Links
School Links
Springvalley Middle School: http://www.sms.sd23.bc.ca/Pages/default.aspx
Mrs. Pouliot's Webpage: http://mrspouliot.weebly.com/
Projects page: http://mcleodprojects.weebly.com/
Mr. McLeod's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJZP8LBE2imNmFnjNhQkJw
Springvalley Middle School: http://www.sms.sd23.bc.ca/Pages/default.aspx
Mrs. Pouliot's Webpage: http://mrspouliot.weebly.com/
Projects page: http://mcleodprojects.weebly.com/
Mr. McLeod's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJZP8LBE2imNmFnjNhQkJw
Student Weebly Website Login: http://students.weebly.com
Web Cam Toy: https://webcamtoy.com/ (for when your laptop camera doesn't work)
Video Recorder: https://webcamera.io/ (for when your laptop camera doesn't work or you're using a Chromebook)
Web Cam Toy: https://webcamtoy.com/ (for when your laptop camera doesn't work)
Video Recorder: https://webcamera.io/ (for when your laptop camera doesn't work or you're using a Chromebook)
Core Competency Links
Communication Core Competency Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWkD_bY8MxKV3y87S4tv_CIu-DFTF_ixv5r2RFL5wLNv-LQA/viewform
Creative Thinking (Thinking Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCk08EIYG8Jh_NJ84IpNH_rGMnOJjI4zfrUM1kqel-v584qw/viewform
Critical Thinking (Thinking Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekipg2iiJW1UM8SBfV2-WAvhy_1e7CIujGJDINW1ZqI03eMQ/viewform
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJB88lWc12vTQNZb7XIP39pFvhu8Y_G2Pe4GmPgak3JAnJxA/viewform
Personal Awareness and Responsibility (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbG5zIPV4ZEO67XsEl2p5SpWgJa91jytm__lwn5gZxsBDHWA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Social Responsibility (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX2DjeVh9rq3uWfutPITitbdLOs-V8GSF-wLEV1QhHhpRVsg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Communication Core Competency Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWkD_bY8MxKV3y87S4tv_CIu-DFTF_ixv5r2RFL5wLNv-LQA/viewform
Creative Thinking (Thinking Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCk08EIYG8Jh_NJ84IpNH_rGMnOJjI4zfrUM1kqel-v584qw/viewform
Critical Thinking (Thinking Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekipg2iiJW1UM8SBfV2-WAvhy_1e7CIujGJDINW1ZqI03eMQ/viewform
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJB88lWc12vTQNZb7XIP39pFvhu8Y_G2Pe4GmPgak3JAnJxA/viewform
Personal Awareness and Responsibility (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbG5zIPV4ZEO67XsEl2p5SpWgJa91jytm__lwn5gZxsBDHWA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Social Responsibility (Personal and Social Core Competency) Self-Assessment Survey: https://docs.google.com/a/learn.sd23.bc.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX2DjeVh9rq3uWfutPITitbdLOs-V8GSF-wLEV1QhHhpRVsg/viewform?usp=sf_link
English Links
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/claymcleod/
Puzzlemaker: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/
Coggle (Mind Mapping): https://coggle.it/
Infographic Making Website: http://infogr.am/
Prezi: https://prezi.com/
Piktochart (posters, flyers, presentations, infographics): https://piktochart.com/
Graphic Organizers: http://www.teachervision.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html & http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer: https://www.teachervision.com/reading/graphic-organizers/4310.html handout
Write About: http://www.writeabout.com/ Teacher Code: CM8642
Letter Generator: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter-generator-30005.html
"All About Me" Bio Poem Generator: http://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/bio-poem-generator/
Diamante Poem Tool: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html
Magnetic Poetry (Google Doc): http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/collaborative-magnetic-poetry-with-google-drawings-national-poetry-month/
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/claymcleod/
Puzzlemaker: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/
Coggle (Mind Mapping): https://coggle.it/
Infographic Making Website: http://infogr.am/
Prezi: https://prezi.com/
Piktochart (posters, flyers, presentations, infographics): https://piktochart.com/
Graphic Organizers: http://www.teachervision.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html & http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer: https://www.teachervision.com/reading/graphic-organizers/4310.html handout
Write About: http://www.writeabout.com/ Teacher Code: CM8642
Letter Generator: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter-generator-30005.html
"All About Me" Bio Poem Generator: http://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/bio-poem-generator/
Diamante Poem Tool: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html
Magnetic Poetry (Google Doc): http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/collaborative-magnetic-poetry-with-google-drawings-national-poetry-month/
Social Studies Links
World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Geographic Mapmaker: https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/
Timelines
Timeline Creator (Read, Write, Think): http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
Timeline Creator Tools: http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-timeline-creation-tools-for-teachers
Timeline History of Aboriginal Peoples in BC: https://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/POH/timelineENG.pdf
Global Consumption Links
Prezi: https://prezi.com/
Piktochart: https://piktochart.com/
Researching Fair Trade Chocolate Using a Gathering Grid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvh3Kgns7wA
Fair Trade Canada: http://fairtrade.ca/
La Siembra's What in the World is Fair Trade? An Educational Toolkit: http://www.lasiembra.com/camino/en/tools
Dubble Fair Trade Chocolate: http://www.dubble.co.uk/ & http://www.papapaa.org/ks2/index.htm
Fair's Fair: Life and Rights in the Global Sports Industry: http://labourbehindthelabel.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TUC_Fairs-fair_booklet.pdf
Use of Child Labour on Cocoa Plantations in Ghana: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3x87ty
Oxfam Canada: http://www.oxfam.ca/
Rice Bowls: http://ricebowls.org/resources/lesson-plans/
Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/cocoa/classroom & http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/sweatfree/resources (see excerpt on Student Handouts page)
Nike FAQs: http://www.globalexchange.org/sweatfree/nike/faq
Global Water Crisis: Water and Sanitation Facts: http://water.org/water-crisis/water-sanitation-facts/
11 Facts About Water in the Developing World: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-water-developing-world
The Quest for Clean Water (Ryan's Well): http://www.owlkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/WWCleanWater.pdf
International Convention on the Rights of the Child: http://www.everychild.ca/uncrc
Fact Sheet: Child Labour (UNICEF): http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/child_labour.pdf
Fact Sheet Child Labour: Focus on the Role of Buying Companies: http://www.somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_4058 & Fact Sheet child labour - Focus on the role of buying companies.pdf
The Borgen Project: 10 Child Labor Facts: http://borgenproject.org/10-child-labor-facts/
Sustainable Products, Consumer Responsibility: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/sustainable-products-environmental-responsibility.shtml
Life Cycle of a Soccer Ball
Life Cycle of a Cell Phone
11 Facts About Puppy Mills: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-puppy-mills
Hit the Books to Make Change: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/ & http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/Challenge2.pdf
Owl World Watch: Food for Thought: http://owlkids.com/owl/cida2009/index.html
Labour Behind the Label: http://labourbehindthelabel.net/resources/education/ (see excerpt on Student Handouts page)
General Links
News for Youth: http://www.news4youth.com/
100 People: A World Portrait: http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php
If the World Were a Village: http://www.slideshare.net/PriscillaChu/if-the-world-were-a-village-13379766?next_slideshow=1
Pale Blue Dot: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pale-blue-dot.html
Infogram: http://infogr.am/
World Population: http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
British Columbia's 2017 Provincial Election
Student Vote: http://studentvote.ca/bc2017/
Riding Profile: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-kelowna-mission-1.3946422
Vote Compass: https://votecompass.cbc.ca/bc/
Parties
BC Green Party: http://www.bcgreens.ca/
BC NDP: https://www.bcndp.ca/
BC Liberal Party: https://www.bcliberals.com/
BC Conservative Party: http://bcconservative.ca/
Canada's 2015 Federal Election
CTV Coverage: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election
Liberal Party: http://www.liberal.ca/
Conservative Party: http://www.conservative.ca/
NDP: http://www.ndp.ca/
Green Party: http://www.greenparty.ca/en
Party Platforms (Promises): http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-parties-platforms
Kelowna - Lake Country Riding: http://globalnews.ca/news/2147798/federal-election-2015-kelowna-lake-country-riding/ http://globalnews.ca/news/2157487/meet-some-of-the-kelowna-lake-country-federal-election-candidates/
World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Geographic Mapmaker: https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/
Timelines
Timeline Creator (Read, Write, Think): http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
Timeline Creator Tools: http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-timeline-creation-tools-for-teachers
Timeline History of Aboriginal Peoples in BC: https://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/POH/timelineENG.pdf
Global Consumption Links
Prezi: https://prezi.com/
Piktochart: https://piktochart.com/
Researching Fair Trade Chocolate Using a Gathering Grid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvh3Kgns7wA
Fair Trade Canada: http://fairtrade.ca/
La Siembra's What in the World is Fair Trade? An Educational Toolkit: http://www.lasiembra.com/camino/en/tools
Dubble Fair Trade Chocolate: http://www.dubble.co.uk/ & http://www.papapaa.org/ks2/index.htm
Fair's Fair: Life and Rights in the Global Sports Industry: http://labourbehindthelabel.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TUC_Fairs-fair_booklet.pdf
