Applied Skills Resources

• Careers

• BCIT URL
• Career Cruising URL
• Career One Stop Videos URL
• Career Ship URL
• Career Test URL
• Careers and Occupations Guide URL
• Check Out a College URL
• Explore Career Profiles URL
• Explore Types of Jobs URL
• Occupation Database URL
• Occupational Information URL
• Occupational Outlook Handbook URL
• University of Victoria URL
• WorkBC - Career Compass URL
• Working in Canada Wages URL
• Investigating Issues

• Effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain URL
• KidsHealth URL
• Safe Child Program: Bullies URL
• Mental Well-Being

• Mental Health Literacy: Free Online Resources for Educators File
• Physical Education

• http://www.isport.com/ URL
• http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page URL
• Basketball URL
• Hockey URL
• Football URL
• Lacrosse URL
• Swimming URL
• Rugby URL
• Rugby - isport URL
• Rowing URL
• Volleyball URL
• Baseball URL
• Soccer URL

Fine Arts Resources

• Music

• Biography - Musicians/Composers URL
• Top 10 Famous Classical Composers URL
• Visual Arts

• Canadian Artists URL
• Incredible Art Department Lessons URL
• Art Projects for Kids Lessons URL

Languages Resources

• Indigenous Languages

• First Voices URL
• First Voices Kids URL
• First Voices SENĆOŦEN Community Portal URL
• SENĆOŦEN Itunes App URL
• SENĆOŦEN Android Keyboard App URL
• Learn SENĆOŦEN URL
• Play SENĆOŦEN Games to learn new words URL

Language Arts Resources

• Historical Fiction

• Historical Fiction Critical Thinking File
• Historical Fiction Fact Sheets 1 File
• Historical Fiction Fact Sheets 2 File
• Myths

• Encyclopedia Mythica URL
• Folktexts URL
• Monstrous Monsters URL
• Scholastic Myths from Around the World URL
• Poetry

• Canadian Poetry URL
• Poetry Author Index URL
• Poets URL
• Poetry In Voice URL
• Survival

• Storywriting on Survival Theme File
• Survivor book research 1 File
• Survivor book research 2 File
• Underground Railroad

• Amistad URL
• Spartacus Slavery URL
• Writing Guides and Tools

• Writing Rules Poster File
• Free Visual Online DIctionary URL
• Writing Projects

• Literature Integration Projects File
• Storytelling with pictures File

Science/Math Resources

• _{Interactive Learning}

• Kahn Academy URL
• Cells and Body Systems

• Cell Structure URL
• Cell Structure - Youtube URL
• Structure of a Cell - Khan Academy URL
• Chemistry

• Chem4Kids - the Elements URL
• Chem4Kids - the Periodic Table URL
• Interactive Periodic Table - PBS Media URL
• Interactive Periodic Table - Ptable.com URL
• Interactive Periodic Table - Scientific American URL
• Earth's Crust

• Diversity of Life

• All About Birds URL
• Animal Corner URL
• Animal Diversity Web URL
• ARKive (Thousands of videos, image and fact-files) URL
• Biomes and Ecosystems URL
• Desert Animals URL
• Discovery Education: Racing Extinction URL
• Invasive Species

• Eek Alien Invaders URL
• Invasive Species Council of BC URL
• National Wildlife Foundation URL
• Convention on Biological Diversity URL
• Pacific Northwest Research Station URL
• Energy

• BC Hydro URL
• BC Sustainable Energy Association URL
• Centre for Energy URL
• EDF Energy URL
• Energy BC URL
• Energy Kids URL
• Environment

• 4 Things Canada can Do to Stop Wildlife Loss (WWF) URL
• Animal Habitats (Youtube) URL
• Arctic Climate Change - World Wildlife Federation URL
• Climate Change and Food Production URL
• Climate Change and Food Supply URL
• Climate Change's Effects on Arctic Ecosystem - Climate Institute URL
• Climate Change's Effects on Canada's Forests URL
• Deforestation Facts - Conservation International URL
• Deforestation's Threats to Wildlife - World Wildlife Federation (WWF) URL
• Discovery Education: Racing Extinction URL
• Endangered Habitats Linked to Forest Loss (Global News) URL
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Youtube URL
• Habitat Loss - World Wildlife Federation (WWF) URL
• Habitat Loss (Youtube) URL
• Habitats and Ecosystems URL
• Logging - Global Forest Atlas URL
• Logging Canada's Boreal Forest - a Threat to the Climate URL
• Plastic and Ocean Pollution - OceanWise URL
• Plastic Pollution.org URL
• Rainforest Alliance URL
• Student's Guide to Global Climate Change URL
• Extreme Environments

