to Talk about Indigenous People, a video. |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
[Didax](https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html) | Virtual manipulatives and downloadable activities for PreK – Grade 12. |
[Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/) | Provides interactive lessons and instructional videos; students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
[Legends of Learning](https://www.legendsoflearning.com/) | Provides an engaging educational experience for at-home learning. Kids will love the educational games on the platform, and parents will love the data that comes out as they automatically progress. |
[MathAntics](https://www.youtube.com/@mathantics/featured) | FREE math videos and additional subscription-based content! |
[Math Learning Centre](https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps) | easy-to-use math apps for web browsers, Apple devices or Chromebooks. |
[Math Snacks](http://www.mathsnacks.com/) | Educational animations, games, and interactive tools that help learners in grades 3 – 8 better understand math concepts. |
[Zearn](https://www.zearn.org/) | An online math curriculum with supplemental skills practice activities for K – 5. Parents and teachers must set up their own accounts and assign lessons to their students. |
[CK-12](https://www.ck12.org/) | Free Math, Science, Social Studies, English and more courses for grades 1-12. |
[Collabrify Productivity Tool Suite](https://www.imlc.io/apps) | Educational productivity Apps. In real-time, two or more students, each on their own computing device, co-constructing text documents, drawings & animations, KWL charts, and spreadsheets. |
[Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool](https://allinonehomeschool.com/) | A free online Christian homeschool curriculum. |
[Khan Academy Kids](https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/) | A free, award-winning app for children ages 2 – 7 that engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills. |
[Learning Hero Roadmap](https://bealearninghero.org/readiness-roadmap/) | An interactive guide with videos/tools to help parents support grade-level math and reading as well as social-emotional development. Informed by what parents need, developed by leading content experts. |
[Newsela](https://newsela.com/) | Great nonfiction articles with 5 options for levelled reading. |
[NOVA](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova) | Compelling videos, simulations, teacher guides, and other activities. |
[PBS Kids](http://www.pbskids.org/) | A wealth of educational content and valuable learning resources covering various topics. |
[PBS LearningMedia](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/) | PreK-12 digital media service. Search and browse thousands of learning materials, including videos, interactive lesson plans, media galleries, and more. |
[Quarto Classroom](https://www.quartoknows.com/blog/quarto-classroom) | A free video library on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJgLlhtpgRpWSwVfMzFD49FfAcFt5swzr) of Quarto’s creators using their books as teaching tools in educational spaces. |
[Smithsonian Learning Lab](https://learninglab.si.edu/) | an interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian’s expansive community of knowledge and learning. |
[TED-Ed](http://ed.ted.com/) | supports kids’ sense of wonder with outstanding short video lessons. |
[**The Archievery**](https://www.theachievery.com/en) | A free and safe online learning platform created by AT&T to provide K-12 students with engaging and entertaining videos paired with educational activities. English language arts, social-emotional learning, technology and engineering, digital arts, math, science, and digital literacy |
[Wonderopolis](https://wonderopolis.org/) | short, interesting informational texts. Each text has vocabulary practice, a comprehension quiz, and activities for further learning. The Immersive Reader tool increases text accessibility with read-aloud, picture dictionary, translation, and more. |
[GoNoodle](https://www.gonoodle.com/) | Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. |
[KidsHealth](https://kidshealth.org/) | Easy-to-follow articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools designed to help kids and teens learn, grow, and be their best. |
[PBS Learning Media’s Health & PysEd](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/health-and-physical-education/?rank_by=recency) | Resources that provide essential lessons on physical, mental, and emotional health. |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
[100 Fun Science Experiments / Fair Projects ](https://gosciencegirls.com/100-science-experiments-for-kids/) | Amazing collection of science experiments and science fair projects that you can try with your kids and students at home or school. |
[Climate Kids](https://climatekids.nasa.gov/) | This kid-friendly, expert site by Nasa explores key climate issues through videos, games and activities. |
[Google Earth](https://www.google.ca/earth/) | Search for specific locations or quickly manually manoeuvre across the globe, zooming in to show detail to the level of parked cars and even pedestrians. Many world areas can be viewed in 3D, allowing students to see cities, the countryside, and famous landmarks in three dimensions. |
[Inquiry in Action](https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/inquiryinaction.html) | K-5 science lessons about physical science and chemistry in everyday life |
[Legends of Learning](https://www.legendsoflearning.com/) | Provides an engaging educational experience for at-home learning. Kids will love the educational games on the platform, and parents will love the data that comes out as they automatically progress. |
[Nasa STEM @ Home](https://www.nasa.gov/stem/forstudents/k-4/index.html) | Videos, interactive multimedia, hands-on activities and more categorized by grade range. |
[National Geographic Kids](https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/) | Stunning photos, in-depth stories of Earth’s peoples and wildlife, and a large collection of multimedia resources that teach students about animals, habitats, countries, and cultures. |
[Ocean School](https://oceanschool.nfb.ca/) | National Film Board of Canada. It’s bilingual, free and has aboriginal content! A YouTube channel and an app on iOS. It uses video, virtual reality, interactive and 360-degree video, augmented reality, newsreels, toolkits and assessments. Brings powerful storytelling techniques, immersive technologies and interactive media to your home. Explore the ocean with documentary footage of real scientists, 360 videos, AR, and VR. |
[Science Buddies](https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities) | K-12 STEM resources, including 160+ hands-on STEM activities and videos. Our activities cover different STEM concepts, can be done in an hour or less, and use materials easily found at home. |
[Smithsonian Science Education Center](https://ssec.si.edu/explore-our-curriculum-resources?f%5B0%5D=field_is_free%3A1) | Curriculum & resources searchable by type, grade and topic. |
[The San Diego Zoo](https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/) | An interactive site featuring videos, games and activities. |
[The ASL App](https://theaslapp.com/) | Learn American Sign Language right from your phone. |
[ASL Kids](https://asl-kids.com/sign-language-app/) | ASL learning app for Beginners & Kids. |
[Boukili](https://boukili.ca/en/) | Help your students and children love reading in French. |
[Curious Learning ](https://www.curiouslearning.org/) | Apps for learning to read in 48 languages. |
[Duolingo](http://www.duolingo.com/) | A science-based language education platform that has organically become the most popular way to learn languages online. |
[Fingerspelling](https://fingerspelling.xyz/) | Learn the ABCs in ASL with machine learning. |
[HandsOnASL](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hands-on-asl/id1450898947) | Learn to fingerspell with sign language. |
[Oh Noah!](https://pbskids.org/noah/index.html) | Offers students a multi-pronged approach to learning Spanish vocabulary. With its funny, story-based interface, kids are encouraged to take an easygoing, just-try-it approach to learning languages. |
[OnlineFreeSpanish](https://www.onlinefreespanish.com/) | Dozens of games, colouring pages, and interactive activities by level can be accessed anytime on tablets or desktops. |
[Sign School](https://www.signschool.com/) | Learn American Sign Language |
[100+ STEM and STEAM Resources Livebinder](http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=126258) | has a variety of tools, videos and resources for you to browse. |
[Crayola STEAM Lesson plans](https://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/k-12/science-ecology-and-technology-lesson-plans/) | Put the art into your STEM and make it STEAM with these creative ideas. |
[Design Squad Global](http://pbskids.org/designsquad/) | Interactive learning fun. |
[Engineer Girl](https://www.engineergirl.org/) | Engineer Girl shares positive role models and what they do. |
[Get Caught Engineering](https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/get-caught-engineering-stem-for-kids) | STEM for Kids |
[Going from STEM to STEAM](http://prezi.com/etel8sii4wvb/going-from-stem-to-steam/) | A prezi sharing STEAM creatively. |
Government of Canada [lesson Plans](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/013.nsf/eng/00014.html) | STEAM resources |
[How to Smile](http://www.howtosmile.org/blog) | A site that houses wonderful math and science activities. |