Use of Child Labour on Cocoa Plantations in Ghana: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3x87ty
Oxfam Canada: http://www.oxfam.ca/
Rice Bowls: http://ricebowls.org/resources/lesson-plans/
Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/cocoa/classroom & http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/sweatfree/resources (see excerpt on Student Handouts page)
Nike FAQs: http://www.globalexchange.org/sweatfree/nike/faq
Global Water Crisis: Water and Sanitation Facts: http://water.org/water-crisis/water-sanitation-facts/
11 Facts About Water in the Developing World: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-water-developing-world
The Quest for Clean Water (Ryan's Well): http://www.owlkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/WWCleanWater.pdf
International Convention on the Rights of the Child: http://www.everychild.ca/uncrc
Fact Sheet: Child Labour (UNICEF): http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/child_labour.pdf
Fact Sheet Child Labour: Focus on the Role of Buying Companies: http://www.somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_4058 & Fact Sheet child labour - Focus on the role of buying companies.pdf
The Borgen Project: 10 Child Labor Facts: http://borgenproject.org/10-child-labor-facts/
Sustainable Products, Consumer Responsibility: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/sustainable-products-environmental-responsibility.shtml
Life Cycle of a Soccer Ball
Life Cycle of a Cell Phone
11 Facts About Puppy Mills: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-puppy-mills
Hit the Books to Make Change: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/ & http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/Challenge2.pdf
Owl World Watch: Food for Thought: http://owlkids.com/owl/cida2009/index.html
Labour Behind the Label: http://labourbehindthelabel.net/resources/education/ (see excerpt on Student Handouts page)
General Links
News for Youth: http://www.news4youth.com/
100 People: A World Portrait: http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php
If the World Were a Village: http://www.slideshare.net/PriscillaChu/if-the-world-were-a-village-13379766?next_slideshow=1
Pale Blue Dot: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pale-blue-dot.html
Infogram: http://infogr.am/
World Population: http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
British Columbia's 2017 Provincial Election
Student Vote: http://studentvote.ca/bc2017/
Riding Profile: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-kelowna-mission-1.3946422
Vote Compass: https://votecompass.cbc.ca/bc/
Parties
BC Green Party: http://www.bcgreens.ca/
BC NDP: https://www.bcndp.ca/
BC Liberal Party: https://www.bcliberals.com/
BC Conservative Party: http://bcconservative.ca/
Canada's 2015 Federal Election
CTV Coverage: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election
Liberal Party: http://www.liberal.ca/
Conservative Party: http://www.conservative.ca/
NDP: http://www.ndp.ca/
Green Party: http://www.greenparty.ca/en
Party Platforms (Promises): http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-parties-platforms
Kelowna - Lake Country Riding: http://globalnews.ca/news/2147798/federal-election-2015-kelowna-lake-country-riding/ http://globalnews.ca/news/2157487/meet-some-of-the-kelowna-lake-country-federal-election-candidates/
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French Links
French curriculum: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/core-french/6#
Duolingo Classroom: https://www.duolingo.com/o/mq5k2269
French curriculum: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/core-french/6#
Duolingo Classroom: https://www.duolingo.com/o/mq5k2269
Media Literacy Links
Admongo: http://www.admongo.gov/
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/index.html
Media Creation Tips
See "Digital Animation and Movie-Making Resources" in Old Links section below
including these sound effects links:
Adobe Premiere Pro (Movie-Editing Program) Links:
Admongo: http://www.admongo.gov/
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/index.html
Media Creation Tips
See "Digital Animation and Movie-Making Resources" in Old Links section below
including these sound effects links:
- BBC Sound Effects: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
- Sound Bible: http://soundbible.com/
- Free Sound Effects Library: http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
Adobe Premiere Pro (Movie-Editing Program) Links:
- https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/edit-videos.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/tutorials.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/atv/cs5-cs55-video-tutorials/creating-a-green-screen-key-using-ultra-key.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d72MWJlEOIw & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlapdpGmYeI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK3JTh2jOf8
- https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/easy-video.html?playlist=/ccx/v1/collection/product/premiere-pro/segment/designer/explevel/beginner/applaunch/orientation/collection.ccx.js
Remote-Learning Links
BC's Keep Learning website: https://www.openschool.bc.ca/keeplearning/
Section 6.3's Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQwNzAwOTYzMjIw?cjc=jfoazil
(your child will need to be logged into their [email protected] Google account to be able to access Google Classroom).
Reading Resources:
Free Audiobooks: https://stories.audible.com/discovery
Tumblebooks and Teen Book Cloud (links and login information): https://grandforks.bc.libraries.coop/explore/tumblebooks-and-teen-book-cloud/
Okanagan Regional Library E-Library: http://www.orl.bc.ca/elibrary/online-resources (if you have an ORL library card)
Epic Digital Library: https://www.getepic.com/; Classroom code: kmj1175
Time for Kids: https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/
Time for Kids Digital Library: https://time.com/tfk-free/ (a parent needs to register for the subscription)
Writing Resources:
See Spelling City and Write About in the English section below.
French Resources:
See Duolingo in the French section below.
Collaboration Resources:
Padlet: https://padlet.com/
Skill Development Links:
Typing: https://www.typing.com/
Language learning (e.g., Spanish): see Duolingo in the French section above.
BC's Keep Learning website: https://www.openschool.bc.ca/keeplearning/
Section 6.3's Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQwNzAwOTYzMjIw?cjc=jfoazil
(your child will need to be logged into their [email protected] Google account to be able to access Google Classroom).
Reading Resources:
Free Audiobooks: https://stories.audible.com/discovery
Tumblebooks and Teen Book Cloud (links and login information): https://grandforks.bc.libraries.coop/explore/tumblebooks-and-teen-book-cloud/
Okanagan Regional Library E-Library: http://www.orl.bc.ca/elibrary/online-resources (if you have an ORL library card)
Epic Digital Library: https://www.getepic.com/; Classroom code: kmj1175
Time for Kids: https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/
Time for Kids Digital Library: https://time.com/tfk-free/ (a parent needs to register for the subscription)
Writing Resources:
See Spelling City and Write About in the English section below.
French Resources:
See Duolingo in the French section below.
Collaboration Resources:
Padlet: https://padlet.com/
Skill Development Links:
Typing: https://www.typing.com/
Language learning (e.g., Spanish): see Duolingo in the French section above.
Old Links (prior to 2015)
Note that there may be some dead links
School-Related Links
School District No. 23 (Central Okanagan): http://www.sd23.bc.ca/
SRE: http://www.sre.sd23.bc.ca/
Student E-mail Sharepoint Portal Login Page: https://my.sd23.bc.ca/
(When logged into Sharepoint - above - you can get onto these pages:
Class: https://my23.sd23.bc.ca/class/rv5dj1p/Pages/default.aspx
Group: https://my23.sd23.bc.ca/group/tmm7rnr/Pages/default.aspx)
School District No. 23 Web Links: http://app.sd23.bc.ca/links/links.php
Learn Now BC: http://www.learnnowbc.ca/
Our class wiki: http://sremcleod.pbworks.com/
(The 2013/2014 wiki is here: http://skemcleodwiki.pbworks.com/)
(The 2012/2013 wiki is here: http://skemcleod.pbworks.com/)
(The 2011/2012 wiki is here: http://mcleodske.pbworks.com/)
(The 2010/2011 wiki is here: http://skemisterm.pbworks.com/)
Join Team UNICEF (2012 campaign): http://www.unicef.ca/oct31/ & UNICEF's Games Room
SKE's own UNICEF Donation Page: http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=307295&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.unicef.ca%2foct31%2fjoin-team-unicef%2f
These are some of my favourite links to educational websites and to websites that have information relevant to some of the topics that we have learned about in class. You may find them helpful when completing assignments or studying, and you may even find some of them interesting and entertaining.
Scholastic Study Jams
Study Jams: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/ New!
Tumblebooks
TumbleBookLibrary: http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/ (Username: skelowna; Password: books)
Wiki-Related Websites
Voki (Create a Free, Speaking Avatar): http://www.voki.com
Voki Scence Pick Up: http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3301660&height=400&width=300
Amanda's Voki Scene Pick Up: http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3525884&height=400&width=300
Digital Animation and Movie-Making Resources
Windows Movie Maker 2.6 (for use at home): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34
BBC Sound Effects: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
Sound Bible: http://soundbible.com/
Beemp3: http://beemp3.com/
Free Sound Effects Library: http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
Bandicam (Screen Capture): http://www.bandicam.com/downloads/
Other On-Line Resources
Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/
Study Skills
D.E.T.E.R. Test-Taking Strategy: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/46.asp
Choosing a Place to Study: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/35.asp
Using Acronyms to Remember Information: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/using-acronymic-sentences.asp
Study Guides and Strategies: http://www.studygs.net/
The M.U.R.D.E.R. Study System: http://www.studygs.net/murder.htm
The A.S.P.I.R.E. Study System: http://www.studygs.net/aspire.htm
MATH
It's important to practice Math facts (like adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing) even when one has no Math homework (just like reading everyday, practicing Math keeps you sharp).