• Space

• Canada Space Agency URL
• Windows to the Universe URL
• Hubble Space Telescope URL
• Kids Astronomy URL
• Nine (Eight) Planets URL
• Space Station URL
• Living in Space URL
• Ocean

• Discovery Education: Racing Extinction URL
• Ocean Networks Canada URL
• Polar Regions

• Arctic Center URL
• Earth's Polar Regions URL
• National Geographic Antarctica Video URL
• Polar Discovery URL
• Desert

• Desert Survival URL
• Earthquake

• 10 Most Powerful Earthquakes (as of 2011) URL
• Historic World Earthquakes URL
• Volcano

• Volcano Safety URL
• Volcano World URL
• Flight

• Canadian Aviation and Space Museum URL
• Museum of Flight URL
• BC Aviation Museum URL
• Human Body

• Diseases Research - Fuller Project URL
• Diseases Research - web sources URL
• Nutrition

• Kids Health URL
• Canada's Food Guide URL
• Healthy Canadians URL
• Optics

• A Picture of the Eye (WebMD) URL
• Anatomy of the Eye (lensshopper.com) URL
• Diseases of the Eye (Bausch + Lomb) URL
• Eye anatomy and function URL
• Eye Problems (WebMD) URL
• Eye Problems Symptom Checker (Mayo Clinic) URL
• How do Eyes Work? URL
• Science Experiments

• 17 Amazing and Easy Science Experiments URL
• 50 Easy Science Experiments with Household Stuff URL
• Food Science Experiments URL
• Science Buddies - experiments URL
• Science Buddies - STEM activities URL
• Science Experiments URL
• Steve Spangler Science Archive URL
• 
  Scientists

• Canadian Scientists URL
• Famous Canadian Physicians URL
• Math

• MacTutor History of Math Archive URL
• Math E-Glossary URL
• Math Is Fun URL
• World of Math URL

Social Studies Resources

• Archaeology

• Human Evolution & Archaeology URL
• Atlases

• A note re other sources of online maps URL
• Google Maps URL
• World Atlas URL
• Biographies

• Biography Online URL
• Who2? (Biography Site) URL
• Biography Centre URL
• Biographies (Awesome Library) URL
• Biography.com URL
• Canada - First Peoples

• Canada's First People URL
• Ecokids First Nations URL
• First Nations in Canada URL
• Canada - General Info

• CIVIX - Student Vote URL
• Lonely Planet Canada URL
• Student Vote Youtube Channel URL
• Trans Canada Highway Trip Planner URL
• Country Studies

• Countryreports.org URL
• log-in info for CountryReports.org URL
• Lonely Planet URL
• World Fact Book URL
• Discrimination (see also Human Rights, Canada - First Peoples)

• Averting a Backlash URL
• Ugly Muslim Backlash Starts URL
• The 9/11 Attacks URL
• BBC - Yugoslavia's Slobodan Milosevic URL
• CBC Digital Archives Chinese Immigration to Canada URL
• Residential Schools - Where are the Children? URL
• Residential Schools (CBC) URL
• Residential Schools (Government of Canada) URL
• Residential Schools (Historica) URL
• Residential Schools (The Tyee) URL
• Early Humans

• Human Evolution & Archaeology URL
• Smithsonian: What does it mean to be human URL
• Hominid Species URL
• Histo Map of Evolution File
• Famous Canadians

• Canadian Scientists URL
• Explorers URL
• Newsmakers URL
• Canadian Physicians URL
• Canadian Heroines URL
• Terry Fox URL
• Terry Fox Exhibit URL
• Athletes URL
• History - General Info

• Crashcourse World History Youtube URL
• Historical Thinking URL
• History: On This Day URL
• History on the Net URL
• Human Rights (see also Discrimination, Canada - First Peoples)

• Black History in Canada URL
• CBC Digital Archives Chinese Immigration to Canada URL
• Child Labor URL
• Child Labor Coalition URL
• Exploited Children Study URL
• Global March Against Child Labour URL
• GoodWeave URL
• International Initiative to End Child Labor URL
• International Labor Organization URL
• International Labor Rights Forum URL
• Irish Immigrants URL
• Italian Canadian History URL
• Japanese Canadian History URL
• Martin Luther King URL
• Rosa Parks URL
• UNICEF URL
• WE.org URL
• Youth for Human Rights URL
• Middle Ages

