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4Canoes magazine (K-Grade 12) has articles vetted by the Indigenous communities about which they were written. The 4Canoes website is accessed through Focused Education Resources and the BC Digital Classroom. Focused Education Resources is a not-for-profit, s...

BC ExamBank (K-Grade 12) allows students to write online practice exams in core subject areas. The site consists of practice exams that are aligned with British Columbia's curriculum. In ExamBank, completed tests are automatically marked to give students immed...

BrainPOP (K-Grade 8) is an educational platform with animated videos and engaging resources in various subject areas. There are three resources for different grade levels:  BrainPOP Jr. (K-Grade 3) encourages young learners to ask questions and form their own...

These Canadian Social Studies Subscription resources (Grades 3-12) and learning tools feature weekly articles about important news stories and empower students to understand and explore current events around the world.  Currents4Kids (Grades 3-7)Currents4Kids...

The Discovery Education online video library (K-Grade 12) contains over 5,000 full-length educational videos, including Canadian content correlated to the BC curriculum. Video clips and audio files are available in both English and French. This subscription i...

Explora Canada (Grades 8-12) supports student research with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. It is a modern and efficient research experience designed specifically for schools and public libraries. Explora could be used with strong grade 6...

BrainPOP Science is no longer available through HCOS Subscriptions. It was very expensive and underused. Generation Genius has been purchased to help replace this resource. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. 

Mystery Science is no longer being purchased by HCOS. It became too expensive and limited in usage. We have purchased Generation Genius to replace it. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. 

The Canadian Reader (Grades 3-5) is a current events resource that combines current Canadian events and geography issues to encourage students to expand their knowledge of Canada while enhancing their ability to read and understand informational text.  The ma...

What in the World? (Grades 5-10) is a current events resource that enhances understanding of current Canadian and international events. The magazine is published eight times a year from September to May. Each issue includes: Four news articles Releva...