Math Playground Computation Practice: http://www.mathplayground.com/computation.html
On-line Math Worksheet Generator: http://themathworksheetsite.com/
Fruit Shoot Multiplication: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_multiplication.htm
Math Play Multiplication Games: http://www.math-play.com/multiplication-games.html
Multiplication Games at Arcademic Skill Builders: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Multi-Digit Multiplication: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/multiplication_problems_math_fourth_4th_grade.htm
Cool Math 4 Kids: http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Guess Your Number Game: http://www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf
Number Line: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101119131802/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/downloads/SWF/number_line.swf
Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Connect-Style Math Games: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/connect-crazy.html
Cyberchase Games Central: http://www.pbs.org/cyberchase/games.html
Base-Ten Blocks: http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/BaseTen.html or http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/BaseTen.html http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/math1-3/baseten-1.html
Mathematics Glossary: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/memg/index.html?launch=true & http://www.ronblond.com/MathGlossary/
Virtual Geometry Manipulatives: http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/category_g_2_t_3.html
Build a Shape with Tangrams: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/tangrams/tangrams.html
Education Place Brain Teasers: http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Math Forum Elementary School Student Center: http://mathforum.org/students/elem/
Mayan Math: http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Math Fact Cafe: http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/
A + Math: http://www.aplusmath.com/
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com/
AAA Math: http://www.aaamath.com/
School District 23 Math Website: http://members.shaw.ca/teacherweb/elementary.htm
On-line Calculators
http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/basic.htm
http://www.metacalc.com/
Geometry
Tangrams: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/tanagram-game/
Pattern Blocks: http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html, http://mathtoybox.com/patblocks3/patblocks3.html, and http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_169_g_1_t_2.html?open=activities
Telling Time
Manipulatable Clock: http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf
Time for Time: http://www.time-for-time.com/interactive.htm
Teaching How to Tell Time: http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/
Clock: http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html
Close to 100: http://www.pearsonschool.com/live/images/custom/investigations/Investigations_widget1.html
Mancala: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala/index.html and http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/nggames/mancalagame2.html
LANGUAGE ARTS
Storybird - Artful Storytelling: http://storybird.com/
Storybird Quick Tour: http://vimeo.com/6178690
Word Shake (on-line Boggle): http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/wordshake
Poetry
"All About Me" Poem: http://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/bio-poem-generator/ http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/allaboutmepoem.htm
Trading Card Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html
Kidszone Poetry - Haiku: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
Rhyming Websites: http://www.rhymer.com/ & http://rhyme.poetry.com/ & http://www.rhymezone.com/
Reading Games
GameGoo Learning That Sticks: http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Spelling Activities
Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/claymcleod/ (You can make your own list, or use the lists I've entered)
Boggle: http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/boggleGame.cfm
Wordshake: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/wordshake
Spin and Spell: http://www.spinandspell.com/
Funbrain Spell Check: http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
Spelling Match: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/
Spelling Games: http://www.gamequarium.com/spelling.html
Spellaroo: http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html
Spelling: http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html
Room 108 Writing: http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hanglist.html
Catch the Spelling: http://www.manythings.org/cts/
Trading Card: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
Okanagan Regional Library
The Central Okanagan Regional Library:http://www.orl.bc.ca/ (Check out the Kids' Corner and the section for Parents and Educators)
Scrabble
Scrabble Dictionary and Wordbuilder: http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/
Cool Words to Know: http://school.scrabble-assoc.com//Images/Images/pdfs/coolwords06new.pdf
Scrabble Rules: http://www.scrabblepages.com/scrabble/rules/
On-Line Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Cause-Effect PDF: https://www.teachervision.com/reading/graphic-organizers/4310.html
Read * Write * Think Student Materials Index: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Venn Diagram: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/ & http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/concepts/PS_TRL_Study_Tools_10.pdf
Character Trading Cards: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/
Sentences (and Parts of Speech)
Grammar Gorillas: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
English Club Parts of Speech Table: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_1.htm
The Parts of Speech: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
Wacky Web Tales (Wacky Mad Libs): http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ (open the help page in another window to check what things are as you work: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/help.html)
Lionel's Tall Tales: http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/lions/cor-tales.pl/click
Fun with Randomly-Generated Sentences: http://www.manythings.org/rs/
Shadow Puppets
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/shadow_puppets.html)
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3879/
http://www.yaneo.org/what/attachments/_lesson-plans/YA-LP_Shadow-Puppet_Deb-Wuliger.pdf
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/teachers/unitsofstudy/puppets/lesson_one_types_shadow.htm
http://www.parallax.org/meowsaidthemouse.htm
On-Line Read-Aloud Books
Tumblebooks e-Books for Kids: http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/play/play_online.htm (Click on "Tumblebooks")
MysteryNet's Kids' Mysteries
Solve the Mystery: http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/
Internet Literacy
Media Awareness Network Media and Internet Education Resources: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm
Privacy Playground: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/index.cfm
Media Literacy
Common Advertising Strategies: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/common_ad_strats.cfm
Food Advertising Strategies: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/food_ad_strategies.cfm
Admongo: http://www.admongo.gov/
Admongo Ad Library: http://www.scholastic.com/admongo/adlibrary.htm
Admongo Example Video Ads (like TV Commercials):http://www.scholastic.com/admongo/adLibraryVideos.htm
Co-Co's Adversmarts Game: http://mediasmarts.ca/game/co-cos-adversmarts-interactive-unit-food-marketing-web
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/index.html
Buy Me That Too: A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising (Part 1/2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7VNFO4ksCE&feature=plcp&context=C3c352e8UDOEgsToPDskJ8f5IsCaxaOk9M-TQ2CMx5
Buy Me That Too: A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising (Part 2/2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgP3_ZJVs7k&feature=plcp&context=C353444bUDOEgsToPDskK2KDdlIB-F4gOFL_bhWUV_
Buy Me That 3 (Part 1/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh1tXWlGxo&feature=related
Buy Me That 3 (Part 2/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tun_r7_O-ng&feature=related
Buy Me That 3 (Part 3/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_5VT3vNto0&feature=related
House Hippo Commercial: http://www.cca-kids.ca/psas/media_literacy.html or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA
Make Your Own Commercial: http://www.cca-kids.ca/kids/special/index.html
Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Who Minds the Child? Media Education Society: http://www.whomindsthechild.org/
Screen-Free Week (presented by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood): http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/screenfreeweek/index.html
Interactive English (Language Arts) Activities: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html
Authors and Novels
The Official Frindle Website: http://www.frindle.com/
Nikki Tate's Homepage: http://www.stablemates.net/
Eric Wilson's Website: http://members.shaw.ca/ericwilsonweb/index.html
Pam Withers'Website: http://www.takeittotheextreme.com/
SCIENCE
Note that there may be some dead links
School-Related Links
School District No. 23 (Central Okanagan): http://www.sd23.bc.ca/
SRE: http://www.sre.sd23.bc.ca/
Student E-mail Sharepoint Portal Login Page: https://my.sd23.bc.ca/
(When logged into Sharepoint - above - you can get onto these pages:
Class: https://my23.sd23.bc.ca/class/rv5dj1p/Pages/default.aspx
Group: https://my23.sd23.bc.ca/group/tmm7rnr/Pages/default.aspx)
School District No. 23 Web Links: http://app.sd23.bc.ca/links/links.php
Learn Now BC: http://www.learnnowbc.ca/
Our class wiki: http://sremcleod.pbworks.com/
(The 2013/2014 wiki is here: http://skemcleodwiki.pbworks.com/)
(The 2012/2013 wiki is here: http://skemcleod.pbworks.com/)
(The 2011/2012 wiki is here: http://mcleodske.pbworks.com/)
(The 2010/2011 wiki is here: http://skemisterm.pbworks.com/)
Join Team UNICEF (2012 campaign): http://www.unicef.ca/oct31/ & UNICEF's Games Room
SKE's own UNICEF Donation Page: http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=307295&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.unicef.ca%2foct31%2fjoin-team-unicef%2f
These are some of my favourite links to educational websites and to websites that have information relevant to some of the topics that we have learned about in class. You may find them helpful when completing assignments or studying, and you may even find some of them interesting and entertaining.
Scholastic Study Jams
Study Jams: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/ New!
Tumblebooks
TumbleBookLibrary: http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/ (Username: skelowna; Password: books)
Wiki-Related Websites
Voki (Create a Free, Speaking Avatar): http://www.voki.com
Voki Scence Pick Up: http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3301660&height=400&width=300
Amanda's Voki Scene Pick Up: http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3525884&height=400&width=300
Digital Animation and Movie-Making Resources
Windows Movie Maker 2.6 (for use at home): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34
BBC Sound Effects: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
Sound Bible: http://soundbible.com/
Beemp3: http://beemp3.com/
Free Sound Effects Library: http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
Bandicam (Screen Capture): http://www.bandicam.com/downloads/
Other On-Line Resources
Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/
Study Skills
D.E.T.E.R. Test-Taking Strategy: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/46.asp
Choosing a Place to Study: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/35.asp
Using Acronyms to Remember Information: http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/using-acronymic-sentences.asp
Study Guides and Strategies: http://www.studygs.net/
The M.U.R.D.E.R. Study System: http://www.studygs.net/murder.htm
The A.S.P.I.R.E. Study System: http://www.studygs.net/aspire.htm
MATH
It's important to practice Math facts (like adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing) even when one has no Math homework (just like reading everyday, practicing Math keeps you sharp).