[Let’s Talk Science](https://letstalkscience.ca/topic/stem-at-home) | STEAM at Home |
[NASA Middle grades STEM lesson plans](https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/index.html) | Free webinars for students! |
[PBS STEM Resource](http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/science/) | A phenomenal site with lessons for K-12 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math as well as professional development for teachers. |
[Planting T’s](http://designthinkingedu.wordpress.com/) | A website dedicated to promoting design thinking in K-12 education. |
[SF MoMA Teacher Resources](https://www.sfmoma.org/educators/teacher-resources/) | This section of the San Francisco MoMA site for teachers is a goldmine of articles you can select and read with students, video interviews, project ideas and an entire section dedicated to STEAM. |
[STEAM Education Lessons](http://steameducation.wordpress.com/tag/lesson-plan/) | Provide several high-quality STEAM lessons that you can browse through.[The STEAM Academy](http://thesteamacademy.wordpress.com/) is a terrific site for advocating and sharing authentic STEAM projects and efforts. |
[STEAM Starters: Tinkering for Early Learners](https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/our-work/early-childhood-tinkering#:~:text=STEAM%20Starters%3A%20Tinkering%20for%20Early%20Learners%20is%20a%20new%20collection,on%20the%20California%20Early%20Childhood) | A new collection of online learning modules offering starting points, practical resources, and reflection tools to introduce tinkering into your early childhood classroom or care setting. [Explore lessons by subject](https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore). |
[T](https://www.teachengineering.org/)[each Engineering](https://www.teachengineering.org/k12engineering/designprocess) | The engineering design process emphasizes open-ended problem-solving and encourages students to learn from failure. This process nurtures students’ abilities to create innovative solutions to challenges in any subject! Fully aligned to engineering and STEM standards. |
[Teachers Pay Teachers](https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:design%20thinking) | for design thinking worksheets and find art lessons [here.](https://educationcloset.com/4-8-arts-integration-lessons/) |
**[We are Teachers](https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-steam/)** | 10 Innovative Projects that Take Learning from STEM to STEAM |
**[Working in Scratch: Putting STEAM into Cross-Curricular Collaboration](http://prezi.com/91uavzwut6nm/working-in-scratch-putting-steam-into-cross-curricular-collaboration/)** | A prezi that gives practical applications for using the computer program SCRATCH in the arts classrooms. |
[British Natural History Museum](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html) | Virtual Museum: 14 ways to explore from home |
[Canadian Farm Food Virtual Tours](https://www.farmfood360.ca/) | Learn how things are made and how animals are raised. |
[Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips](https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/) | Promising amazing places and remarkable experiences, Discovery Education has many different cost-free tours available. |
[Great Lakes Virtual Field Trip](https://www.greatlakesnow.org/virtual-field-trip/) | Learn about the science, diversity, and ecology of these large freshwater lakes. |
[Hall of North American Mammals (Grades 3-5)](https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/north-american-mammals/educator-resources/virtual-field-trip) | Explore habitat dioramas to learn how animals must be adapted to an environment in order to survive in it. |
[**Inside STIRLING CASTLE walking tour** ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSKp2Vk-Xw) | Join us for a stroll through Scottish history, inside the incredible walls of Stirling Castle! (YouTube) |
[Royal Tyrrell Museum Park](https://tyrrellmuseum.com/whats_on/rtmp_from_home?fbclid=IwAR3jmx1DVbUJppFqxTOGMkaFhjrQuQH9KuWMWkYhD-LuCMZS3Qqj9g9jQ-g) | Visit Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life from home. |
[Slime in Space](https://www.weareteachers.com/slime-space-virtual-field-trip/) | This video field trip shows how slime acts in space. Watch astronauts play ping pong with it! |
[Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History](https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour) | Virtual Tours |
[**Stirling Castle - Scotland 4K Virtual Walking Tour**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzJvm4Tl7HU) | See Scotland's Sterling Sastle Museum. (YouTube) |
[The Butterfly Conservatory (Grades K-2)](https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/virtual-field-trip) | Observe butterflies and compare their patterns. |
[The National Aquarium](http://samuraivirtualtours.com/example/nab/index.html) | Explore one of the best aquariums in the country in this interactive self-guided tour. |
[The Perfect Walk](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePerfectWalk) | See historic sites, museums and more with me as I explore different places around the world. (YouTube) |
[Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China](https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china) | Virtually explore the great wall of China. |
**[Code.org](https://code.org/)** | Hundreds of computer science activities and tutorials. |
**[CodeCombat](https://codecombat.com/home)** | CodeCombat is a knight and dungeon adventure-based game that allows teens to master “the lost magic of programming” to save their world. JavaScript, Python, coding fundamentals, critical thinking. |
**[CS First](https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home)** | A free computer science curriculum that makes coding easy to teach and fun to learn. |
**[Curiosity Machine](https://www.curiositymachine.org/challenges/)** | Kids engage in design challenges across various subject areas. |
[**Design Squad Global**](https://pbskids.org/designsquad/) | Students compete to create the most novel solutions to engineering challenges. Includes games, lesson plans, and video demonstrations of the brainstorming and prototyping processes that go into the design. |
**[Google Applied Digital Skills](https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/)** | Practical lessons teach critical computer skills. |
**[Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/)** | Learning how to make anything is easy, one step at a time. From the stovetop to the workshop, you will surely be inspired by the awesome projects shared daily. |
**[Kano Code & Make Art](https://world.kano.me/challenges)** | The Kano app empowers anyone to make, learn, and play with technology. Learn to code art, games, music, and more. |
**[Makers Empire](https://www.makersempire.com/download/)** | A 3D design tool enabling students to create, download, and print original or community-based objects. Download for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Chromebook. |
**[OK Go Sandbox](https://okgosandbox.org/)** | Creative music video-inspired STEAM design challenges. |
**[Scratch](https://sip.scratch.mit.edu/)** | A creative coding platform that allows children of all ages to code, share, and remix their own stories, games, and animations. |
**[Spark 101](https://www.spark101.org/)** | STEM video challenges that engage students in real-world problem-solving. |
**[Swift Playgrounds](https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/)** | Swift Playgrounds is geared towards kids who want to get started creating iOS APPS (MAC & iPad) |
**[The Tech at Home](https://www.thetech.org/athome)** | STEM and Design Challenge activities for K-12 learners. |
**[Technovation Girls Curriculum](https://technovationchallenge.org/curriculum-intro/registered/new/)** | A hands-on coding and entrepreneurship curriculum for teams of teens to develop a mobile app to address a real-world problem in their communities. |
**[Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com/)** | A tool that supports design thinking and maker education. Tinkercad offers three different workspaces where students can design: 3D Design, Codeblocks, and Circuits. |
**[8notes.com](https://www.8notes.com/)** | Sheet music and resources for musicians, including tuners, chord charts, and lessons. |
**[Blob Opera](https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?cp=e30.)** | Create your own opera-inspired song with Blob Opera; no music skills are required! |
**[Flat](https://flat.io/)** | User-friendly music composition software that gives you all the tools you need to make your own sheet music. You can write, listen, share and discover music scores. |
**[Institute for Arts Integration](https://educationcloset.com/units/)** | Arts-integrated online learning experiences for students that include videos and lesson plans |
**[Google Arts & Culture](https://artsandculture.google.com/)** | An excellent curation of art and culture and interactive activities that invite exploration. |
**[National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection.html)** | From Byzantine altarpieces to pop art, learn about the collection’s paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and other works. |
**[PBS Learning Media- Arts ](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/)** | Resources, videos, and interactive lessons in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. |
**[TedEd Visual Arts](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=visual-arts)** | Instructional videos with comprehension questions, additional resources, and guided discussion questions. |
**[Yo Kidz](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTgJIG8ddlh4lXLv7tAuiog/videos)** | YouTube channel featuring dozens of drawing tutorials. |
**[Elevate Kids](https://elevatekids.com/)** | Kid-friendly, age-appropriate, and Bible-based videos to show your child how to become the leader that God designed him or her to be. |
**[Kids Corner](https://kidscorner.reframemedia.com/)** | Audio adventures, Bible stories and activities for kids |
**[Kids of Integrity](https://www.kidsofintegrity.com/)** | Downloadable lesson plans that help parents instill Christ-honouring character traits in their kids. |
**[Kids World](http://ubdavid.org/kids-world/kids.html)** | Online easy-to-read Bible lessons. |
**[Mini Bible Lessons](https://www.minibiblelessons.com/teen-topics/)** | Short, self-guided lessons on topics of interest to teens |
**[Open Network](https://open.life.church/categories/267-6-12th-grade)** | Engaging video dramas and Bible-based topics complete with leader guides and activities. |
[SundaySchoolZone.com](https://sundayschoolzone.com/) | FREE printable children’s Bible activities for use with kids at home, church, and school, as well as resources for teaching children the Bible. |
