Encyclopedias
The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Free Canadian content, including a junior version, with student guides, biographies
of 100 outstanding Canadians, interactive maps, graphs and games.
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca
All subjects
Khan Academy
A free world-class education for anyone anywhere �The Khan Academy is an organization
on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for
the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. All
of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you
are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom
after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly
biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely
free of charge.�
www.khanacademy.org
General: the 3 Rs
Kids and Caboodles
Free fun activities for kids, including free downloads of sheets to print,
colour, and cut out. Set up as an interactive community (social network) with
free membership that gives you access to the "Caboodles" (Groups).
The first offering is a Standikin.
What's that? Check out the blog post about it to find out!
kidsandcaboodles.com
edHelper.com
Over 3000 free worksheets including algebra, arithmetic, fractions, integers,
statistics, spelling, vocabulary, and more. Organized according to grade levels.
www.edHelper.com
Creative Kids
games, brain teasers, stories, jokes, activities and more
www.creativekids.ca
General: science
Science Made Simple
Kids learn science the easy, hands-on way with Science Made Simple. Get fun
science projects and great experiments using household materials. This site
offers fun science projects, answers to common science questions, information
on what's happening in the world of science and more!
www.sciencemadesimple.com/
General: nature
Reading, writing, spelling
Classic English Language Arts
Robert Einarsson is an English Instructor in Edmonton, Alberta. His website
would be appropriate for high school students especially in the areas of grammar
and poetry, and contains text documents as well as audio recordings of a number
of his first-year university lectures.
www.classiclanguagearts.net
Free resources on the website include Traditional English Sentence Style,
a self-guided workbook on the sentence style of classic English writers.
www.classiclanguagearts.net/resources/TESS.pdf
Guys Read
A literary initiative for boys from Jon Scieszka, the creator of "The
Three Little Pigs" and "The Stinky Cheese Man." This is a great
program designed to get boys interested in reading and to connect them with
books they will enjoy. You'll find a list of Mr. Scieszka's favorite books,
tips and advice on how parents and teachers can help, a place for guys to
share what their favorite books are and more.
www.guysread.com
An Online Library of Literature
This site has complete stories, from Aesop's fables to Mark Twain, the Brontes,
Dickens, etc. It's free too!
www.literature.org
BookRags
Online site for classical guides and free texts ~ comprehensive guides to
classical literature, book notes, essay workshops, complete E-books of classical
texts, tests, message board � this site is meant for the high school and university
level
www.bookrags.com
Tutor for English: Improving Your Communication Skills
Offers free instruction on capitalization, punctuation, misused words, parts of speech, sentence structure errors, writing paragraphs, and essays. In addition, the website also has interactive tests that students can take and get immediate feedback.
www.TutorForEnglish.com
Math and logic
MasterMath.info Online middle-school math tutoring, plus free video lessons, practice worksheets and self-grading quizzes
Calctutor.ca Online Mathematics Tutoring
CLSO-math offers a free sample of its lesson on Fractions. Unlike some conventional approaches to math instruction, which start with abstract concepts and end with application in the real world, the CLSO (Concepts-Language-Symbols-Operations) approach is to follow the learner's path of least resistance by starting with direct perceptual understanding through the visual (and/or kinesthetic, if using manipulatives rather than the images of the workbooks), and building the math procedures step by step through "scaffolding" that eventually leads to the underlying abstract concepts. The demo on the web site's home page shows a very easy, step-by-step process for learning how to solve algebra problems. The free sample to download, is on fractions.
ThatQuiz.com is a free online resource for math practice and testing. The money section includes Canadian coins. Students can access all of the tests without registration. Immediate feedback is in terms of right or wrong only (the correct answer is not given after a mistake is made). Free registration for teachers allows customization of quizzes and record-keeping of students' scores.