Math Playground Computation Practice: http://www.mathplayground.com/computation.html
On-line Math Worksheet Generator: http://themathworksheetsite.com/
Fruit Shoot Multiplication: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_multiplication.htm
Math Play Multiplication Games: http://www.math-play.com/multiplication-games.html
Multiplication Games at Arcademic Skill Builders: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Multi-Digit Multiplication: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/multiplication_problems_math_fourth_4th_grade.htm
Cool Math 4 Kids: http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Guess Your Number Game: http://www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf
Number Line: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101119131802/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/downloads/SWF/number_line.swf
Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Connect-Style Math Games: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/connect-crazy.html
Cyberchase Games Central: http://www.pbs.org/cyberchase/games.html
Base-Ten Blocks: http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/BaseTen.html or http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/BaseTen.html http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/math1-3/baseten-1.html
Mathematics Glossary: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/memg/index.html?launch=true & http://www.ronblond.com/MathGlossary/
Virtual Geometry Manipulatives: http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/category_g_2_t_3.html
Build a Shape with Tangrams: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/tangrams/tangrams.html
Education Place Brain Teasers: http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Math Forum Elementary School Student Center: http://mathforum.org/students/elem/
Mayan Math: http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Math Fact Cafe: http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/
A + Math: http://www.aplusmath.com/
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com/
AAA Math: http://www.aaamath.com/
School District 23 Math Website: http://members.shaw.ca/teacherweb/elementary.htm
On-line Calculators
http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/basic.htm
http://www.metacalc.com/
Geometry
Tangrams: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/tanagram-game/
Pattern Blocks: http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html, http://mathtoybox.com/patblocks3/patblocks3.html, and http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_169_g_1_t_2.html?open=activities
Telling Time
Manipulatable Clock: http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf
Time for Time: http://www.time-for-time.com/interactive.htm
Teaching How to Tell Time: http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/
Clock: http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html
Close to 100: http://www.pearsonschool.com/live/images/custom/investigations/Investigations_widget1.html
Mancala: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala/index.html and http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/nggames/mancalagame2.html
LANGUAGE ARTS
Storybird - Artful Storytelling: http://storybird.com/
Storybird Quick Tour: http://vimeo.com/6178690
Word Shake (on-line Boggle): http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/wordshake
Poetry
"All About Me" Poem: http://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/bio-poem-generator/ http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/allaboutmepoem.htm
Trading Card Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html
Kidszone Poetry - Haiku: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
Rhyming Websites: http://www.rhymer.com/ & http://rhyme.poetry.com/ & http://www.rhymezone.com/
Reading Games
GameGoo Learning That Sticks: http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Spelling Activities
Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/claymcleod/ (You can make your own list, or use the lists I've entered)
Boggle: http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/boggleGame.cfm
Wordshake: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/wordshake
Spin and Spell: http://www.spinandspell.com/
Funbrain Spell Check: http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
Spelling Match: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/
Spelling Games: http://www.gamequarium.com/spelling.html
Spellaroo: http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html
Spelling: http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html
Room 108 Writing: http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hanglist.html
Catch the Spelling: http://www.manythings.org/cts/
Trading Card: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
Okanagan Regional Library
The Central Okanagan Regional Library:http://www.orl.bc.ca/ (Check out the Kids' Corner and the section for Parents and Educators)
Scrabble
Scrabble Dictionary and Wordbuilder: http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/
Cool Words to Know: http://school.scrabble-assoc.com//Images/Images/pdfs/coolwords06new.pdf
Scrabble Rules: http://www.scrabblepages.com/scrabble/rules/
On-Line Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Cause-Effect PDF: https://www.teachervision.com/reading/graphic-organizers/4310.html
Read * Write * Think Student Materials Index: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Venn Diagram: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/ & http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/concepts/PS_TRL_Study_Tools_10.pdf
Character Trading Cards: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/
Sentences (and Parts of Speech)
Grammar Gorillas: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
English Club Parts of Speech Table: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_1.htm
The Parts of Speech: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
Wacky Web Tales (Wacky Mad Libs): http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ (open the help page in another window to check what things are as you work: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/help.html)
Lionel's Tall Tales: http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/lions/cor-tales.pl/click
Fun with Randomly-Generated Sentences: http://www.manythings.org/rs/
Shadow Puppets
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/shadow_puppets.html)
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3879/
http://www.yaneo.org/what/attachments/_lesson-plans/YA-LP_Shadow-Puppet_Deb-Wuliger.pdf
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/teachers/unitsofstudy/puppets/lesson_one_types_shadow.htm
http://www.parallax.org/meowsaidthemouse.htm
On-Line Read-Aloud Books
Tumblebooks e-Books for Kids: http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/play/play_online.htm (Click on "Tumblebooks")
MysteryNet's Kids' Mysteries
Solve the Mystery: http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/
Internet Literacy
Media Awareness Network Media and Internet Education Resources: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm
Privacy Playground: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/index.cfm
Media Literacy
Common Advertising Strategies: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/common_ad_strats.cfm
Food Advertising Strategies: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/food_ad_strategies.cfm
Admongo: http://www.admongo.gov/
Admongo Ad Library: http://www.scholastic.com/admongo/adlibrary.htm
Admongo Example Video Ads (like TV Commercials):http://www.scholastic.com/admongo/adLibraryVideos.htm
Co-Co's Adversmarts Game: http://mediasmarts.ca/game/co-cos-adversmarts-interactive-unit-food-marketing-web
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/index.html
Buy Me That Too: A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising (Part 1/2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7VNFO4ksCE&feature=plcp&context=C3c352e8UDOEgsToPDskJ8f5IsCaxaOk9M-TQ2CMx5
Buy Me That Too: A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising (Part 2/2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgP3_ZJVs7k&feature=plcp&context=C353444bUDOEgsToPDskK2KDdlIB-F4gOFL_bhWUV_
Buy Me That 3 (Part 1/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh1tXWlGxo&feature=related
Buy Me That 3 (Part 2/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tun_r7_O-ng&feature=related
Buy Me That 3 (Part 3/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_5VT3vNto0&feature=related
House Hippo Commercial: http://www.cca-kids.ca/psas/media_literacy.html or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA
Make Your Own Commercial: http://www.cca-kids.ca/kids/special/index.html
Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Who Minds the Child? Media Education Society: http://www.whomindsthechild.org/
Screen-Free Week (presented by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood): http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/screenfreeweek/index.html
Interactive English (Language Arts) Activities: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html
Authors and Novels
The Official Frindle Website: http://www.frindle.com/
Nikki Tate's Homepage: http://www.stablemates.net/
Eric Wilson's Website: http://members.shaw.ca/ericwilsonweb/index.html
Pam Withers'Website: http://www.takeittotheextreme.com/
SCIENCE
B.C. Science Probe 4 Companion Site (Student Centre):
http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/default.html
Links: http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/studweblinks.html
Quizzes: http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/studquizzes.html
http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/default.html
Links: http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/studweblinks.html
Quizzes: http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/science/bcscienceprobe/0176282726/studquizzes.html
B.C. Science Probe 5 Companion Site (Student Centre):
http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/default.html
Links: http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/student/weblinks.html
Quizzes: http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/student/quizzes.html
http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/default.html
Links: http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/student/weblinks.html
Quizzes: http://www.nelson.com/bcscienceprobe/0176282807/student/quizzes.html
Science World At Your School: http://www.scienceworld.ca/sw-at-your-school
Science World Try This at Home: http://www.scienceworld.ca/make-stuff/trythisathome
Tumblewing Instructions and Cut-Out Pattern: http://www.scienceworld.ca/pdf/outreach/OTR_tumblewing.pdf
Nye Labs (Bill Nye the Science Guy): http://www.billnye.com/
Cloud Types
Web Weather for Kids - Clouds Types: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
Cloud Cover - Clouds: http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html
Cloud Types: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html
Cloud ID Chart: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/Cloud_ID.php
Cloud Types: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml
The Water Cycle: http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/grabber2.html
The Water Cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
The Water Cycle: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
Weather and Current Events
The Weather Network: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0149
Environment Canada http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/
CTV: http://www.ctv.ca/
Castanet: http://www.castanet.net/
The Kelowna Daily Courier: http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/
CHBC: http://www.chbc.com/
What in the World Student Page: http://www.whatintheworld.ca/main.html
Light and Sound
Teachers' Lab - The Science of Light: http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/
Light at BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/light/preview.weml
Refraction and Diffraction at BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/refractionanddiffraction/preview.weml
Optical Illusions: http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/eyemagic.html and http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Food Webs
Food Chain Game: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
Food Chain: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=foodchains
Blue Planet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/webs/flash/teaser.shtml
Food Puzzle Chain: http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodpuzzlechain.html
Food Chain - Kids' Corner: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Sunny Meadows: http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=foodchain
Food Chain: http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html
Chain Reaction: http://ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm
Food Webs: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
Food Chains and Food Webs: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Fun with Food Webs: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
Food Webs on Science Bob: http://www.sciencebob.com/questions/q-food_chain_web.php#
What's Your Footprint?
EcologicalFootprint Quiz: http://www.myfootprint.org/
Environmental Education
David Suzuki's Nature Challenge for Kids: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
EcoKids: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Earth Day Canada: http://www.earthday.ca/
Red List of Endangered Species: http://www.redlist.org/ Search: http://www.redlist.org/search/search-basic.html
UN Environment Program's Youth Site: http://www.unep.org/Tunza/
Biodiversity Hotspots Interactive Map: http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/home/interactive_map.xml
World Climates: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
Earth Day: http://earthday.wilderness.org/
Earth Day Network: http://www.earthday.net/
Fored BC: http://www.landscapesmag.com/common/main.cfm?ind=0&sin=0&ssi=0
The Otesha Project: http://www.otesha.ca/
Eco Education: http://bccf.com/ecoed/
Planet Pals: http://www.planetpals.com/
Forces
Pushes and Pulls: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml
Forces and Movement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml
Friction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/play.shtml
Friction: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/friction.htm
Forces in Action: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/forces_action/play.shtml
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/balancedandun.htm
Forces and Magnets Interactive Games and Activities: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/physical.htm
Simple Machines
Levers: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml
Simple Machines: http://www.cosi.org/files/Flash/simpMach/sm1.swf
Museum of Science Inventor's Toolbox:http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Edheads: Simple Machine Glossary: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/glossary.htm
Edheads: Simple Machines Activity: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm
Edheads: The Compound Machine: http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/
Museum of Science and Industry: Simple Machines Game: http://www.msichicago.org/play/simplemachines/ New!