**[Unlocked](https://unlocked.org/)** | A daily audio devotional for teens. |
[VEGGIE TALES](https://veggietales.com/) | Christian lessions and Bible stories from beloved veggie friends. God made you special, and He loves you very much! |
**[EngineerGirl](https://www.engineergirl.org/)** | Information and tools that encourage girls to explore engineering. |
**[EVERFI](https://everfi.com/k-12/)** | Standards-aligned, research-based digital lessons to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world. |
**[Thrively](http://www.thrively.com/)** | Guides students through a student-centred journey to discover their strengths, increase their self-awareness, set goals and track progress, build skills, and learn real-world problem-solving |
**[Read to Lead](https://readtolead.org/)** | Award-winning learning games teach literacy and leadership in an immersive virtual workplace. Students are the boss, make big decisions, and gain critical skills along the way! |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
**[Lino](https://en.linoit.com/)** | A sticky-note tool to organize and collect information and can be shared with parents and teachers |
**[Screencastify](https://www.screencastify.com/)** | Empowering students to demonstrate and share their learning |
**[Seesaw](https://seesaw.com/)** | Students share their learning with others through digital portfolios |
**[Wakelet](http://www.wakelet.com/)** | Save, organize, and share any content from across the web |
**[Code.org](https://code.org/)** | Hundreds of computer science activities and tutorials |
**[Codeable Crafts](https://www.codeablecrafts.com/)** | Animate stories with accessible drawing tools and coding blocks |
**[CS First](https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home)** | Makes coding easy to teach and fun to use |
**[Scratch](https://scratch.mit.edu/)** | Code, share, and remix stories, games, and animations |
[Be Internet Awesome](https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us) | To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online. |
[Protect Kids Online](https://protectkidsonline.ca/app/en/) | ProtectKidsOnline.ca is designed to assist parents/guardians in protecting their children on the Internet and reducing their risk of victimization. |
[Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship) | All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Everything You Need to Teach Digital Citizenship. |
[Media Smarts](https://mediasmarts.ca/) | MediaSmarts has been developing digital media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Our work falls into three main areas: education, public awareness, and research and policy. |
[LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD](https://www.sd23ltd.com/digital-wellness) | A Guide for Students, Schools and Families - LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD |
[Well Being BC](https://www.wellbeingbc.ca/) | Well-Being BC was created for all schools, as part of a school-based mental health initiative to support three pillars of Well-Being: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY. TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES. |
**[826 Digital](https://826digital.com/sparks/a-good-time-to-write-remote-learning-kit/)** | Resources to ignite a love of writing. Browse, enjoy, and apply various teaching tools and student writing examples. |
**[Bartleby](https://www.bartleby.com/lit)** | Literature guides for classic novels and some other free resources. |
**[LitCharts](https://www.litcharts.com/)** | A literary resource of over 1600 study guides and teaching materials for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary devices, Shakespeare, and more. Most of the content is free and accessible to all. |
**[myShakespeare](https://myshakespeare.com/)** | Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare’s plays with interactive content and study tools. |
**[National Novel Writing Month](https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/)** | A fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. |
**[Poets.org](http://www.poets.org/)** | Hundreds of essays and interviews, audio clips, biographies of more than 500 poets and over 2000 poems. |
**[Poetry Writing Analysis Guide](https://www.supersummary.com/poetry-guide/)** | In-depth overview organized into topics, each with its own summaries, helpful links for further study and key terms. |
**[Quill](https://www.quill.org/)** | Free tools to make your students better writers. Quill provides elementary, middle, and high school students with free writing and grammar activities. |
**[Read to Lead](https://readtolead.org/)** | Award-winning learning games teach literacy and leadership in an immersive virtual workplace. Students are the boss, make big decisions, and gain critical skills along the way! |
**[ReadWorks](https://www.readworks.org/)** | 1000’s of nonfiction & fiction differentiated reading passages with curriculum and supports designed to improve comprehension. |
**[Scrible Edu](https://www.scrible.com/)** | A robust research & writing platform. Google & Microsoft integrated. Students curate, annotate, cite, organize & collaborate on articles. |
****[Storybird](https://storybird.com/)**** | A social storytelling site that helps kids create and publish storybooks; boosts writing skills with 700+ challenges. |
**[Whooo’s Reading](https://www.whooosreading.org/)** | A reading website with a clear mission: to help students think more critically about whatever they read through open-ended rather than multiple-choice reading quizzes. |
[Canada’s Original Place Names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=MkEKPwo9CiExTlQxOUdfN0tSRFYzWHdMb1BzR1RYVjYwUFJQUnA3ZFQSFgoUMDgyRTU5QUZBMzJCODgwMEY5QjYgAUICCABKCAiv4MvBBxAB) | Indigenous Peoples named many places in present-day Canada. Before the arrival of Europeans, Indigenous Peoples gave names to the land to identify places they knew and with which they had strong spiritual connections. Discover Canada’s original place names and their Indigenous origins. |
**[Great Bear Sea](http://greatbearsea.net/)** | Environmental Science lesson plans K-12 |
[How to talk about Indigenous people](https://video.link/w/vl67dc7475b07a9) | Ever wonder how to use the proper terms when referring to Indigenous Peoples? Inuk journalist Ossie Michelin has a friendly how-to guide. |
**[Indigenous Education Resource Inventory](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/indigenous/indigenous-resources-inventory.pdf)** | Incorporate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into B.C. classrooms. The inventory includes guides, books e-books, articles, websites, videos, and other materials. |
**[Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada](https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/?fbclid=IwAR3U4PvjJz1Xb405rKY_jVVEfQWKiqY_IM3QmXiHcW9wwy0LhEqadpEw2_Y)** | Four books: Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations, Inuit, Metis |
**[Banzai](http://teachbanzai.com/)** | An award-winning financial education program that helps your students budget wisely. Money management is taught in three interactive courses, each including tests, quizzes and an interactive library. |
[Didax](https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html) | Virtual manipulatives and downloadable activities for PreK – Grade 12. |
**[GeoGebra](https://www.geogebra.org/)** | Dynamic mathematics software with an easy-to-use interface that combines geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. |
[Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/) | Provides interactive lessons and instructional videos; students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
