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Online Magazines    Newspapers    Language    Resources    Interactive Stories    Stories    Debating

 

Online Magazines/Stories

Aesop's Fables

Light Up Your Brain:  Hear classic stories read to you, follow along, play games, and more!

National Geographic for Kids

Time Magazine for Kids

Owl Magazine

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Yahooligans News

 

Newspapers

 

The Halifax Herald Limited
Read the Chronicle Herald online!

The Globe and Mail
Canada's National Newspaper

The Toronto Star Online
Posted each day for a quick look at life in Toronto.
The Egyptian Gazette Online
An English version of Egypt's most popular newspaper.

The Nassau Guardian

A newspaper from the capital city of Bahamas.
 
Le Monde
An excellent choice for French Emersion or Core French students. France's premier online newspaper (written in French).
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  • News Directory
           Browse newspapers by country, region, etc. From all over the world!

  • Canadian Content.net
  •          Look at our news, use their search engine to find web tools....
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     Language

    American Sign Language Browser   - not only can you learn words in sign language, they have a quicktime movie that shows you how!  Incredible!

    American Sign Language Fingerspelling

    Have you ever wondered why the English language is so hard to learn?  Check out these powerpoints!

    Learn Your French Numbers!

    Learn Your French Food Words with these games!

    Mnemonics - No idea what that is?  Well check it out!

    Need to conjugate French verbs?  This is the place to do it! (Warning:  This site is entirely in French!)

     

     

    Resources

    AOL Elementary School

    AOL Middle School

    Encyclopedia.com

    Internet Public Library - looking for information?  This has tons of it!

    World Wide Web Virtual Library Museums (online museums from all over the world)

    WWW Virtual Library

     

    Interactive Stories

    Book Pop - online books

    Children's E-Library - a free online book

    Children's Storybooks Online - Books for young children up to young adults.  You have to read the stories, but there is animation with most - some of it is Flash animation.

    Game Goo - Learning that Sticks

    Goodnight Stories (need Real Player)

    Grimm Fairy Tales

    PBS Kids - games, stories, and more!

    StarFall - interactive, fun books for the beginning reader (all ages)

    StoryPlace Pre-school - online stories that are read to you with activites  (appropriate for as young as age 3)

    Tumblebooks Library - a subscription based site.  Our school has one so that you can read books online yourself or have them read to you.  Includes authors such as Robert Munsch, Loris Lesynski, and more! Great for ALL ages!

     

     

    Stories

    Greek Mythology - An introduction to Ancient Greek Mythology

    Tales of Wonder - Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

     

     

    Debating

     

    Cultural Debates Online - discuss different issues that relate to our live AND the Mentawi tribe.  Watch the videos, choose an opinion, write your ideas, and vote!  It's as easy as that!

     

    Reading .

    The Research Process

     

    How to Do a Research Project (login as a guest)You will need shockwave and QuickTime.  Go to Grade 6, then Lang. Arts. These are movies that take you step-by-step through the process of a research paper.

    ISP chart - Information, Sources, Page Number chart - great way to keep resources organized.

    Jot Notes - some ideas about how to do it.

    Jot Note Rules

    KWL chart - Here is an outline you can use (need Adobe Acrobat)

    More Jot Note Techniques - Dot-Jot/Trash 'n' Treasure

    Search Tools - lots of search engines all located in one spot

    So you have to do a research project?!

    The Big Six - Six Steps to Help You Organize Your Research

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Reading  .

    Diversity of Life/Living Things        Microscopes        Geology        General    Space/Weather

     

     

    Diversity Of Life/Living Things

    A Virtual Pond Dip - Take a look at the different creatures that may be in YOUR pond!

    Cellular Biology: Learn about cell theories, cell types, terminology, and more.  User/Kid Friendly!

    Dig This! The Cretaceous Period: From the Virtual Museum of Canada

    Really Wild Animals - Spin the talking globe takes you on an around the world adventure to help find the animal that's out of its habitat.
    The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - Images and information on different sharks.

     

    Microscopes

    How Light Microscopes Work - a quick lesson on how microscopes work.

    Geology

    The Forces Of Nature - Would you like to build your own volcano? How about triggering your own earthquake?  Take a peek at this National Geographic Site.

    Volcano World

    Space/Weather

    Science, Optics and You!         View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.

    Solar System Simulator

    Space.com - Something Amazing Every Day!

    U.M Weather

    Virtual Solar System - requires downloading of some software.

     

     

    General

     

    Explore Learning - Have you ever wondered how long it would take for people to catch a disease?  How photosynthesis really works?  Well this site has "gizmos" that simulate those experiences! Grades 6-12 (you can only access each Gizmo for 5 minutes per day - or purchase a subscription)

    The Virtual Museum of Canada - a wealth of resources

    The Yuckiest Site on the Internet!

     

     

     

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    Atlas of Canada - from the Government of Canada

    Black History Info - Lots of links and Great Information.

    CanPix Canadian Gallery: CanPix contains over 6,500 pictures and other resources for Canadian Studies, drawn from the major archives and museums of Canada, as well as the photo services of The Canadian Press. You can search, view and extract images of important Canadian people, events and places, as well as examples of Canadian culture, flags, coats of arms, flowers and maps of Canada and the provinces, plus audio and text files, including O Canada.