Paper Airplanes
http://www.instructables.com/id/Classic-paper-airplane/ http://www.scienceworld.ca/pdf/TTH/StuntFlier.pdf http://www.paperplane.org/ http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/ http://www.probert.me.uk/images/paperplane.jpg Game: http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/
Health and Body Systems
All Systems Go: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
How the Body Works: http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=29673&ps=110
Human Body Systems - Student Site: http://www.stcms.si.edu/hbs/hbs_student.htm
Map of the Human Heart: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Welcome to Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
The Human Body - Body Systems: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/systems/body.html
Body Systems: http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_systems.html
The Digestive System: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
Digestive System Activity: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/digest/index.htm
Human Heart Activity: http://www.kidport.com/Grade6/Science/Heart.htm
My Body: http://www.kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_SW.html
Canada's Food Guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
My Food Guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/myguide-monguide/index-eng.php
SOCIAL STUDIES
Digital Textbook Project
Digital Textbooks:
Grade 4: http://britishcolumbiagrade4socialstudies.pbworks.com/
Grade 5: http://britishcolumbiagrade5socialstudies.pbworks.com/
Diigo Outliners (Lists of Topic-Specific Links)
Canada's First Nations: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/28x8pd/Canada's-First-Nations?key=e6b7jmnayh
Explorers: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2c683z/Explorers?key=9qhrulq6if
Maps & Resources: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2ao233/Maps-and-Natural-Resources?key=m2btwqjvpf
Canadian Pacific Railroad: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2ao8r1/Canadian-Pacific-Railroad?key=7sy4zff965
Cariboo Gold Rush: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aoblv/Cariboo-Gold-Rush?key=u56oa2jwp3
Citizenship: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aodif/Citizenship?key=5q7rlkrhul
Government: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aofez/Government?key=9ss4ddamfb
Fur Trade: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aoegp/Fur-Trade?key=tx00rn6vv7
Immigration: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aogd9/Immigration?key=3irokytmr8
Canadian Citizenship Links
BC Archives Amazing Time Machine: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/main.htm
Heritage Fairs: http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca/
Mapping
Canadian Geographic CG Kids Atlas Online: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgKidsAtlas/default_en.asp
The Atlas of Canada: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/index.html
Physiographic Regions of Canada: http://www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/canada_geography.html or http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/geology.html#land
Prezi About Physiographic Regions: http://prezi.com/spvx6tvh2hkl/physiographic-regions-of-canada/
Downloadable Maps: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/images&downloads/downloads_maps.html and http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlinecanada
Continents: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/maps/printable/48988.html
Test Your Geography Knowledge (Continents Quiz): http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html and http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/continents/map.jsp
Illustrated Glossary of Geography Terms: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
Geospy: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/ & http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html
Geonet: http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/geonet.html
First Nations and Explorers
A Journey into Time Immemorial: http://www.sfu.museum/time/
Nisga'a at The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2151-e.html (to find information about other Aboriginal peoples or First Nations, go to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-1003-e.html, and click on the name of the group you're learning about)
Map of First Nations in B.C.: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/map.htm & http://moa.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SchoolProgram-FirstNationsMap.pdf
Okanagan People: http://www.okanaganfirstpeoples.ca/index.cfm & http://www.syilx.org/history-history.php
Interior Salish (Okanagan) Language Website: http://www.interiorsalish.com/learnsalish.html
Canada's First Peoples: http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html
Native Watercraft in Canada: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/watercraft/wainteng.shtml#menu
Where Sea and Land Meet: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/nwca/nwca01e.shtml#menu
Canadian Geographic First Peoples: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=first&sub=first_cultures_arctic&lang=En
The Canadian Encyclopedia - Canada's Native Peoples: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/customcode/Media.cfm?Params=A3native-people.swf
Eco-Kids First Nations and Inuit: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/first_nations_inuit/index.cfm
Far West: A History of British Columbia for Young Readers: http://knowbc.com/farwest/Books/Far-West
Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids: http://www.historysociety.ca/kayak/
BC Archives Time Machine: First Nations in BC: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler07/frames/index.htm
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Kids' Stop: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ach/lr/ks/index-eng.asp
Canadian Museum of History - First Peoples of Canada Online Exhibition: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpindexe.shtml
The Haida - Children of Eagle and Raven: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haindexe.shtml
Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/ethno/index_e.shtml
Maps of Native American Nations: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/historical.html
Virtual Tour of Aboriginal Canada: http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/VTAC.nsf/splash.html
A Look at Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/look/look-07.asp
Jacques Cartier: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/the-explorers
The First British Ship on the Northwest Coast: http://www.hallman.org/indian/cook.html & The History of the Northwest Coast: http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Pathfinders: The Exploration of Canada: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-e.html
The History of Hudson's Bay Compay: http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/
Exploration, The Fur Trade, and Hudson's Bay Company: http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/
The Pioneer Explorations of "Scotch Boy" John Tod: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/tod/default.htm
Fur Trading Posts in the Okanagan and Similkameen: http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/thomp-ok/fur_trading/index.html
The Inuit
Create Your Own Inukshuk: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/images/inukshuk/game.html
Inukshuk: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A29
Inuktitut (Inuit language): http://www.tusaalanga.ca/splash
The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement - The Inuit: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2071-e.html
Athropolis Inuit Links: http://www.athropolis.com/links/inuit.htm
Grade 5 Topics
Heritage Fair Primary Resources: http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca/resources/on-line-primary-sources-for-students/
The History Education Network Primary Sources and Teaching Links: http://thenhier.ca/en/content/primary-sources-and-teaching-links
Canada By Train: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/index-e.html
The Kids Site of Canadian Trains: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/kids/index-e.html
Ties That Bind: Building the CPR & Building a Place in Canada: http://mhso.ca/tiesthatbind/index.php
Cariboo Gold Rush: http://cariboogoldrush.csp.net/site/en/
BC Archives Time Machine: Cariboo Gold Rush: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler04/frames/index.htm
Canada in the Making: Pioneers and Immigrants: http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/pioneers_e.html
Moving Here. Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: http://www.pier21.ca/home/ (http://www.pier21.ca/research/pier21/the-first-seventy-five-years)
Passages to Canada: http://www.passagestocanadaarchive.com/da/splashpage.asp
The Canadian West: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-west/052901_e.html
Discover Canada: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-04.asp
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Games: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/games/index.asp
Current Events
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/
CTV: http://www.ctv.ca/
Castanet: http://www.castanet.net/
The Kelowna Daily Courier: http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/
CHBC: http://www.chbc.com/
What in the World Student Page: http://www.whatintheworld.ca/main.html
Global Education
Oxfam's Cool Planet for Children and Teachers: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.ca/
United Nations Millennium Development Goals: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
Peace Diviners International: http://www.peacediviners.org/
UNICEF: http://www.unicef.ca/
More UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/
United Nations Cyber School Bus: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp
Kids Can Free the Children: http://www.freethechildren.com/
ILO Kids (information about child labour): http://www.us.ilo.org/teachin/ilokids/index.cfm (this is a dead link for now, but I'm keeping it around to help me find the link once the page is rebuilt)
Global Citizens for Change: http://www.citizens4change.org/global/global_education_home.htm
Putumayo Kids (World Music): http://www.putumayo.com/playground.html
Ethical Consumer Choices in the Global Village (a lesson aid that I wrote with my wife): http://www.bctf.ca/GlobalEd/TeachingResources/McLeodWalls/McLeod%20frame.htm
Taking Action on Homelessness
Ladybug Foundation: http://www.ladybugfoundation.ca/
Ladybug Foundation Education Program Interactive Pages: http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/interactive/level_2/index.php or http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/makechangeinteractive.php#
I Can Make Change Social Action Planning Chart: http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/interactive/level_2/pdf/I_Can_MakeChange_Complete_Level2.pdf
Kelowna Gospel Mission: http://kelownagospelmission.ca/
Inn from theCold: http://www.innfromthecoldkelowna.org/
Hana's Suitcase
Hana's Suitcase: http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/index.html
Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Education Center: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/holocaust/tokyo/topenglish.htm
UNICEF's Children's Rights Cartoons: http://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/
OWL Magazine (Including Contributions by Mr. M.)
Helping Haiti: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/
Food for Thought: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cida2009/challenge.html
Water for Life: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cida2008/
Art with Heart: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/CIDA/artwithheart/
People Power: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/CIDA/people_power/
UNICEF
UNICEF Kids Room: http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1383
Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Trick or Treat for UNICEF Campaign: http://www.trickortreatforunicef.ca/
Malaria in Africa
Nets Are Nice Storybook: http://scholastic.richfx.com/catalog_scholastic/MNMspring2007/
How Stuff Works - Malaria: http://www.howstuffworks.com/malaria
UNICEF's Spread the Net Beat the Mosquitoes Challenge: http://beatthemosquitoes.spreadthenet.org/bmc_default_en.aspx
Tools for Students for the Spread the Net Campaign (including a PowerPoint presentation): http://beatthemosquitoes.spreadthenet.org/b_bmc_tools_students_en.aspx
MalariaNo More:http://www.malarianomore.org/kids/
Fair Trade
La Siembra's What in the World is Fair Trade? Educational Toolkit (written by me!): http://www.cocoacamino.com/en/cocoa_educate.php
CTV News Story About Fair Trade Chocolate: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020801/cocoa_slavery020731/
TransFair Canada: http://www.transfair.ca/
La Siembra Co-op: http://www.lasiembra.com/
Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/index.html
Dubble Fair Trade Chocolate Bar: http://www.dubble.co.uk/
Divine Chocolate: http://www.divinechocolate.com/
Oxfam's Cool Planet: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/schools/chocbix/index.htm
Wondering what to say to convince your favourite store to stock Fair Trade? See the sample script here: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/fairtradebusinessadvocacy.html
Charitable Gifts
Heifer International: http://www.heifer.org/
Kids Can Free the Children: http://www.freethechildren.org/getinvolved/adoptavillage.htm
Ten Thousand Villages: http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/
MCC: http://www.mcc.org/waystogive
Helping to Fight Poverty
30-Hour Famine: http://www.worldvision.ca/wvfamine/live/
Make Poverty History: http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca/
Peace and Conflict Resolution
March 21 Stop Racism Campaign: http://www.pch.gc.ca/march-21-mars/
Peace Manifesto: http://www3.unesco.org/manifesto2000/
Peace Centre: http://www.salsa.net/peace/index.html
The Mandala Project: http://www.mandalaproject.org/Index.html
Hague Appeal for Peace: http://www.haguepeace.org/
Peace Corps Kids World: http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/
YMCA World Peace Week 2006: http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/Peace-Week-Activity-Guide-06-Eng.pdf and http://www.ymca.ca/eng_ycdaresources.htm#Res3 and old resources at http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/English-04-Peace-Manual.pdf and http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/Peace-Week-Activity-Guide-05-eng.pdf
ART
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 1 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aOMVZLEpw
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 2 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wy44NqNOo
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 3 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZmc2fZt7E
FRENCH
Word Reference Translation Website: http://www.wordreference.com/
Little Explorers: http://www.littleexplorers.com/languages/Frenchdictionary.html
Le Grenier de Bisou: http://www.tfo.org/jeux/bisou/
French for Kids: http://french.about.com/library/teachers/kids/bl-kids.htm
French Numbers: http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ss/numbers.htm
French Alphabet: http://french.about.com/od/pronunciation/a/alphabet.htm
French Listening Dictionary: http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/audiodictionary.htm
MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
If you're looking for some interesting websites to read or even sources of information for extra "homework" or help with homework assigned in school, check out some of these websites.