**[Legends of Learning](https://www.legendsoflearning.com/)** | Kids will love the educational games on the platform, and parents will love the data that comes out as they automatically progress. |
**[MasterMath](https://mastermath.info/homeschool)** | Middle School Online Math (Free Video Math Lessons, Worksheets and Quizzes) |
**[MathAntics](https://www.youtube.com/@mathantics/featured)** | FREE math videos and additional subscription-based content! |
**[MathGames](https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/mathgames)** | Online math games, quiz questions and skills practice. |
**[Mathigon](https://mathigon.org/)** | An online textbook for middle and high school mathematics. The unique content format makes learning interactive, and a virtual tutor gives personalized help. |
**[Math Playground!](https://www.mathplayground.com/)** | Math games (Listings for K-Gr.6) |
**[Math Snacks](http://www.mathsnacks.com/)** | Educational animations, games, and interactive tools that help learners understand math concepts. |
**[The Get It Guide](https://thegetitguide.com/)** | Math resource for middle school students.The student or parent simply has to identify the topic they are working on from the textbook and find the matching tutorial, video or worksheet from the math topics tab on the website. |
**[Virtual Nerd](https://www.virtualnerd.com/)** | Real math help. Over 1,500 video lessons covering Middle Grades Math through Algebra 2. |
**[XtraMath](https://xtramath.org/#/home/index)** | A math facts fluency program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. |
**[Actively Learn](https://www.activelylearn.com/)** | A digital reading platform for students on various topics; includes illustrations, driving questions and comprehension questions to keep students engaged. |
**[Arca](https://arcabc.ca/)** | Discover BC’s Digital Treasures |
**[CK-12](https://www.ck12.org/)** | Free Math, Science, Social Studies, English and more courses for grades 1-12. |
**[Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool](https://allinonehomeschool.com/)** | A free online Christian homeschool curriculum. |
**[Esri GeoInquiries](https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/geoinquiries-collections)** | Interactive maps make learning come alive in mainstream subjects—like environmental science, math, history, and literature—and beyond. |
**[Games for Change](https://onlineschool.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ea2fd498cf7854bdf1b74f0d4&id=ad8cf5135c&e=b3cca0521b?)** | A website of curated digital and offline games resources that invite students to engage with contemporary social justice issues. |
**[Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/)** | Interactive lessons and instructional videos; students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
**[Learning Hero Roadmap](https://bealearninghero.org/readiness-roadmap/)** | An interactive guide with videos/tools to help parents support grade-level math, reading, and social-emotional development. |
**[Newsela](https://newsela.com/)** | Great nonfiction articles with five options for levelled reading. |
**[NOVA](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova)** | Compelling videos, simulations, teacher guides, and other activities. |
**[PBS LearningMedia](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/)** | PreK-12 digital media service. Search and browse thousands of learning materials to enrich instruction, including videos, interactive lesson plans, media galleries, and more. |
**[Quarto Classroom](https://www.quartoknows.com/blog/quarto-classroom)** | A free video library on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJgLlhtpgRpWSwVfMzFD49FfAcFt5swzr) of Quarto’s creators using their books as teaching tools in educational spaces. |
**[Smithsonian Learning Lab](https://learninglab.si.edu/)** | An interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian’s expansive community of knowledge and learning. |
[Smithsonian: TweenTribune & TT Junior](https://www.tweentribune.com/) | A trustworthy tween news site searchable by grade, topic, and Lexile level for Grades K – 12. |
**[TED-Ed](http://ed.ted.com/)** | Supports kids’ sense of wonder with outstanding short video lessons |
[**The Archievery**](https://www.theachievery.com/en) | A free and safe online learning platform created by AT&T to provide K-12 students with engaging and entertaining videos paired with educational activities. English language arts, social-emotional learning, technology and engineering, digital arts, math, science, and digital literacy |
[Wonderopolis](https://wonderopolis.org/) | Each text has vocabulary practice, a comprehension quiz, and activities for further learning. The Immersive Reader tool increases text accessibility with read-aloud, picture dictionary, translation, and more. |
**[YouTube Learning](https://learnathome.withyoutube.com/videos/)** | Playlists and channels organized by subject area. |
**[KidsHealth](https://kidshealth.org/)** | Easy-to-follow articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools designed to help kids and teens learn, grow, and be their best. |
[PBS Learning Media’s Health & PE](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/health-and-physical-education/) | Resources that provide essential lessons on physical, mental, and emotional health. |
**[TED-Ed](http://ed.ted.com/)** | Useful instructional videos with comprehension questions, additional resources, and guided discussion questions for [Physical Fitness](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=physical-fitness) and [Health](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=health). |
[100 Fun Science Experiments / Fair Projects ](https://gosciencegirls.com/100-science-experiments-for-kids/) | Amazing collection of science experiments and science fair projects that you can try with your kids and students at home or school. |
**[Alchemie’s Animator](https://www.alchem.ie/resources)** | An app which allows users to build and share molecular animations to understand chemical concepts. Look for other apps by Alchemie Solutions, Inc. on Google Play and the App Store. |
[Google Earth](https://www.google.ca/earth/) | Search for specific locations or quickly manually manoeuvre across the globe, zooming in to show detail to the level of parked cars and even pedestrians. Many world areas can be viewed in 3D, allowing students to see cities, the countryside, and famous landmarks in three dimensions. |
**[High-Adventure Science](https://has.concord.org/)** | Each module includes interactive computer-based systems, models and real-world data on unanswered questions scientists face today. Students explore evidence and discuss the issues of certainty and uncertainty, with the models and data. |
**[HMXEarthScience](https://hmxearthscience.com/)** | A collection of the best resources available to help teachers and students explore, learn, and review the scientific fields of astronomy, meteorology, and geology. |
**[Learn Genetics](https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/)** | Multimedia tools to teach and understand complex biology topics. |
**[Legends of Learning](https://www.legendsoflearning.com/)** | Provides an engaging educational experience for at-home learning. Kids will love the educational games on the platform. The data is generated automatically with progress. |
**[Nasa - STEM@Home](https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-students-grades-5-8/)** | Videos, interactive multimedia, hands-on activities and more categorized by grade range. |
**[National Geographic Education](https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/)** | A top geography resource site providing global exploration opportunities. |
**[NOVA Labs](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/)** | A digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration. Conduct investigations by visualizing, analyzing, and sharing the same data that scientists use. |
**[Ocean School](https://oceanschool.nfb.ca/)** | By the National Film Board of Canada. It’s bilingual, free and has Aboriginal content! A YouTube channel and an app on iOS. It uses video, virtual reality, interactive and 360-degree video, augmented reality, newsreels, toolkits and assessments. |
**[PhET Interactive Simulations](https://phet.colorado.edu/)** | Provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations. |
**[Science Buddies](https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities)** | K-12 STEM resources, including 160+ hands-on STEM activities and videos. Our activities cover different STEM concepts, can be done in an hour or less, and use materials easily found at home. |
**[Smithsonian Science Education Center](https://ssec.si.edu/explore-our-curriculum-resources?f%5B0%5D=field_is_free%3A1)** | Curriculum & resources searchable by type, grade and topic. |
**[STEM Resource Finder](https://learn.concord.org/)** | Engage your students with scientifically accurate virtual labs and hands-on digital tools. Make the invisible visible and explorable to bring out the inner scientist in everyone. |
**[Xplorlabs](https://ulxplorlabs.org/)** | An educational platform designed to encourage students to “solve through science.” Includes interactive videos, instructional experiences, hands-on activities and creative challenges. |
[The ASL App](https://theaslapp.com/) | Learn American Sign Language right from your phone. |
[ASL Kids](https://asl-kids.com/sign-language-app/) | ASL learning app for Beginners & Kids. |
[Boukili](https://boukili.ca/en/) | Help your students and children love reading in French. |
[Duolingo](http://www.duolingo.com/) | A science-based language education platform that has organically become the most popular way to learn languages online. |
[Fingerspelling](https://fingerspelling.xyz/) | Learn the ABCs in ASL with machine learning. |
**[Games for Language](https://www.gamesforlanguage.com/quick-language-games)** | Online learning courses & games for a variety of languages. |
[HandsOnASL](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hands-on-asl/id1450898947) | Learn to fingerspell with sign language. |
