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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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Axis Resources
Axis (Grades 7-12) is geared toward building lifelong faith by helping parents and caring adults talk with teens about topics they might not otherwise discuss. Their vision is to see all caring adults equipped with the conversation, discipleship, and cultural ...
Focused Education Resources
Focused Education Resources (K-Grade 12) and the BC Digital Classroom is a consortium of BC public school districts and independent schools that work together to create accessible learning resources for BC schools. See the available resources below. Logg...
4Canoes
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
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...
Currents4Kids and News4Youth
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...
Gizmos
Gizmos (Grades 3-12) is an interactive math and science simulation library. There are over 475 Gizmos to bring powerful new learning experiences to students. Gizmos use an inquiry-based approach to learning, validated by extensive research as a highly effectiv...
Discovery Education
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...
Getting Started
Subscriptions cover a wide range of valuable content in various subject areas and grade levels. All subscriptions are available for Enrolled and Flex families. If you are a Registered family, please select the bar below the video to discover which subscription...
Canadian Reader
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?
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...
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...