Learn to Type: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/keyboarding_games_fillitin_typing.html
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com/
Origami for Kids to Make: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-for-kids.html
Origami Resource Center: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-for-kids.html
Origami for Kids: http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-for-kids.html
OWL Magazine: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Yahooligans: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Games Kids Play: http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
Webquests: http://webquest.org/
Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/
Puzzlemaker: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Virtual Museum of Canada: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/index_flashFT.html
Canadian Museum of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/
Fact Monster:http://www.factmonster.com/
Puzzles and Games
Arcademic Skill Builders: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Magic Gopher: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf
Connect Four: http://host.exemplum.com/hasbro/connectfour/connectfour.htm
Space Invaders: http://www.spaceinvaders.de/
Weekly Reader Online Games and Puzzles: http://web.archive.org/web/20100102134359/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/index.asp
Sudoku: http://mypuzzle.org/sudoku/kid.html & http://web.archive.org/web/20100102140525/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/sudoku.asp
Add Like Mad: http://web.archive.org/web/20100102135220/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/add.asp
Madlibs: http://web.archive.org/web/20100603065804/http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/madlib.aspx
Crossword: http://web.archive.org/web/20100603065759/http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/crossword.asp
Wordsearch: http://web.archive.org/web/20100628192509/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/wordsearch.asp
Day of Pink / Pink Shirt Day
Day of Pink: http://www.dayofpink.org/
Poster: http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/LGBTQ/Resources/DayOfPinkElementary.pdf
Pink Shirt Day: http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/
Olympics
Vancouver 2010: http://www.vancouver2010.com/
Vancouver 2010 Mascots: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot
Vancouver 2010 Mascot Games and Activities: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/ccards.php
Follow Your Dreams
Ryan Donn's website: http://www.ryandonn.com/
Clip Art
Wanted Poster: http://www.glassgiant.com/wanted/
Discovery School Clip Art: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Schoolhouse Rock Videos (Note: Be careful when surfing Youtube! - Not all videos are appropriate for children)
Three is a Magic Number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA69pmhrBiE
Ready or Not, Here I Come: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1x7V1sHd0&feature=related
Multiplication Rock: I Got Six: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkgNf69ihY&feature=related
Figure Eight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c&feature=related
A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0&feature=related
Lolly Lolly Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYmEICNgOQ&feature=related
Conjunction Junction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo&feature=related
Interjections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM&feature=related
Rufus Xavier Sasparilla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI
Library Skills Webquest
Dewey Decimal System Webquest - "Do We Really Know Dewey?": http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/
Piet Mondrian
http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2007/12/piet-mondrian.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZStjKcdbfKc http://www.pietmondrian.org/
http://art.pppst.com/mondrian.html (look at one of the PowerPoint Presentations at the top)
DRAMA
Dufflebag Theatre: http://www.dufflebag.com/
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: http://www.actsofkindness.org/
Imagine the Ripple Effect: http://www.imaginetherippleeffect.com/
MUSIC
New York Philharmonic: http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/content.html
Learn About Instruments: http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
The Virtual Museum of Musical Instruments: http://www.musicinventions.org/
The Dallas Symphoney Orchestra: Music, Fun, and Games: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
Putumayo Kids (World Music): http://www.putumayo.com/playground.html
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year/Chinese Calendar: http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
Chinatown Online: http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/index.html
Chinese New Year: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
Kids Domain Chinese New Year: http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
Helpful Clicks (I try to click on these everyday)
The Literacy Site: http://www.theliteracysite.com/
The Hunger Site: http://www.thehungersite.com/
The Animal Rescue Site: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
The Child Health Site: http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/
The Rainforest Site: http://www.therainforestsite.com/
The Breast Cancer Site: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/
These are some more sophisticated and advanced educational websites:
Poetry
Checklist for Evaluating Poetry: http://www.huntel.net/rsweetland/literature/genre/poetry/checklistEvaluate.html
Rhyming Dictionary Websites: http://www.rhymer.com/ and http://rhyme.poetry.com/
Rhymezone: http://www.rhymezone.com/
Limericks
Limericks: http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm
The Limerick Page: http://members.aol.com/pwalter530/limericks.html
Giggle Poetry (Limericks for Kids): http://www.gigglepoetry.com/POETRYCLASS/limerickcontesthelp.html
Haiku
Haiku for People: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
Asian Topics - Class Materials: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/asiasite/topics/index.html?topic=Haiku+subtopic=Intro+media+textcode=class
Haiku: http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/haiku.html
Literary and Rhetorical Terms and Devices
Literary Devices: http://www.spellingpolice.com/higher/higher.html
Literary Devices: http://www.dean.tec.ma.us/MCAS/mcasst.htm
Literary Devices: http://www.dean.tec.ma.us/MCAS/mcasst.htm
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
A Handbook of Literary Terms: http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Geography
Illustrated Glossary of Geography Terms: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
Geospy: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Geonet: http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/geonet.html
Writing and Short Stories
Goi Peace Foundation International Essay Contest for Young People: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/programs-17.htm
Penticton Writers and Publishers Contest: http://www.penwriters.com
"Art is Part of Me" Short Story Contest Information: http://www.kadac.com/literary.html
Okanagan Branch of the Canadian Writers' Association Writing Links: http://www.caaokanaganwriters.org/writlinks.html
Essay Writing Contest: http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/livedrights/essaycontest/
Short Story Elements: http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/elements.html
The Five Important Elements of a Short Story: http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_elements.html
Short Story Elements Quiz: http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/character.htm
Ultimate
Ultimate for Beginners: http://www.playulty.com/global/pdf/handbook.pdf
Ultimate in Ten Simple Rules: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/ultimate-simple.html
The Ultimate Handbook: http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/Others/rules.html
Active Health
Human Anatomy On-line: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Basketball
FIBA: http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/index_en.asp?intro=0
Canada Basketball: http://www.basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=19 History Comparing the Black Death to AIDS: http://www.qi-whiz.com/mizar/plague.html and http://www.qi-whiz.com/mizar/Matrix.html Black Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_death The Middle Ages: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/ European Middle Ages: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MA/INTRO.HTM
The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources: http://www.netserf.org/
Understanding Feudalism: http://web1.umkc.edu/mceeeconandhist/students/webquest/feudalism/unders_feud.htm Wikipedia definition of Common Era: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
Renaissance Period: http://www.classical.net/music/rep/defs/ren.html
World Religions Golden Rule Poster: http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/gensler/poster.gif
The Golden Rule in World Religions: http://www.teachingvalues.com/goldenrule.html
World Religions Month: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/worldreligions/
World Religions WebQuest: http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/ICT6_9/lessons/
Media Literacy
TV Turn Off Week: http://www.adbusters.org/metas/psycho/tvturnoff/ & http://www.tvturnoff.org/ & http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/tv_turnoff_week.cfm
Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Who Minds the Child? Media Education Society: http://www.whomindsthechild.org/
TV Turnoff Network: http://www.tvturnoff.org/
Will we have to pay Canada Post for e-mail? No! http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/bill602p.asp
A Media Literacy Case Study: Was Landing on the Moon a Hoax?
Use these sites to help you evaluate the following websites: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/5ws_cyberspace.cfm http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/upload/Deconstructing-Web-Pages-PDF.pdf
Did We Land on the Moon? http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm (Be careful about what you believe)
Read the responses: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm
and http://www.braeunig.us/space/hoax.htm
(Website) Evaluation Criteria: http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
The True (?) but Little Known Facts About Women and AIDS: http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm (scroll down to the bottom!!!)
Top of Page
Science World Try This at Home: http://www.scienceworld.ca/make-stuff/trythisathome
Tumblewing Instructions and Cut-Out Pattern: http://www.scienceworld.ca/pdf/outreach/OTR_tumblewing.pdf
Nye Labs (Bill Nye the Science Guy): http://www.billnye.com/
Cloud Types
Web Weather for Kids - Clouds Types: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
Cloud Cover - Clouds: http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html
Cloud Types: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html
Cloud ID Chart: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/Cloud_ID.php
Cloud Types: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml
The Water Cycle: http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/grabber2.html
The Water Cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
The Water Cycle: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
Weather and Current Events
The Weather Network: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0149
Environment Canada http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/
CTV: http://www.ctv.ca/
Castanet: http://www.castanet.net/
The Kelowna Daily Courier: http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/
CHBC: http://www.chbc.com/
What in the World Student Page: http://www.whatintheworld.ca/main.html
Light and Sound
Teachers' Lab - The Science of Light: http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/
Light at BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/light/preview.weml
Refraction and Diffraction at BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/refractionanddiffraction/preview.weml
Optical Illusions: http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/eyemagic.html and http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Food Webs
Food Chain Game: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
Food Chain: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=foodchains
Blue Planet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/webs/flash/teaser.shtml
Food Puzzle Chain: http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodpuzzlechain.html
Food Chain - Kids' Corner: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Sunny Meadows: http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=foodchain
Food Chain: http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html
Chain Reaction: http://ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm
Food Webs: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
Food Chains and Food Webs: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Fun with Food Webs: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
Food Webs on Science Bob: http://www.sciencebob.com/questions/q-food_chain_web.php#
What's Your Footprint?
EcologicalFootprint Quiz: http://www.myfootprint.org/
Environmental Education
David Suzuki's Nature Challenge for Kids: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
EcoKids: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Earth Day Canada: http://www.earthday.ca/
Red List of Endangered Species: http://www.redlist.org/ Search: http://www.redlist.org/search/search-basic.html
UN Environment Program's Youth Site: http://www.unep.org/Tunza/
Biodiversity Hotspots Interactive Map: http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/home/interactive_map.xml
World Climates: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
Earth Day: http://earthday.wilderness.org/
Earth Day Network: http://www.earthday.net/
Fored BC: http://www.landscapesmag.com/common/main.cfm?ind=0&sin=0&ssi=0
The Otesha Project: http://www.otesha.ca/
Eco Education: http://bccf.com/ecoed/
Planet Pals: http://www.planetpals.com/
Forces
Pushes and Pulls: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml
Forces and Movement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml
Friction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/play.shtml
Friction: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/friction.htm
Forces in Action: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/forces_action/play.shtml
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/balancedandun.htm
Forces and Magnets Interactive Games and Activities: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/physical.htm
Simple Machines
Levers: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml
Simple Machines: http://www.cosi.org/files/Flash/simpMach/sm1.swf
Museum of Science Inventor's Toolbox:http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Edheads: Simple Machine Glossary: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/glossary.htm
Edheads: Simple Machines Activity: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm
Edheads: The Compound Machine: http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/
Museum of Science and Industry: Simple Machines Game: http://www.msichicago.org/play/simplemachines/ New!