[OnlineFreeSpanish](https://www.onlinefreespanish.com/) | Dozens of games, colouring pages, and interactive activities by level can be accessed anytime on tablets or desktops. |
[Sign School](https://www.signschool.com/) | Learn American Sign Language |
[100+ STEM and STEAM Resources Livebinder](http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=126258) | has a variety of tools, videos and resources for you to browse. |
[Design Squad Global](http://pbskids.org/designsquad/) | Interactive learning fun. |
[Engineer Girl](https://www.engineergirl.org/) | Engineer Girl shares positive role models and what they do. |
[Get Caught Engineering](https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/get-caught-engineering-stem-for-kids) | STEM for Kids |
[Going from STEM to STEAM](http://prezi.com/etel8sii4wvb/going-from-stem-to-steam/) | A prezi sharing STEAM creatively. |
Government of Canada [lesson Plans](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/013.nsf/eng/00014.html) | STEAM resources |
[How to Smile](http://www.howtosmile.org/blog) | A site that houses wonderful math and science activities. |
[Let’s Talk Science](https://letstalkscience.ca/topic/stem-at-home) | STEAM at Home |
[NASA Middle grades STEM lesson plans](https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/index.html) | Free webinars for students! |
[PBS STEM Resource](http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/science/) | A phenomenal site with lessons for K-12 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math as well as professional development for teachers. |
[Planting T’s](http://designthinkingedu.wordpress.com/) | A website dedicated to promoting design thinking in K-12 education. |
[SF MoMA Teacher Resources](https://www.sfmoma.org/educators/teacher-resources/) | This section of the San Francisco MoMA site for teachers is a goldmine of articles you can select and read with students, video interviews, project ideas and an entire section dedicated to STEAM. |
[STEAM Education Lessons](http://steameducation.wordpress.com/tag/lesson-plan/) | Provide several high-quality STEAM lessons that you can browse through.[The STEAM Academy](http://thesteamacademy.wordpress.com/) is a terrific site for advocating and sharing authentic STEAM projects and efforts. |
[T](https://www.teachengineering.org/)[each Engineering](https://www.teachengineering.org/k12engineering/designprocess) | The engineering design process emphasizes open-ended problem-solving and encourages students to learn from failure. This process nurtures students’ abilities to create innovative solutions to challenges in any subject! Fully aligned to engineering and STEM standards. |
[Teachers Pay Teachers](https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:design%20thinking) | for design thinking worksheets and find art lessons [here.](https://educationcloset.com/4-8-arts-integration-lessons/) |
**[We are Teachers](https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-steam/)** | 10 Innovative Projects that Take Learning from STEM to STEAM |
**[Working in Scratch: Putting STEAM into Cross-Curricular Collaboration](http://prezi.com/91uavzwut6nm/working-in-scratch-putting-steam-into-cross-curricular-collaboration/)** | A prezi that gives practical applications for using the computer program SCRATCH in the arts classrooms. |
[Parliament: The Virtual Experience](https://learn.parl.ca/sites/Learn/default/en_CA/VirtualExperience) | Virtual tour of the Parliment of Canada |
[British Natural History Museum](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html) | Virtual Museum: 14 ways to explore from home |
[Canadian Farm Food Virtual Tours](https://www.farmfood360.ca/) | Learn how things are made and how animals are raised. |
[Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips](https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/) | Promising amazing places and remarkable experiences, Discovery Education has many different cost-free tours available. |
[Ellis Island National Monument Tour](https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/ellis/ellis_index.html) | Virtually explore Ellis Island. |
**[Great Lakes Virtual Field Trip](https://www.greatlakesnow.org/virtual-field-trip/) ** | Learn about the science, diversity, and ecology of these large freshwater lakes. |
**[Hall of Planet Earth (Grades 6-8)](https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/planet-earth/educator-resources/virtual-field-trip)** | Explore how plate tectonics explains specific Earth formations. |
[**Inside STIRLING CASTLE walking tour** ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSKp2Vk-Xw) | Join us for a stroll through Scottish history, inside the incredible walls of Stirling Castle! (YouTube) |
****[Lincoln Memorial](https://historyview.org/library/lincoln-memorial/)**** | Tour the memorial to this highly regarded President who presided during the Civil War. |
[****London National Gallery****](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-gallery) | The Virtual Gallery - Wherever you are in the world, you can experience the Gallery |
[****Natural History Museum**** ](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html) | 13 ways to explore from home Delve into the Museum from home with a virtual self-guided tour of the galleries, an interactive experience about Hope the blue whale and audio guides narrated by Sir David Attenborough. |
**[Royal Tyrrell Museum Park](https://tyrrellmuseum.com/whats_on/rtmp_from_home?fbclid=IwAR3jmx1DVbUJppFqxTOGMkaFhjrQuQH9KuWMWkYhD-LuCMZS3Qqj9g9jQ-g) ** | Visit Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life from home. |
**[Slime in Space](https://www.weareteachers.com/slime-space-virtual-field-trip/) ** | This video field trip shows how slime acts in space. Watch astronauts play ping pong with it! |
[Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History](https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour) | Virtual Tours |
[**Stirling Castle - Scotland 4K Virtual Walking Tour**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzJvm4Tl7HU) | See Scotland's Sterling Sastle Museum. (YouTube) |
[The National Aquarium](http://samuraivirtualtours.com/example/nab/index.html) | Explore one of the best aquariums in the country in this interactive self-guided tour. |
**[The Perfect Walk](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePerfectWalk)** | See historic sites, museums and more with me as I explore different places around the world. (YouTube) |
****[The Sistine Chapel](http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/tour-virtuale.html)**** | Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece cannot be photographed, but you may take a virtual tour here. |
******[The Giant’s Causeway Virtual Tour](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway/features/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-giants-causeway)****** | A unique rock formation found in Ireland. This 360° experience is controlled by you. |
****[The Largest Cave in the World](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news-features/son-doong-cave/2/#s=pano60)**** | A wondrous cave in Vietnam that includes almost anything you can imagine! |
******[The Manhattan Project Field Trip](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/distance-learning/k-12-distance-learning/electronic-field-trips/manhattan-project)****** | WWII Atomic Bombs: Learn about how the most powerful weapon in the world was made and the history behind it. |
****[The United States Constitution Museum](https://constitutioncenter.org/experience/virtual-tours)**** | Learn about what is considered the most important document the USA has ever written. |
******[Virtual Planetarium](https://stellarium-web.org/)****** | View the night sky from a planetarium and learn about the stars, constellations, planets and more. |
**[Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China](https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china)** | Virtually explore the great wall of China. |
****[Autodesk Design Academy](https://academy.autodesk.com/explore-and-learn)**** | Professional online STEM courses. Learn the skills you need to succeed tomorrow. |
****[Fortnite Creative: Unreal Engine](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/educators)**** | Create a private island and build game creations tool and Twinmotion free visualization software. |
****[Google Applied Digital Skills](https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/)**** | Practical lessons teach critical computer skills. |
****[Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/)**** | Makes it easy to learn how to make anything, one step at a time. |
****[mBlock5.0](https://www.mblock.cc/en-us/download/?footer)**** | A block-based coding platform based on Scratch and Python. It supports Makeblock robotics, Arduino, micro:bit, etc. |
****[Mouse Open Projects](http://projects.mouse.org/)**** | Creative STEM, computer science and technology activities for students in grades 5-12. |
******[Roblox Education](https://education.roblox.com/)****** | Online tutorials and lesson plans teaching coding, design thinking and entrepreneurship. Our Team Create feature allows students to remotely collaborate on projects together. |
******[RoboBlockly](http://www.roboblockly.com/)****** | An online environment for learning math, coding, robotics, and Arduino, with over 1000 learning activities for a range of student levels, using both virtual and hardware robots. |
**[Scratch](https://sip.scratch.mit.edu/)** | A creative coding platform that allows children of all ages to code, share, and remix their own stories, games, and animations. |
**[The Tech at Home](https://www.thetech.org/athome)** | STEM and Design Challenge activities for K-12 learners. |
**[Technovation Girls Curriculum](https://technovationchallenge.org/curriculum-intro/registered/new/)** | A hands-on coding and entrepreneurship curriculum for teams of teens to develop a mobile app to address a real-world problem in their communities. |
**[Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com/)** | A tool that supports design thinking and maker education. Tinkercad offers three different workspaces where students can design: 3D Design, Codeblocks, and Circuits. |
**[8notes.com](https://www.8notes.com/)** | Sheet music and resources for musicians, including tuners, chord charts, and lessons. |
**[Blob Opera](https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?cp=e30.)