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At-a-Glance Resources - What's Available to Me?

This page provides a clear, at-a-glance overview of the Learning Commons resources available to you based on your registration type. Use it to quickly see what physical materials, digital reading tools, subscriptions, and unit study kits you can access, as well as where to go for more detailed information.

Physical Resources via the Search Portal

The Search Portal is the catalogue and ordering system for physical resources. HCOS Enrolled families received 3 free round-trip resource shipments, and Registered families received 2 free round-trip shipments. For full information, please visit the Search Portal.

What Physical Resources are Available to Me?


HCOS Enrolled and Flex

HCOS Registered

Books, eBooks, audiobooks

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✅

Digital Unit Study Kits

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✅

Inclusive Education General Collection books

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✅

Curriculum

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✅

Grades 10-12 Extended Loan Textbooks

* See note below

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Robots

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❌

ADST/STEAM Resources**

✅

❌

Supplemental Packs***

✅

❌

Inclusive Education Support Material

✅

❌

Individualized Course Extended Loan Textbooks

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❌

Susan Barton Material

✅

❌

Microscopes

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Physical Unit Study Kits

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*Please note that extended loan textbooks are only available to teachers and students enrolled in HCOS. 

**ADST/STEAM resources include hands-on items such as Keva planks, K’nex, Lego, Coding kits, Snap Circuits and Cubelets.

***Supplemental Packs include resources that support learning such as manipulatives, book packs and CDs.

Sora

Sora is a digital reading platform that enables families to access eBooks, audiobooks, and Read-Along books for educational and entertainment purposes. See Sora eBooks & Audiobooks for more information.


 HCOS Enrolled and Flex HCOS Registered
One Combined Family Sora Account ✅ ✅

Individual Student Sora Accounts

 ✅ ❌

Subscriptions

What Subscriptions are Available to Me?

HCOS Enrolled and Flex HCOS Registered
4Canoes ✅ ✅
Axis ✅ ✅
BC ExamBank ✅ ✅
BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr.  ✅ ❌
BrainPOP Français, BrainPOP Español ✅ ❌
Canadian Reader ✅ ❌
Currents4Kids, News4Youth ✅ ❌
Discovery Education ✅ ❌
Enchanted Learning ✅ ✅
EVERFI ✅ ✅
Explora Canada (Canadian Reference Centre) ✅ ❌
Flipster Magazines ✅ ✅
Focused Education (BC Digital Classroom) ✅ ✅
Gale Cengage Learning ✅ ✅
Generation Genius ✅ ❌
Gizmos ✅ ❌
HearBuilder ✅ ❌
KnowBC ✅ ✅
Learn360 ✅ ❌
Live It Earth ✅ ❌
Mathletics ✅ ❌
Mathseeds ✅ ❌
Matific ✅ ❌
myBlueprint ✅ ❌
National Film Board ✅ ✅
National Geographic Kids ✅ ✅
PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next ✅ ❌
ProQuest (Historical BC Newspapers) ✅ ✅
Read&Write ✅ ✅
Reading Eggs, Eggspress & Fast Phonics ✅ ❌
RightNow Media ✅ ❌
Teaching Books ✅ ✅
Touch-Type Read and Spell ✅ ❌
Twig Science ✅ ✅
Twig Science Reporter ✅ ✅
Tynker ✅ ❌
What in the World? Level 1 & 2 ✅ ❌
World Book Online ✅ ✅
World Watch News ✅ ❌

Unit Study Kits

Unit Study Kits are a carefully researched compilation of reading and listening resources, curated subscriptions, and choice-based activities based on BC's curriculum's Big Ideas and Core and Curricular Competencies. See Unit Study Kits for more information


 HCOS Enrolled and Flex Teachers HCOS Registered
Digital Unit Study Kits  ✅ ✅

Physical Unit Study Kits (Book Sets)

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