Paper Airplanes
http://www.instructables.com/id/Classic-paper-airplane/ http://www.scienceworld.ca/pdf/TTH/StuntFlier.pdf http://www.paperplane.org/ http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/ http://www.probert.me.uk/images/paperplane.jpg Game: http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/
Health and Body Systems
All Systems Go: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
How the Body Works: http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=29673&ps=110
Human Body Systems - Student Site: http://www.stcms.si.edu/hbs/hbs_student.htm
Map of the Human Heart: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Welcome to Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
The Human Body - Body Systems: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/systems/body.html
Body Systems: http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_systems.html
The Digestive System: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
Digestive System Activity: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/digest/index.htm
Human Heart Activity: http://www.kidport.com/Grade6/Science/Heart.htm
My Body: http://www.kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_SW.html
Canada's Food Guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
My Food Guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/myguide-monguide/index-eng.php
SOCIAL STUDIES
Digital Textbook Project
Digital Textbooks:
Grade 4: http://britishcolumbiagrade4socialstudies.pbworks.com/
Grade 5: http://britishcolumbiagrade5socialstudies.pbworks.com/
Diigo Outliners (Lists of Topic-Specific Links)
Canada's First Nations: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/28x8pd/Canada's-First-Nations?key=e6b7jmnayh
Explorers: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2c683z/Explorers?key=9qhrulq6if
Maps & Resources: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2ao233/Maps-and-Natural-Resources?key=m2btwqjvpf
Canadian Pacific Railroad: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2ao8r1/Canadian-Pacific-Railroad?key=7sy4zff965
Cariboo Gold Rush: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aoblv/Cariboo-Gold-Rush?key=u56oa2jwp3
Citizenship: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aodif/Citizenship?key=5q7rlkrhul
Government: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aofez/Government?key=9ss4ddamfb
Fur Trade: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aoegp/Fur-Trade?key=tx00rn6vv7
Immigration: https://www.diigo.com/outliner/2aogd9/Immigration?key=3irokytmr8
Canadian Citizenship Links
- Discover Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/questions.asp
- Prepare for the Citizenship Test: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/cit-test.asp
- Canadian Citizenship Practice Test: http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/
- Practice Test Relating to the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship: http://www.citizenshipsupport.ca/chapter-test/chapter-testfeq/
BC Archives Amazing Time Machine: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/main.htm
Heritage Fairs: http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca/
Mapping
Canadian Geographic CG Kids Atlas Online: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgKidsAtlas/default_en.asp
The Atlas of Canada: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/index.html
Physiographic Regions of Canada: http://www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/canada_geography.html or http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/geology.html#land
Prezi About Physiographic Regions: http://prezi.com/spvx6tvh2hkl/physiographic-regions-of-canada/
Downloadable Maps: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/images&downloads/downloads_maps.html and http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlinecanada
Continents: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/maps/printable/48988.html
Test Your Geography Knowledge (Continents Quiz): http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html and http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/continents/map.jsp
Illustrated Glossary of Geography Terms: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
Geospy: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/ & http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html
Geonet: http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/geonet.html
First Nations and Explorers
A Journey into Time Immemorial: http://www.sfu.museum/time/
Nisga'a at The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2151-e.html (to find information about other Aboriginal peoples or First Nations, go to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-1003-e.html, and click on the name of the group you're learning about)
Map of First Nations in B.C.: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/map.htm & http://moa.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SchoolProgram-FirstNationsMap.pdf
Okanagan People: http://www.okanaganfirstpeoples.ca/index.cfm & http://www.syilx.org/history-history.php
Interior Salish (Okanagan) Language Website: http://www.interiorsalish.com/learnsalish.html
Canada's First Peoples: http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html
Native Watercraft in Canada: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/watercraft/wainteng.shtml#menu
Where Sea and Land Meet: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/nwca/nwca01e.shtml#menu
Canadian Geographic First Peoples: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=first&sub=first_cultures_arctic&lang=En
The Canadian Encyclopedia - Canada's Native Peoples: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/customcode/Media.cfm?Params=A3native-people.swf
Eco-Kids First Nations and Inuit: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/first_nations_inuit/index.cfm
Far West: A History of British Columbia for Young Readers: http://knowbc.com/farwest/Books/Far-West
Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids: http://www.historysociety.ca/kayak/
BC Archives Time Machine: First Nations in BC: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler07/frames/index.htm
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Kids' Stop: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ach/lr/ks/index-eng.asp
Canadian Museum of History - First Peoples of Canada Online Exhibition: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpindexe.shtml
The Haida - Children of Eagle and Raven: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haindexe.shtml
Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/ethno/index_e.shtml
Maps of Native American Nations: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/historical.html
Virtual Tour of Aboriginal Canada: http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/VTAC.nsf/splash.html
A Look at Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/look/look-07.asp
Jacques Cartier: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/the-explorers
The First British Ship on the Northwest Coast: http://www.hallman.org/indian/cook.html & The History of the Northwest Coast: http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Pathfinders: The Exploration of Canada: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-e.html
The History of Hudson's Bay Compay: http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/
Exploration, The Fur Trade, and Hudson's Bay Company: http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/
The Pioneer Explorations of "Scotch Boy" John Tod: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/tod/default.htm
Fur Trading Posts in the Okanagan and Similkameen: http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/thomp-ok/fur_trading/index.html
The Inuit
Create Your Own Inukshuk: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/images/inukshuk/game.html
Inukshuk: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A29
Inuktitut (Inuit language): http://www.tusaalanga.ca/splash
The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement - The Inuit: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2071-e.html
Athropolis Inuit Links: http://www.athropolis.com/links/inuit.htm
Grade 5 Topics
Heritage Fair Primary Resources: http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca/resources/on-line-primary-sources-for-students/
The History Education Network Primary Sources and Teaching Links: http://thenhier.ca/en/content/primary-sources-and-teaching-links
Canada By Train: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/index-e.html
The Kids Site of Canadian Trains: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/kids/index-e.html
Ties That Bind: Building the CPR & Building a Place in Canada: http://mhso.ca/tiesthatbind/index.php
Cariboo Gold Rush: http://cariboogoldrush.csp.net/site/en/
BC Archives Time Machine: Cariboo Gold Rush: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler04/frames/index.htm
Canada in the Making: Pioneers and Immigrants: http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/pioneers_e.html
Moving Here. Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: http://www.pier21.ca/home/ (http://www.pier21.ca/research/pier21/the-first-seventy-five-years)
Passages to Canada: http://www.passagestocanadaarchive.com/da/splashpage.asp
The Canadian West: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-west/052901_e.html
Discover Canada: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-04.asp
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Games: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/games/index.asp
Current Events
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/
CTV: http://www.ctv.ca/
Castanet: http://www.castanet.net/
The Kelowna Daily Courier: http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/
CHBC: http://www.chbc.com/
What in the World Student Page: http://www.whatintheworld.ca/main.html
Global Education
Oxfam's Cool Planet for Children and Teachers: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.ca/
United Nations Millennium Development Goals: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
Peace Diviners International: http://www.peacediviners.org/
UNICEF: http://www.unicef.ca/
More UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/
United Nations Cyber School Bus: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp
Kids Can Free the Children: http://www.freethechildren.com/
ILO Kids (information about child labour): http://www.us.ilo.org/teachin/ilokids/index.cfm (this is a dead link for now, but I'm keeping it around to help me find the link once the page is rebuilt)
Global Citizens for Change: http://www.citizens4change.org/global/global_education_home.htm
Putumayo Kids (World Music): http://www.putumayo.com/playground.html
Ethical Consumer Choices in the Global Village (a lesson aid that I wrote with my wife): http://www.bctf.ca/GlobalEd/TeachingResources/McLeodWalls/McLeod%20frame.htm
Taking Action on Homelessness
Ladybug Foundation: http://www.ladybugfoundation.ca/
Ladybug Foundation Education Program Interactive Pages: http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/interactive/level_2/index.php or http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/makechangeinteractive.php#
I Can Make Change Social Action Planning Chart: http://www.ladybugeducation.ca/interactive/level_2/pdf/I_Can_MakeChange_Complete_Level2.pdf
Kelowna Gospel Mission: http://kelownagospelmission.ca/
Inn from theCold: http://www.innfromthecoldkelowna.org/
Hana's Suitcase
Hana's Suitcase: http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/index.html
Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Education Center: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/holocaust/tokyo/topenglish.htm
UNICEF's Children's Rights Cartoons: http://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/
OWL Magazine (Including Contributions by Mr. M.)