** | Create your own opera-inspired song with Blob Opera; no music skills are required! |
**[Flat](https://flat.io/)** | User-friendly music composition software that gives you all the tools you need to make your own sheet music. You can write, listen, share and discover music scores. |
**[Institute for Arts Integration](https://educationcloset.com/units/)** | Arts-integrated online learning experiences for students that include videos and lesson plans |
**[Google Arts & Culture](https://artsandculture.google.com/)** | An excellent curation of art and culture and interactive activities that invite exploration. |
**[National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection.html)** | From Byzantine altarpieces to pop art, learn about the collection’s paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and other works. |
**[PBS Learning Media- Arts ](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/)** | Resources, videos, and interactive lessons in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. |
**[TedEd Visual Arts](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=visual-arts)** | Instructional videos with comprehension questions, additional resources, and guided discussion questions. |
**[Mini Bible Lessons](https://www.minibiblelessons.com/teen-topics/)** | Short, self-guided lessons on topics of interest to teens |
**[Open Network](https://open.life.church/categories/267-6-12th-grade)** | Engaging video dramas and Bible-based topics complete with leader guides and activities. |
**[Unlocked](https://unlocked.org/)** | A daily audio devotional for teens. |
****[DegreeHub](https://degreehub.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=myBlueprint-DegreeHub+Partnership+Announcement)**** | Find the right university and major for you, powered by AI. Take the free 10-minute quiz to unlock your custom recommendations. |
**[EngineerGirl](https://www.engineergirl.org/)** | Information and tools that encourage girls to explore engineering. |
**[EVERFI](https://everfi.com/k-12/)** | Standards-aligned, research-based digital lessons to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world. |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
**[Thrively](http://www.thrively.com/)** | Guides students through a student-centred journey to discover their strengths, increase their self-awareness, set goals and track progress, build skills, and learn real-world problem-solving |
**[Lino](https://en.linoit.com/)** | A sticky-note tool to organize and collect information and can be shared with parents and teachers |
**[Screencastify](https://www.screencastify.com/)** | Empowering students to demonstrate and share their learning |
**[Seesaw](https://seesaw.com/)** | Students share their learning with others through digital portfolios |
**[Wakelet](http://www.wakelet.com/)** | Save, organize, and share any content from across the web |
**[Code.org](https://code.org/)** | Hundreds of computer science activities and tutorials |
**[Codeable Crafts](https://www.codeablecrafts.com/)** | Animate stories with accessible drawing tools and coding blocks |
**[CS First](https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home)** | Makes coding easy to teach and fun to use |
**[Scratch](https://scratch.mit.edu/)** | Code, share, and remix stories, games, and animations |
[Be Internet Awesome](https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us) | To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online. |
[Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship) | All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Everything You Need to Teach Digital Citizenship. |
[LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD](https://www.sd23ltd.com/digital-wellness) | A Guide for Students, Schools and Families - LIVING WELL IN A DIGITAL WORLD |
[Media Smarts](https://mediasmarts.ca/) | MediaSmarts has been developing digital media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Our work falls into three main areas: education, public awareness, and research and policy. |
[Protect Kids Online](https://protectkidsonline.ca/app/en/) | ProtectKidsOnline.ca is designed to assist parents/guardians in protecting their children on the Internet and reducing their risk of victimization. |
[Well Being BC](https://www.wellbeingbc.ca/) | Well-Being BC was created for all schools, as part of a school-based mental health initiative to support three pillars of Well-Being: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY. TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES. |
**[826 Digital](https://826digital.com/sparks/a-good-time-to-write-remote-learning-kit/)** | A Good Time to Write: Remote Learning Kit Engage young writers of any age at home with this collection of 826 Digital writing prompts and activities. |
[Lit Guides by bartleby](https://www.bartleby.com/lit) | Offers literature guides for classic novels and some other free resources. |
**[LitCharts](https://www.litcharts.com/)** | A literary resource of over 1600 study guides and teaching materials for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary devices, Shakespeare, and more. Most of the content is free and accessible to all. |
[myShakespeare](https://myshakespeare.com/) | Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare’s plays with interactive content and study tools. |
**[National Novel Writing Month](https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/)** | A fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. |
**[Natural Reader](https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/)** | A professional text to speech program that converts any written text into spoken words. |
**[Poets.org](http://www.poets.org/)** | Hundreds of essays and interviews, audio clips, biographies of more than 500 poets and over 2000 poems. |
**[Poetry Writing Analysis Guide](https://www.supersummary.com/poetry-guide/)** | In-depth overview organized into topics, each with its own summaries, helpful links for further study and key terms. |
**[Quill](https://www.quill.org/)** | Free tools to make your students better writers. Quill provides elementary, middle, and high school students with free writing and grammar activities. |
**[ReadWorks](https://www.readworks.org/)** | 1000’s of nonfiction & fiction differentiated reading passages with curriculum and supports designed to improve comprehension. |
****[Scrible Edu](https://www.scrible.com/)**** | A robust research & writing platform. Google & Microsoft integrated. Students curate, annotate, cite, organize & collaborate on articles. |
****[Storybird](https://storybird.com/)**** | A social storytelling site that helps kids create and publish storybooks; boosts writing skills with 700+ challenges. |
[Canada’s Original Place Names](https://earth.google.com/web/@55.95077959,-79.32641897,-3.37053057a,5664983.05540502d,35y,23.89357354h,0t,0r/data=Cj4SPBIgYmVjMmFjMDczMzhlMTFlOGEzYTFmZjM4NTk0YmQ5ZmEiGGVmZWVkX3JjZ3NfcGxhY2VfbmFtZXNfMA?fbclid=IwAR1AzyTCYKLBZBDhVpz_2-IO8wf7MqbUSmlMLn2SqfRQRCvCiheY8zHv8j0) | Indigenous Peoples named many places in present-day Canada. |
**[Great Bear Sea](http://greatbearsea.net/)** | Environmental Science lesson plans K-12. |
****[Indigenous Education Resource Inventory](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/indigenous/indigenous-resources-inventory.pdf)**** | Resources from the BC Ministry of Education. |
[Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada](https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/?fbclid=IwAR3U4PvjJz1Xb405rKY_jVVEfQWKiqY_IM3QmXiHcW9wwy0LhEqadpEw2_Y) | Four books: Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations, Inuit, Metis |
****[Indigenous Voices ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzjA5RoLv0)**** | How to Talk about Indigenous People, a video. |
[**SignalHill**](https://thesignalhill.com/) | Life-building teaching tools to help you inspire and equip your K-12 students |
[Didax](https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html) | Virtual manipulatives and downloadable activities for PreK – Grade 12. |
**[GeoGebra](https://www.geogebra.org/)** | Dynamic mathematics software with an easy-to-use interface that combines geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. |
[Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/) | Provides interactive lessons and instructional videos; students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