Math Goodies
A free math help site featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets
and forums. Over 400 pages of activities for students, teachers and parents.
www.mathgoodies.com/
Natural Math
This site teaches that learning math is a natural process and gives hints
and tips on facilitating math.
www.naturalmath.com
Computers and technology
How Stuff Works
Learn how everything works.
www.howstuffworks.com
How Stuff Works Express
Information on science, technology, math and language arts for the elementary
and high school levels.
www.express.howstuffworks.com
Physics
Fear of Physics
Fear not! Physics. Explained. Finally. Sampling of topics include: Why Things
Fall; Sun, Earth, Moon; Speed and Acceleration; Sound; Einstein's Relativity
and much more.
www.FearOfPhysics.com
Chemistry
Biology
Canadian Sugar Institute's Nutrition Information Service includes online information about nutrition, the history of sugar, sugar science, sugars and health, and free downloadable educational PDF files that form an integrated curriculum resource for grades 4-6. (You can also have them sent for free by postal mail). Through experiments and activities, students learn about food science, food production, the human body, nutrition and physical activity within a series of four Missions.
Botany
www.kyatu.co.uk/Article/all-about-plants
This article includes a list of links to sites with resources under the following
headings: Plant Identification Characteristics, Plant Classifications, Plant
Fact Sheets, Plant Reference Guides, Invasive and Noxious Plants, Poisonous
Plants, Threatened and Endangered Plants, State Flowers (U.S.), Plant Lessons
Plans.
Earth sciences
Environment Canada
Free educational materials on Water
www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/e_teach.htm
Weather Wiz Kids
Designed so kids can learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It's
also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents that gives them
the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children.
www.weatherwizkids.com
Space
History of Space Exploration
A wealth of information including space exploration timelines, accounts of
manned and robotic space missions, and educator guides.
www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm
History
Historica
Games, projects and research tools for students - all about Canadian history.
Lesson plans, resources, ideas and articles for parents and teachers to utilize.
www.histori.ca
Geography
The National Atlas of Canada
Maps and information about Canada's geography.
www.atlas.gc.ca
Society and culture
Virtual Museum of Canada
The Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) is an Internet gateway that provides access
to collections housed in over 600 Canadian museums. Its mandate is to stimulate
public interest among all age groups in our rich and diverse cultural heritage,
and to complement the programs and collections of museums across Canada. Includes
links to exhibits, fun and games, teachers' centre, events and more.
www.virtualmuseum.ca
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
This website offers the biographies of women mathematicians sorted in alphabetical
and chronological order. Each biography contains a picture and short text
that tells about the mathematician's life and her contributions to mathematics.
You will also find a list of women who have won prizes, awards, and honors
for their contributions to math. This site contains links to many other resources
about math, as well as resources about women's contributions in other fields
of study too.
www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/Women.htm
Bible studies
Living Water Bible Games
www.livingwaterbiblegames.com
Free games for homeschoolers who are teaching Bible or New Testament Greek.
In downloadable PDF format.
Languages
Learn Spanish Today/ Spanish Program
Quite a few free sample audio-visual Spanish lessons on-line, plus a newsletter
you can subscribe to for more tips on the Spanish language and its usage.
They also sell Complete Visual Link Spanish Program CD-ROM.
www.learnspanishtoday.com
www.spanishprograms.com
Vocabulix
www.vocabulix.com
Free online practice of vocabulary and conjugation in German, Spanish or English.
Be aware that clicking on the "Next" button takes you to a quiz,
not to a lesson. To see the vocabulary list and translations before
any quiz, click on the "Lesson preview" button. There is an option
for creating your own lessons -- you must be logged on to do so.
Visual arts
Music
Resource links pages on other websites
Great Sites For Kids
A weekly column created to help parents and teachers find fun and educational
websites for kids to use at home and in the classroom. Websites are reviewed
that feature the following categories: biography/history, geography, language
arts, math, music, science/nature and entertainment/amusement.
www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp
Sites For Teachers
There are 15 pages of websites with free worksheets, printables, resources,
unit studies, etc. It is geared to teachers of individuals with autistic spectrum
disorders, related developmental disabilities, and children with special needs.
www.sitesforteachers.com
Enchanted Learning
Everything from certificates to maps, diagrams for labeling — including
map of Canada, plants etc.
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Resources for Rethinking
Resources for Rethinking is a project developed by Learning for a Sustainable
Future. It provides teachers access to lesson plans, worksheets and other
teaching resources that integrate environmental, social and economic spheres
through learning that is interdisciplinary and action oriented. Each R4R resource
has been reviewed by an experienced classroom teacher and matched to relevant
curriculum outcomes for all provinces and territories in Canada.
www.r4r.ca