Helping Haiti: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cidahaiti/
Food for Thought: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cida2009/challenge.html
Water for Life: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/cida2008/
Art with Heart: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/CIDA/artwithheart/
People Power: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/CIDA/people_power/
UNICEF
UNICEF Kids Room: http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1383
Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Trick or Treat for UNICEF Campaign: http://www.trickortreatforunicef.ca/
Malaria in Africa
Nets Are Nice Storybook: http://scholastic.richfx.com/catalog_scholastic/MNMspring2007/
How Stuff Works - Malaria: http://www.howstuffworks.com/malaria
UNICEF's Spread the Net Beat the Mosquitoes Challenge: http://beatthemosquitoes.spreadthenet.org/bmc_default_en.aspx
Tools for Students for the Spread the Net Campaign (including a PowerPoint presentation): http://beatthemosquitoes.spreadthenet.org/b_bmc_tools_students_en.aspx
MalariaNo More:http://www.malarianomore.org/kids/
Fair Trade
La Siembra's What in the World is Fair Trade? Educational Toolkit (written by me!): http://www.cocoacamino.com/en/cocoa_educate.php
CTV News Story About Fair Trade Chocolate: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020801/cocoa_slavery020731/
TransFair Canada: http://www.transfair.ca/
La Siembra Co-op: http://www.lasiembra.com/
Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/index.html
Dubble Fair Trade Chocolate Bar: http://www.dubble.co.uk/
Divine Chocolate: http://www.divinechocolate.com/
Oxfam's Cool Planet: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/schools/chocbix/index.htm
Wondering what to say to convince your favourite store to stock Fair Trade? See the sample script here: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/fairtradebusinessadvocacy.html
Charitable Gifts
Heifer International: http://www.heifer.org/
Kids Can Free the Children: http://www.freethechildren.org/getinvolved/adoptavillage.htm
Ten Thousand Villages: http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/
MCC: http://www.mcc.org/waystogive
Helping to Fight Poverty
30-Hour Famine: http://www.worldvision.ca/wvfamine/live/
Make Poverty History: http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca/
Peace and Conflict Resolution
March 21 Stop Racism Campaign: http://www.pch.gc.ca/march-21-mars/
Peace Manifesto: http://www3.unesco.org/manifesto2000/
Peace Centre: http://www.salsa.net/peace/index.html
The Mandala Project: http://www.mandalaproject.org/Index.html
Hague Appeal for Peace: http://www.haguepeace.org/
Peace Corps Kids World: http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/
YMCA World Peace Week 2006: http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/Peace-Week-Activity-Guide-06-Eng.pdf and http://www.ymca.ca/eng_ycdaresources.htm#Res3 and old resources at http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/English-04-Peace-Manual.pdf and http://www.ymca.ca/downloads/Peace-Week-Activity-Guide-05-eng.pdf
ART
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 1 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aOMVZLEpw
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 2 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wy44NqNOo
Making Plasticine Pictures Part 3 (Barbara Reid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZmc2fZt7E
FRENCH
Word Reference Translation Website: http://www.wordreference.com/
Little Explorers: http://www.littleexplorers.com/languages/Frenchdictionary.html
Le Grenier de Bisou: http://www.tfo.org/jeux/bisou/
French for Kids: http://french.about.com/library/teachers/kids/bl-kids.htm
French Numbers: http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ss/numbers.htm
French Alphabet: http://french.about.com/od/pronunciation/a/alphabet.htm
French Listening Dictionary: http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/audiodictionary.htm
MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
If you're looking for some interesting websites to read or even sources of information for extra "homework" or help with homework assigned in school, check out some of these websites.
Learn to Type: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/keyboarding_games_fillitin_typing.html
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com/
Origami for Kids to Make: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-for-kids.html
Origami Resource Center: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-for-kids.html
Origami for Kids: http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-for-kids.html
OWL Magazine: http://www.owlkids.com/owl/
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Yahooligans: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Games Kids Play: http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
Webquests: http://webquest.org/
Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/
Puzzlemaker: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Virtual Museum of Canada: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/index_flashFT.html
Canadian Museum of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/
Fact Monster:http://www.factmonster.com/
Puzzles and Games
Arcademic Skill Builders: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Magic Gopher: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf
Connect Four: http://host.exemplum.com/hasbro/connectfour/connectfour.htm
Space Invaders: http://www.spaceinvaders.de/
Weekly Reader Online Games and Puzzles: http://web.archive.org/web/20100102134359/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/index.asp
Sudoku: http://mypuzzle.org/sudoku/kid.html & http://web.archive.org/web/20100102140525/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/sudoku.asp
Add Like Mad: http://web.archive.org/web/20100102135220/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/add.asp
Madlibs: http://web.archive.org/web/20100603065804/http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/madlib.aspx
Crossword: http://web.archive.org/web/20100603065759/http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/crossword.asp
Wordsearch: http://web.archive.org/web/20100628192509/http://weeklyreader.com/kids/games/wordsearch.asp
Day of Pink / Pink Shirt Day
Day of Pink: http://www.dayofpink.org/
Poster: http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/LGBTQ/Resources/DayOfPinkElementary.pdf
Pink Shirt Day: http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/
Olympics
Vancouver 2010: http://www.vancouver2010.com/
Vancouver 2010 Mascots: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot
Vancouver 2010 Mascot Games and Activities: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/ccards.php
Follow Your Dreams
Ryan Donn's website: http://www.ryandonn.com/
Clip Art
Wanted Poster: http://www.glassgiant.com/wanted/
Discovery School Clip Art: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Schoolhouse Rock Videos (Note: Be careful when surfing Youtube! - Not all videos are appropriate for children)
Three is a Magic Number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA69pmhrBiE
Ready or Not, Here I Come: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1x7V1sHd0&feature=related
Multiplication Rock: I Got Six: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkgNf69ihY&feature=related
Figure Eight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c&feature=related
A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0&feature=related
Lolly Lolly Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYmEICNgOQ&feature=related
Conjunction Junction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo&feature=related
Interjections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM&feature=related
Rufus Xavier Sasparilla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI
Library Skills Webquest
Dewey Decimal System Webquest - "Do We Really Know Dewey?": http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/
Piet Mondrian
http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2007/12/piet-mondrian.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZStjKcdbfKc http://www.pietmondrian.org/
http://art.pppst.com/mondrian.html (look at one of the PowerPoint Presentations at the top)
DRAMA
Dufflebag Theatre: http://www.dufflebag.com/
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: http://www.actsofkindness.org/
Imagine the Ripple Effect: http://www.imaginetherippleeffect.com/
MUSIC
New York Philharmonic: http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/content.html
Learn About Instruments: http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
The Virtual Museum of Musical Instruments: http://www.musicinventions.org/
The Dallas Symphoney Orchestra: Music, Fun, and Games: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
Putumayo Kids (World Music): http://www.putumayo.com/playground.html
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year/Chinese Calendar: http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
Chinatown Online: http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/index.html
Chinese New Year: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
Kids Domain Chinese New Year: http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
Helpful Clicks (I try to click on these everyday)
The Literacy Site: http://www.theliteracysite.com/
The Hunger Site: http://www.thehungersite.com/
The Animal Rescue Site: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
The Child Health Site: http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/
The Rainforest Site: http://www.therainforestsite.com/
The Breast Cancer Site: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/
These are some more sophisticated and advanced educational websites:
Poetry
Checklist for Evaluating Poetry: http://www.huntel.net/rsweetland/literature/genre/poetry/checklistEvaluate.html
Rhyming Dictionary Websites: http://www.rhymer.com/ and http://rhyme.poetry.com/
Rhymezone: http://www.rhymezone.com/
Limericks
Limericks: http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm
The Limerick Page: http://members.aol.com/pwalter530/limericks.html
Giggle Poetry (Limericks for Kids): http://www.gigglepoetry.com/POETRYCLASS/limerickcontesthelp.html
Haiku
Haiku for People: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
Asian Topics - Class Materials: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/asiasite/topics/index.html?topic=Haiku+subtopic=Intro+media+textcode=class
Haiku: http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/haiku.html
Literary and Rhetorical Terms and Devices
Literary Devices: http://www.spellingpolice.com/higher/higher.html
Literary Devices: http://www.dean.tec.ma.us/MCAS/mcasst.htm
Literary Devices: http://www.dean.tec.ma.us/MCAS/mcasst.htm
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
A Handbook of Literary Terms: http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Geography
Illustrated Glossary of Geography Terms: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
Geospy: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Geonet: http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/geonet.html
Writing and Short Stories
Goi Peace Foundation International Essay Contest for Young People: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/programs-17.htm
Penticton Writers and Publishers Contest: http://www.penwriters.com
"Art is Part of Me" Short Story Contest Information: http://www.kadac.com/literary.html
Okanagan Branch of the Canadian Writers' Association Writing Links: http://www.caaokanaganwriters.org/writlinks.html
Essay Writing Contest: http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/livedrights/essaycontest/
Short Story Elements: http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/elements.html
The Five Important Elements of a Short Story: http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_elements.html
Short Story Elements Quiz: http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/character.htm
Ultimate
Ultimate for Beginners: http://www.playulty.com/global/pdf/handbook.pdf
Ultimate in Ten Simple Rules: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/ultimate-simple.html
The Ultimate Handbook: http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/Others/rules.html
Active Health
Human Anatomy On-line: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Basketball
FIBA: http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/index_en.asp?intro=0
Canada Basketball: http://www.basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=19 History Comparing the Black Death to AIDS: http://www.qi-whiz.com/mizar/plague.html and http://www.qi-whiz.com/mizar/Matrix.html Black Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_death The Middle Ages: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/ European Middle Ages: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MA/INTRO.HTM
The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources: http://www.netserf.org/
Understanding Feudalism: http://web1.umkc.edu/mceeeconandhist/students/webquest/feudalism/unders_feud.htm Wikipedia definition of Common Era: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
Renaissance Period: http://www.classical.net/music/rep/defs/ren.html
World Religions Golden Rule Poster: http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/gensler/poster.gif
The Golden Rule in World Religions: http://www.teachingvalues.com/goldenrule.html
World Religions Month: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/worldreligions/
World Religions WebQuest: http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/ICT6_9/lessons/
Media Literacy
TV Turn Off Week: http://www.adbusters.org/metas/psycho/tvturnoff/ & http://www.tvturnoff.org/ & http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/tv_turnoff_week.cfm
Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Who Minds the Child? Media Education Society: http://www.whomindsthechild.org/
TV Turnoff Network: http://www.tvturnoff.org/
Will we have to pay Canada Post for e-mail? No! http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/bill602p.asp
A Media Literacy Case Study: Was Landing on the Moon a Hoax?
Use these sites to help you evaluate the following websites: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/5ws_cyberspace.cfm http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/upload/Deconstructing-Web-Pages-PDF.pdf
Did We Land on the Moon? http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm (Be careful about what you believe)
Read the responses: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm
and http://www.braeunig.us/space/hoax.htm
(Website) Evaluation Criteria: http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
The True (?) but Little Known Facts About Women and AIDS: http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm (scroll down to the bottom!!!)
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