**[MasterMath](https://mastermath.info/homeschool)** | Middle School Online Math (Free Video Math Lessons, Worksheets and Quizzes) |
**[Mathigon](https://mathigon.org/)** | An online textbook for middle and high school mathematics. The unique content format makes learning interactive, and a virtual tutor gives personalized help. |
****[PBS Learning Media Mathematics](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/mathematics/)**** | Interactive games, animations and engaging media resources. |
****[Virtual Nerd: Real Math Help](https://www.virtualnerd.com/)**** | Over 1,500 video lessons covering Middle Grades Math through Algebra 2. |
**[Actively Learn](https://www.activelylearn.com/)** | A digital reading platform for students on various topics; includes illustrations, driving questions and comprehension questions to keep students engaged. |
**[Arca](https://arcabc.ca/)** | Discover BC’s Digital Treasures |
**[CK-12](https://www.ck12.org/)** | Free Math, Science, Social Studies, English and more courses for grades 1-12. |
**[Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool](https://allinonehomeschool.com/)** | A free online Christian homeschool curriculum. |
**[Esri GeoInquiries](https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/geoinquiries-collections)** | Interactive maps make learning come alive in mainstream subjects—like environmental science, math, history, and literature—and beyond. |
**[Games for Change](https://onlineschool.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ea2fd498cf7854bdf1b74f0d4&id=ad8cf5135c&e=b3cca0521b?)** | A website of curated digital and offline games resources that invite students to engage with contemporary social justice issues. |
**[Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/)** | Interactive lessons and instructional videos; students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
**[Learning Hero Roadmap](https://bealearninghero.org/readiness-roadmap/)** | An interactive guide with videos/tools to help parents support grade-level math, reading, and social-emotional development. |
**[Newsela](https://newsela.com/)** | Great nonfiction articles with five options for levelled reading. |
**[NOVA](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova)** | Compelling videos, simulations, teacher guides, and other activities. |
**[PBS LearningMedia](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/)** | PreK-12 digital media service. Search and browse thousands of learning materials to enrich instruction, including videos, interactive lesson plans, media galleries, and more. |
**[Quarto Classroom](https://www.quartoknows.com/blog/quarto-classroom)** | A free video library on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJgLlhtpgRpWSwVfMzFD49FfAcFt5swzr) of Quarto’s creators using their books as teaching tools in educational spaces. |
**[Smithsonian Learning Lab](https://learninglab.si.edu/)** | An interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian’s expansive community of knowledge and learning. |
[Smithsonian: TweenTribune & TT Junior](https://www.tweentribune.com/) | A trustworthy tween news site searchable by grade, topic, and Lexile level for Grades K – 12. |
[**The Archievery**](https://www.theachievery.com/en) | A free and safe online learning platform created by AT&T to provide K-12 students with engaging and entertaining videos paired with educational activities. English language arts, social-emotional learning, technology and engineering, digital arts, math, science, and digital literacy |
**[TED-Ed](http://ed.ted.com/)** | Supports kids’ sense of wonder with outstanding short video lessons |
[Wonderopolis](https://wonderopolis.org/) | Each text has vocabulary practice, a comprehension quiz, and activities for further learning. The Immersive Reader tool increases text accessibility with read-aloud, picture dictionary, translation, and more. |
**[YouTube Learning](https://learnathome.withyoutube.com/videos/)** | Playlists and channels organized by subject area. |
**[KidsHealth](https://kidshealth.org/)** | Easy-to-follow articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools designed to help kids and teens learn, grow, and be their best. |
[PBS Learning Media’s Health & PE](https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/health-and-physical-education/) | Resources that provide essential lessons on physical, mental, and emotional health. |
**[TED-Ed](http://ed.ted.com/)** | Useful instructional videos with comprehension questions, additional resources, and guided discussion questions for [Physical Fitness](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=physical-fitness) and [Health](https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=health). |
[100 Fun Science Experiments / Fair Projects ](https://gosciencegirls.com/100-science-experiments-for-kids/) | Amazing collection of science experiments and science fair projects that you can try with your kids and students at home or school. |
**[Alchemie’s Animator](https://www.alchem.ie/resources)** | An app which allows users to build and share molecular animations to understand chemical concepts. Look for other apps by Alchemie Solutions, Inc. on Google Play and the App Store. |
[**Google Earth**](https://mapsplatform.google.com/maps-products/earth/capabilities/?utm_source=google_earth&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=next-25&utm_content=legacy) | Search for specific locations or quickly manually manoeuvre across the globe, zooming in to show detail to the level of parked cars and even pedestrians. Many world areas can be viewed in 3D, allowing students to see cities, the countryside, and famous landmarks in three dimensions. |
**[High-Adventure Science](https://has.concord.org/)** | Each module includes interactive computer-based systems, models and real-world data on unanswered questions scientists face today. Students explore evidence and discuss the issues of certainty and uncertainty, with the models and data. |
**[HMXEarthScience](https://hmxearthscience.com/)** | A collection of the best resources available to help teachers and students explore, learn, and review the scientific fields of astronomy, meteorology, and geology. |
**[Learn Genetics](https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/)** | Multimedia tools to teach and understand complex biology topics. |
**[Legends of Learning](https://www.legendsoflearning.com/)** | Provides an engaging educational experience for at-home learning. Kids will love the educational games on the platform. The data is generated automatically with progress. |
**[Nasa - STEM@Home](https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-students-grades-5-8/)** | Videos, interactive multimedia, hands-on activities and more categorized by grade range. |
**[National Geographic Education](https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/)** | A top geography resource site providing global exploration opportunities. |
**[NOVA Labs](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/)** | A digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration. Conduct investigations by visualizing, analyzing, and sharing the same data that scientists use. |
**[Ocean School](https://oceanschool.nfb.ca/)** | By the National Film Board of Canada. It’s bilingual, free and has Aboriginal content! A YouTube channel and an app on iOS. It uses video, virtual reality, interactive and 360-degree video, augmented reality, newsreels, toolkits and assessments. |
**[PhET Interactive Simulations](https://phet.colorado.edu/)** | Provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations. |
**[Science Buddies](https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities)** | K-12 STEM resources, including 160+ hands-on STEM activities and videos. Our activities cover different STEM concepts, can be done in an hour or less, and use materials easily found at home. |
**[Smithsonian Science Education Center](https://ssec.si.edu/explore-our-curriculum-resources?f%5B0%5D=field_is_free%3A1)** | Curriculum & resources searchable by type, grade and topic. |
**[STEM Resource Finder](https://learn.concord.org/)** | Engage your students with scientifically accurate virtual labs and hands-on digital tools. Make the invisible visible and explorable to bring out the inner scientist in everyone. |
**[Xplorlabs](https://ulxplorlabs.org/)** | An educational platform designed to encourage students to “solve through science.” Includes interactive videos, instructional experiences, hands-on activities and creative challenges. |
[The ASL App](https://theaslapp.com/) | Learn American Sign Language right from your phone. |
[ASL Kids](https://asl-kids.com/sign-language-app/) | ASL learning app for Beginners & Kids. |
[Boukili](https://boukili.ca/en/) | Help your students and children love reading in French. |
[Duolingo](http://www.duolingo.com/) | A science-based language education platform that has organically become the most popular way to learn languages online. |
[Fingerspelling](https://fingerspelling.xyz/) | Learn the ABCs in ASL with machine learning. |
**[Games for Language](https://www.gamesforlanguage.com/quick-language-games)** | Online learning courses & games for a variety of languages. |
[HandsOnASL](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hands-on-asl/id1450898947) | Learn to fingerspell with sign language. |
[OnlineFreeSpanish](https://www.onlinefreespanish.com/) | Dozens of games, colouring pages, and interactive activities by level can be accessed anytime on tablets or desktops. |
[Sign School](https://www.signschool.com/) | Learn American Sign Language |
[100+ STEM and STEAM Resources Livebinder](http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=126258) | has a variety of tools, videos and resources for you to browse. |
[Design Squad Global](http://pbskids.org/designsquad/) | Interactive learning fun. |
[Going from STEM to STEAM](http://prezi.com/etel8sii4wvb/going-from-stem-to-steam/) | A prezi sharing STEAM creatively. |