    Canada Online: The history of Canada.  Explore Canadian history with resources on people, places and events from Canada's past, including Canadian Confederation, symbols, emblems and traditions, the participation of Canada in the World Wars and the Korean War, and history pictures and maps.

    Geography World - an extensive site on everything. 

    Introduction to the Canadian Government

    Learn Your Provinces and Their Capitals - try these games!

    Neuroscience for Kids - what a great site - it explains the brain in layperson's terms.

    Prime Ministers of Canada

    Royal Ontario Museum

    Teaching and Learning about Canada: A resource with a wealth of info. on our nation.

    The age of the Dinosaur

    Virtual Museum of Canada

    Voices Of Youth (for middle school) - a UNICEF site that promotes children's rights and global issues.

    Web Sites for Kids - brought to you by the Canadian Government

    Women in Canadian History

    World Atlas: Check out the maps!

    You THINK!  Web site for kids and teachers on Global Issues.

     

     

     

    Reading  .

    Online Dictionary        Geometry        Numeration        Manipulatives      Brain Teasers        Graphing

           Probability

     

     

    Online Dictionary

    A Math Dictionary - over 500 common mathematical terms explained in simple language.

    Geometry

     Using a protractor

    Protractor Demo - you can actually move the protractor!

    Play with Pattern Blocks (you need Java)

    Geometry Shape sorting - can you escape the big, bad monsters?

    Java Math Games - Interactive Math Activities including geometry, base 10 blocks, and more!

    Nets of Different Polyhedra

    Shape Cave - Learn about different shapes (has ad banners)

    Banana Hunt - This game helps students practice the degrees of an angle

    Polygon Playground

    Math.com - Has Geometry Definitions, how to use a protractor, and more!

     

     

     

    Numeration

    3D boxes - can you guess how many there are?

    Base 10 Blocks - you can also use base 2 blocks or base 5 blocks! (need Java)

    Can you match the fractions, decimals or percentages pairs?

    Decimal and Whole Number Jeopardy!

    Do you think you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide? Try this!

    Fraction Bars - add, subtract, and order fractions (need Java)

    Mad Math Minutes- Test and improve your general math skills.  How fast can you complete the questions?

    Math.com - Has multiplication/addition/division/fraction/decimal help and practice

    Multiplication Problems - practice, practice, practice!

    Multiplication Table - Here is a 20x20 multiplication table

    Need to Learn How to Tell Time?? (need Java)

    Spacey Math - Great site for Mental Math Practice.

     

    Manipulatives

    Virtual Manipulatives - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives  for interactive Mathematics.

     

    Brain Teasers

    Brain Teasers Grade 1

    Brain Boosters

     

    Graphing

    Graphing Tools - you can make your own graphs here and more!

    Math Net - cool graphing stuff!

     

     

    Probability

    Ken White's Coin Flipping Page:  Can you predict how many tails and heads will appear?

    The Birthday Problem

    Virtual Coin Toss

    Virtual Spinner

     

     

     

     

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    Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

    DOLE 5 A DAY - Get information on how nutritious fruits and vegetables are...

    Surfing Inside the Human Body

     

     

    Reading  .

    Coloring        Web based Science & Math        Web Based Language Arts

     

     

    Coloring

    Crafts, Poems, and More!

    Lil' Fingers Coloring Pages - Do you like to color?  Here are some great pages to print off.

    Coloring, coloring, and more Coloring! - color pictures online  and then print or email them!

    Online Kaleidoscope Painter - the designs are awesome  (you will need Java)

    Puzzle factory Online Coloring

    Up to Ten - bored of regular coloring books?  Well these ones are animated!

     

    Web-Based Math and Science Applications

    The following are sites where students can learn math and science online through interactive activities.

    Bonus.com

    Enchanted Learning -many, many topics

    Fun Brain

    Interactive Mathematics

    Multiplication.com

     

     

     

     

     

    Web-based Language Arts Sources

    4Kids - Links to the Latest Technology on the Web!

    Annie's Rhyme Time

    CBC 4 Kids

    Crayola

    Discovery Kids

    English Zone

    Fun Brain

    FunSchool

    Game Kids

    KidsDomain


     

     

     

     

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    AOL Kids Only

    Ask Jeeves Kids - Ask a question and he will try his best to answer it.

    Berit's Best Sites for Children

    Buddy

    Cybersleuth Kids

    Dewey Browse

    Dib Dab Doo and Dilly Too

    EarthCam for Kids -  Lots of web camera sites.  This site is designed for kids.

    Fact Monster: A one-stop reference source of kid-friendly facts and articles.  Loads of interactive tools for math, spelling and vocabulary.   

    Great Sites for Kids

    How Stuff Works - tells you how different things work!

    Ithaki

    KEWL

    Kid Grid

    Kid Info

    Kidsearch

    Kids Konnect

    KidsClick: A site created by a group of US librarians.  Tons of resources and information.

    Kidsites - has links for toddlers too.

    Kid's Search Tools

    Search Wizard

    Super Kids
     

    Yahooligans!  A Kid-friendly search engine based on Yahoo!




     

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