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Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning (K-Grade 5) provides crafts and activities to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Their mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning....
Flipster Magazines
Flipster Magazines (K-Grade 12) is an innovative digital magazine platform that allows easy browsing on various topics. Logging In Navigate to Flipster. Enter the username and password for Flipster Magazines from the Subs/Passwords tab in the Search Portal. ...
Gale Databases
Gale Databases (Grades 8-12) is one of the world leaders in research and educational publishing. This subscription includes full-text magazine and newspaper articles and articles from over 600 online databases with up-to-date subject matter. Gale Databases are...
HearBuilder
HearBuilder (K-Grade 8) is an online literacy program that provides systematic instruction in basic concepts, following directions, phonological awareness, sequencing, and auditory memory. Select the Logo below to listen to a short description of HearBuilde...
KnowBC (Encyclopedia of BC)
KnowBC (K-Grade 12) is BC's leading general reference site. It combines many resources, including the Encyclopedia of BC, which contains 4,000 articles and 1,000 pictures about British Columbia. The KnowBC website is accessed through Focused Education Resource...
Learn360
Learn360 (K-Grade 12) is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource. Users can access 200,000 media resources, including videos, interactives, printables, audio content, maps, flags, and more. It is a powerful tool for blended instruction and project-based lea...
Live It Earth
Live It Earth (K-Grade 8) features new cross-curricular activities and challenges throughout the school year. Once a month, a live video presentation called "Feature Show" can be accessed, which is then saved to the dashboard for future use. The Live It Earth ...
Matific
Matific (K-Grade 6) is a game-based platform for building specific mathematical concepts and skills. Each episode is 5-15 minutes, engaging students in playing math games while helping them master core math concepts. This subscription is not available to HCOS...
National Film Board Education
The NFB Education (K-Grade 12) includes creative documentaries, animation, interactive stories, and participatory experiences. Their mission is to provide new perspectives on Canada and the world from Canadian points of view that serve Canadian and global audi...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids (K-Grade 7) is a children's magazine published by the National Geographic Society. It is a one-stop shop for elementary and middle school students interested in the cultural or natural world. The National Geographic Kids website is acc...
PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next (K-Grade 5) are searchable databases covering animals, science, biographies, social studies, and health. It is a fantastic tool to build basic research skills. PebbleGo (K-Grade 3) has built-in reading and research tools such as lev...
ProQuest (Historical BC Newspapers)
ProQuest (Historical BC newspapers) (Grades 8-12) includes over 365 million pages of world-class collections, 325 years of historical periodical content, and 350 years of global, national, and regional newspapers. ProQuest gives researchers access to more than...
rightnow MEDIA
rightnow MEDIA (K-Grade 12) is a video library of Bible study topics for students of all ages, including a "Just for Kids" section. This subscription is not available to HCOS Registered students. Logging In Find the invitation link under the Subs/Password ...
Tynker
Tynker (K-Grade 10) teaches coding as students create games and animated projects. Students gain a solid foundation in programming and computational thinking, which prepares them to transition to any mainstream object-oriented programming language. After learn...
Twig Science
Twig Science (Grades 6-10) is an interactive science program that immerses students in the exciting world of science and natural phenomena. It has thousands of short videos covering math and science, plus 80+ hands-on experiments. The Twig Science website is a...
World Book
World Book (K-Grade 12) is the leading online encyclopedia. The website is accessed through Focused Education Resources and the BC Digital Classroom. Focused Education Resources is a not-for-profit, shared services organization that supports excellence in K-1...
Research Using HCOS Subscriptions
Which Subscriptions Can I Use for Research? All Grades WorldBook Explora GALE Cengage Learning KnowBC National Geographic for Kids Grades K - 2 WorldBook Early Learning PebbleGo Grades 3 - 6 PebbleGo Next World Book Onli...
World Watch News
World Watch News (Grades 7-12) contains current news stories from Christian journalists through engaging 10-minute episodes, airing each weekday. This platform invites students to build news literacy, critical thinking, and Biblical discernment. Students are r...
myBlueprint
MyBlueprint (Grades 7-12) is a Career Education planner. The platform is a great asset as our students prepare for the creation of their digital portfolios and the world of work. Some of the features students will find in myBlueprint are: Goals: Create goal...
Reading Eggs, Fast Phonics, & Reading Eggspress
Reading Eggs (K-Grade 7) focuses on a core phonics and sight words curriculum using skills and strategies essential for sustained reading success. Fast Phonics (K-Grade 5) is an online synthetic phonics program where children learn essential phonics skills, i...