• Bayeux Tapestry (Youtube) URL
• Crash Course in History - Dark Ages (?) URL
• Duckster History: Middle Ages URL
• History.com - Middle Ages (various subtopics) URL
• Medieval Times URL
• The Middle Ages.net (various subtopics) URL
• The Real Robin Hood URL
• ThoughtCo. - Black Death URL
• ThoughtCo. - Daily Life in the Middle Ages URL
• Poverty Issues in the World

• Live Below the Line (Australia) URL
• Eating on $2 a Day questions URL
• Thrifty Foods flyer URL
• Mustard Seed Food Bank URL
• Food Share Network URL
• food security notes page URL
• 7 poverty groups - question sheet (all groups) URL
• 7 poverty groups - aboriginals URL
• 7 poverty groups - children URL
• 7 poverty groups - LGBT URL
• 7 poverty groups - mental health URL
• 7 poverty groups - seniors URL
• 7 poverty groups - singles URL
• 7 poverty groups - working poor URL
• Human Development Index (HDI) URL
• Human Development Index (HDI) questions URL
• Iqbal Massih - biographical info & facts URL
• Kiva microlending site activity URL
• NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) Project URL
• NGO - Anawim House URL
• NGO - Canadian Red Cross URL
• NGO - CARE Canada URL
• NGO - Free the Children (aka WEorg.) URL
• NGO - Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) URL
• NGO - Mustard Seed URL
• NGO - Oxfam Canada URL
• NGO - Plan International (Canada) URL
• NGO - Save the Children URL
• NGO - World Vision URL
• Wrapping Up Our Poverty Study URL
• What Makes an Infographic? (picture) URL
• Remembrance Day

• Canada Remembers Times URL
• Canadian War Museum URL
• United Nations

• United Nations for Kids Episode 1 URL
• United Nations for Kids Episode 2 URL
• What is United Nations and What Does it Do? - Mini Documentary URL
• The History of the United Nations URL
• World History: Ancient Civilizations

• Crashcourse World History Youtube URL
• Histo Map of World History File
• History on the Net URL
• Map of Europe 1000 BCE to present Page
• Rome

• Ancient Rome URL
• Ducksters Ancient Rome URL
• BBC History URL
• Timemaps Ancient Rome URL
• Mr. Donn Ancient Rome URL
• Vikings

• BBC Vikings URL
• BBC History URL
• Dublinia - Viking museum, Dublin Ireland URL
• Vikings Network URL
• Greece

• Ancient Greece URL
• Mr. Donn - Greece URL
• Ducksters Ancient Greece URL
• BBC Primary Ancient Greece URL
• Ancient Greek World URL
• University Press Ancient Greece URL
• The Ancient Greeks and Food URL
• Ancient Greek Art and Architecture URL
• Greek Alphabet URL
• Ancient Greek Military Technology URL
• Greek Philosophy for Kids URL
• The Democratic Experiment URL
• China

• Mr. Donn China URL
• Duckster's Ancient China URL
• Great Wall URL
• Dowling Chinese History URL
• India

• Mr. Donn India URL
• Timemaps Indus Valley URL
• BBC Primary History Indus Valley URL
• Indus Valley URL
• Egypt

• British Museum URL
• BBC History URL
• History on the Net - Ancient Egypt URL
• Mr. Donn Egypt URL
• Mark Millmore Discovering Ancient Egypt URL
• Life in Ancient Egypt - Tour Egypt URL
• Mesopotamia

• British Museum Mesopotamia URL
• Collapse of Mesopotamia URL
• Crash Course in History - Mesopotamia URL
• Duckster Mesopotamia URL
• Khan Academy - Ancient Mesopotamia URL
• Mr. Donn Mesopotamia URL
• University of Chicago Library - Mesopotamia URL
• World Religions

• Please read this before researching a religion URL

Other Resources

• What Should I Read Next URL
• Tech Tools to Try Page
• BCTF Aboriginal Education resources URL
• First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) URL
• First Voices (website) URL

Student Projects

Research Support

• 20-word summary URL
• 20-word summary - example URL
• Cornell notes sheet (editable) URL
• Cornell notes sheet (Youtube video how-to) URL
• Dictionary.com URL
• ehow.com URL
• Finding Good Sources for Your Research Project URL
• Finding What You Want on the Internet URL
• Google like a Boss File
• GVPL Digital Content (requires library card to login) URL
• How Search Works URL
• How to Create a Padlet URL
• How to Research File
• How to tell if you're plagiarizing File
• Learn to Take Notes (slideshare) URL
• Media Smarts URL
• MLA Style for Middle School Students File
• RADCAB URL
• ROMS Research Record URL
• Studying for Tests File

Parents

• Parent Support for Reading File
• Why Can't I Skip File