How-to videos
A series of short videos to help you learn some of the online tools we use in the district
A series of short videos to help you learn some of the online tools we use in the district
Online reading options:
SORA
Our School District source for ebooks and audio books.
Instructions for setting up the app are here
Vancouver Island Regional Library
The public library is now allowing you to sign up for a library card online!
You can use their Libby app or link your VIRL account to your SORA account. See the above instructions.
Kindle Unlimited
If you have an Amazon.ca account the Kindle Unlimited service is being offered for free for a 30 day trial. If you have Amazon Prime it is $0.99 for two months.
You will need to "subscribe" but just cancel the subscription right away and you will not be charged when it runs out.
Audible Free for Kids
Audible is currently offering up some free titles for listening during school closures.
Achieve 300 Literacy
Accelerated reading site with multiple levels for each grade.
Printable packages for students with no internet available here
Educational Videos:
CBC Curio
Documentaries and news reports from CBC
NFB Education
Educational films, study guides, and mini-lessons from the National Film Board of Canada
Academy4SC
Video series on various psychology, rhetoric, logic, reasoning, and economic topics
Audio Cine Feature Films
Feature films your students can watch for a class - works best in Google Chrome
Click here for login and password information.
Criterion on Demand
Feature films your students can watch for a class assignment (including National Geographic)
Click here for Login and password information.
Netflix on Youtube
Several Netflix documentaries now made available on their YouTube channel
News and Magazine Lessons:
What in the World
News articles - Issue 1 password: virus
Issue 7 password: nurse4
Issue 6 password: mask6
Issue 5 password: drone3
Newslea
Current events at various reading levels
Curio.ca
Educational films, study guides, and mini-lessons from the National Film Board of Canada
Tweentribute: Smithsonian
Not-for-profit online newspaper for students (includes quizzes and posting feature)
National Geographic: Learn at Home
Explore the planet through interactives and short lessons or take a deeper dive into a subject area with a complete unit.
All Sides News
Has news from across the spectrum – right, centre and left. It also has information on bias and fake news - matches New Media 10 and New Media 11 curriculum.
Online Textbooks
CK-12
Has lots of textbooks especially Math and Science
English Resources:
CommonLit
Texts with accompanying questions for educators and now parents to use. Also, a way to track student progress with the teacher dashboard
eLearningOntario.ca
Mini-units being developed from Ontario Ed.
MediaSmarts
Lessons and resources for digital and media literacy
Khan Academy
Exercises, quizzes, and tests so students can practice and master skills, as well as instructional videos to help students learn or review material. Math, science, grammar, history, etc.
Good article on how to use here
Engage
Curricular modules and units.
Social Studies, Geography, History, Psychology, Law, Family Studies, and Philosophy Resources:
eLearningOntario.ca
Includes geography, history, psychology, law, family studies, and philosophy units from Ontario Ed.
Active History
Amazing resources for history teachers includes interactive simulations, quizzes, games that can easily be used for online learning.
Historica Canada
Provides a variety of activities focusing on the History of Canada. This includes the Heritage Canada videos.
First Peoples of Canada
A comprehensive amount of information can be found here about Canada's First Peoples. Information can be organized geographically, linguistically, etc.
ABC Database Suite
A group of six sites each covering a specific topic area and contains engaging, entertaining, and highly relevant content with thousands of photographs, videos, maps, historic timelines, biographies, and much more. Languages and recipes too.
Resources for Rethinking
Entire lessons/units on sustainability topics. Aligned to BC curriculum - search by province and topic
LEARN: Historical Thinking and Evaluation Strategies
This site gives examples of what MEES-style evaluation situations look like. It also provides practice with the intellectual operations.
UN Voices of Youth
This website was created, with the help of UNICEF, by youth and for youth. It provides a platform to discuss issues such as education, human rights, and health.
Google Earth
Google Earth allows you to see the world from different angles and perspectives. It also allows you to draw maps, and add photos to create your own story.
World Mapper
This website provides maps and cartograms exploring a variety of themes. It is constantly updated.
Khan Academy
Exercises, quizzes, and tests so students can practice and master skills, as well as instructional videos to help students learn or review material. Math, science, grammar, history, etc.
Good article on how to use here
Math Resources:
Khan Academy
Exercises, quizzes, and tests so students can practice and master skills, as well as instructional videos to help students learn or review material. Math, science, grammar, history, etc.
Good article on how to use here
eLearningOntario.ca
Includes some math units from Ontario Ed.
University of Waterloo Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
Includes games, new problems to solve, applications, videos, pointers to existing materials, etc.
Blutick: Math with Confidence
Explanatory videos, worked examples, and intelligent line-by-line feedback on every question.
PrepStep
Covers algebra, geometry, calculus and precalculus – tutorials, quizzes, etc. Students will need to make an account.
iCoachMath
Math dictionaries, formulas, and online worksheets
Amazing Maths
Accessible and motivational materials
Science Resources:
Khan Academy
Exercises, quizzes, and tests so students can practice and master skills, as well as instructional videos to help students learn or review material. Math, science, grammar, history, etc.
Good article on how to use here
eLearningOntario.ca
Includes some science units from Ontario Ed.
Chem Collective
A collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests.
PhET Simulations
A collection of chemistry, biology, and physics simulations.
Biology Simulations
Simulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics.
Annenburg Learner
Science interactives and videos
Let's Talk Science
Focused on presenting Canadian youth with various STEM projects and educational resources.
NOVA Labs
Games and interactives for several science topics
PE Resources:
Fitness Blender
Search over 500 free workouts by length, difficulty, training type and muscles used.
Darabee
This comprehensive global fitness database has something for everyone. Video demonstrations of exercises, workout posters and charts, 30 day challenges and more.
Canada Food Guide
Information, recipes, and resources around the Food Guide
Health for Life
Some health units from Ontario Ed.
Introductory Kinesiology
Some units from Ontario Ed.
Just for You: Youth Health
Specifically for teens - facts on smoking, drugs, sex, mental health and more.
French Resources:
Rosetta Stone
Uses images, text, and sound to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition - free for 3 months
Duolingo
Includes a digital language-proficiency assessment, and bite-size lessons based on research.
BBC Languages
Online lessons with audio, games, vocabulary, grammar explanations and exercises
TV5Monde
Resources for teaching French
Digital Art, Media, and Technology Resources
English Montreal School Board
Various courses with units from Ontario Ed.
BlockSmith Inc
3D video game making, including modelling, animations and programming - hourly lesson plans guide students step by step to making their first games (the free version is limited)
Financial Literacy Resources:
How the Market Works
Students receive a virtual amount of money to be invested in the stock market
Banzai!
Financial courses