Government of Canada [lesson Plans](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/013.nsf/eng/00014.html) | STEAM resources |
[How to Smile](http://www.howtosmile.org/blog) | A site that houses wonderful math and science activities. |
[Let’s Talk Science](https://letstalkscience.ca/topic/stem-at-home) | STEAM at Home |
[NASA Middle grades STEM lesson plans](https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/index.html) | Free webinars for students! |
[PBS STEM Resource](http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/science/) | A phenomenal site with lessons for K-12 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math as well as professional development for teachers. |
[Planting T’s](http://designthinkingedu.wordpress.com/) | A website dedicated to promoting design thinking in K-12 education. |
[SF MoMA Teacher Resources](https://www.sfmoma.org/educators/teacher-resources/) | This section of the San Francisco MoMA site for teachers is a goldmine of articles you can select and read with students, video interviews, project ideas and an entire section dedicated to STEAM. |
[STEAM Education Lessons](http://steameducation.wordpress.com/tag/lesson-plan/) | Provide several high-quality STEAM lessons that you can browse through.[The STEAM Academy](http://thesteamacademy.wordpress.com/) is a terrific site for advocating and sharing authentic STEAM projects and efforts. |
[T](https://www.teachengineering.org/)[each Engineering](https://www.teachengineering.org/k12engineering/designprocess) | The engineering design process emphasizes open-ended problem-solving and encourages students to learn from failure. This process nurtures students’ abilities to create innovative solutions to challenges in any subject! Fully aligned to engineering and STEM standards. |
[Teachers Pay Teachers](https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:design%20thinking) | for design thinking worksheets and find art lessons [here.](https://educationcloset.com/4-8-arts-integration-lessons/) |
**[We are Teachers](https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-steam/)** | 10 Innovative Projects that Take Learning from STEM to STEAM |
**[Working in Scratch: Putting STEAM into Cross-Curricular Collaboration](http://prezi.com/91uavzwut6nm/working-in-scratch-putting-steam-into-cross-curricular-collaboration/)** | A prezi that gives practical applications for using the computer program SCRATCH in the arts classrooms. |
[British Natural History Museum](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html) | Virtual Museum: 14 ways to explore from home |
[Canadian Farm Food Virtual Tours](https://www.farmfood360.ca/) | Learn how things are made and how animals are raised. |
[Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips](https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/) | Promising amazing places and remarkable experiences, Discovery Education has many different cost-free tours available. |
[Ellis Island National Monument Tour](https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/ellis/ellis_index.html) | Virtually explore Ellis Island. |
**[Great Lakes Virtual Field Trip](https://www.greatlakesnow.org/virtual-field-trip/) ** | Learn about the science, diversity, and ecology of these large freshwater lakes. |
**[Hall of Planet Earth (Grades 6-8)](https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/planet-earth/educator-resources/virtual-field-trip)** | Explore how plate tectonics explains specific Earth formations. |
[**I**nside STIRLING CASTLE walking tour ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSKp2Vk-Xw) | Join us for a stroll through Scottish history, inside the incredible walls of Stirling Castle! (YouTube) |
****[Lincoln Memorial](https://historyview.org/library/lincoln-memorial/)**** | Tour the memorial to this highly regarded President who presided during the Civil War. |
[****London National Gallery****](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-gallery) | The Virtual Gallery - Wherever you are in the world, you can experience the Gallery |
[****Natural History Museum**** ](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html) | 13 ways to explore from home Delve into the Museum from home with a virtual self-guided tour of the galleries, an interactive experience about Hope the blue whale and audio guides narrated by Sir David Attenborough. |
[Parliament: The Virtual Experience](https://learn.parl.ca/sites/Learn/default/en_CA/VirtualExperience) | Virtual tour of the Parliment of Canada |
**[Royal Tyrrell Museum Park](https://tyrrellmuseum.com/whats_on/rtmp_from_home?fbclid=IwAR3jmx1DVbUJppFqxTOGMkaFhjrQuQH9KuWMWkYhD-LuCMZS3Qqj9g9jQ-g) ** | Visit Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life from home. |
**[Slime in Space](https://www.weareteachers.com/slime-space-virtual-field-trip/) ** | This video field trip shows how slime acts in space. Watch astronauts play ping pong with it! |
[Stirling Castle - Scotland 4K Virtual Walking Tour](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzJvm4Tl7HU) | See Scotland's Sterling Sastle Museum. (YouTube) |
[Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History](https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour) | Virtual Tours |
******[The Giant’s Causeway Virtual Tour](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway/features/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-giants-causeway)****** | A unique rock formation found in Ireland. This 360° experience is controlled by you. |
****[The Largest Cave in the World](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news-features/son-doong-cave/2/#s=pano60)**** | A wondrous cave in Vietnam that includes almost anything you can imagine! |
******[The Manhattan Project Field Trip](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/distance-learning/k-12-distance-learning/electronic-field-trips/manhattan-project)****** | WWII Atomic Bombs: Learn about how the most powerful weapon in the world was made and the history behind it. |
****[The Sistine Chapel](http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/tour-virtuale.html)**** | Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece cannot be photographed, but you may take a virtual tour here. |
[The National Aquarium](http://samuraivirtualtours.com/example/nab/index.html) | Explore one of the best aquariums in the country in this interactive self-guided tour. |
**[Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China](https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china)** | Virtually explore the great wall of China. |
**[The Perfect Walk](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePerfectWalk)** | See historic sites, museums and more with me as I explore different places around the world. (YouTube) |
****[The United States Constitution Museum](https://constitutioncenter.org/experience/virtual-tours)**** | Learn about what is considered the most important document the USA has ever written. |
******[Virtual Planetarium](https://stellarium-web.org/)****** | View the night sky from a planetarium and learn about the stars, constellations, planets and more. |
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**BC Exambank** | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade0.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade1.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade2.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade3.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade4.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade5.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade6.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade7.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade8.html) | [link](https://bc.exambank.com/grade9.html) |
**BrainPOP** | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14tS9h50Yj_Zz7t91IYqnIvFhaBhg-TKs/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZGUx2EJQExQRHBuhFe5LJ4RJGOO3Bq90/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DgNJY8Sqlfm0zhdgYCwZ_uuzXHW-fEOq/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NW7dDFAXlPAAVIbDIduPdi1mG3H3R6i8/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ugRKq6OlisjSDk_5h5XXph618M7f4aSh/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9HRybnBlj0o1kLBZHBqKOK4lrXY_Sga/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yb5VXufvGhx4OpBdg-nHFeuvcl7IMi2x/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8U8xGm3HKP9RoFWo1zdGkuQ4_1uYD4q/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rlBJDkQWHl6A7mzy8NBBjhtNITZd7hqR/view?usp=sharing) | [link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AcjoIa7giFIXKBcBYbChW8LCj4cL8yS/view?usp=sharing) |
**Gizmos** | n/a | n/a | n/a | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FzA05F7f5YmR4ox59kj_Hr-h7c3CmmoYj3gZNfaGbzA/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-xWc4Hh-9n9AXAub5eg95VZl5Rby3YM3rpgxE3pie5s/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQAsHle-2W708rsoKtL-59DrnzsKjD1jCcH_W0r5wRU/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZSCECqqmSWosBlbtmW-17YVKZ0jQHuv-smcEzIhjxSA/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ebc2ATG3-rnyKWv3Xh_DMBaNQPR_JDe21FHEJ2SklIY/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2qJYCouVCYCXJS9EPpbZxGzyZV8M7skFJI-a966sSA/edit?usp=sharing) | [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fQo4pjThEdS6AVVslSg3AROFLegUhGVjDbHVhQzwzwY/edit?usp=sharing) |
Please email Library Administrator Shandra Wiebe for more information: [swiebe@onlineschool.ca](mailto:shandra.wiebe@onlineschool.ca)