On-Line Resources
2021 Canada Election
CTV: Where do the parties stand? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-election-2021/federal-election-2021-platform-guide-where-do-the-parties-stand
CBC: How do the main parties compare on these issues? newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2021/party-platforms/
Liberals Official liberal party videos liberal.ca/video/
Official website liberal.ca/our-platform/
NDP Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/ndpcanada
Official website www.ndp.ca/
Conservatives Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/cpcpcc
Official website www.conservative.ca/
Bloc Quebecois Official YouTube channel (in French) www.youtube.com/user/BlocQuebecois
Official website (upper right corner, choose English) www.blocquebecois.org/
Green Party Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/canadiangreenparty/videos
Official website https://www.greenparty.ca/en
General Good Research Sites
This Day in History http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
Thesaurus www.thesaurus.com
Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/
Discovery Education Canada http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/Canada/
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Know BC knowbc.com/
Helpful Math Sites
Factors and Multiples
Math is Fun www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/factors-multiples.html
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-factors-multiples
Prodigy www.prodigygame.com (need to create a personal account)
Decimals
Cool Math www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals
Division
Common Core Multiplication (worksheets to print) www.commoncoresheets.com
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide/mult-digit-div-2/v/division-2
IXL (Division) https://ca.ixl.com/math/division
Math is Fun (Division) https://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division.html
Multiplication
Common Core Multiplication (worksheets to print) www.commoncoresheets.com
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide
On Line Quiz Practice www.multiplication.com/quiz/multiplication-self-correcting-quizzes
IXL Multiplication ixl.com/math/multiplication
Helpful Health (H.A.C.E.) Sites
SOGI Project Resources
ADL Be an Ally handout here
BCTF the Gender Spectrum Glossary https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/LGBTQ/GS-GlossaryEN.pdf
Surrey Safe Schools PSST www.psst-bc.ca
Strong Family Alliance Vocabulary List here
Q-Chat https://www.qchatspace.org/
Glad: Be an Ally, Be a Friend https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally; https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally/4
It Gets Better https://itgetsbetter.org/about/
Healthy Eating & Living
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/index-eng.php
http://www.participaction.com/
http://healthyschoolsbc.ca/category/21/healthy-relationships
http://www.psst-bc.ca/
Body Systems
see other general research sites below
Fact Monster https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/science/human-body
Kids Health https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/htbw/
National Geographic /www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/ (note there are some graphic pictures)
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id)
Inner Body http://www.innerbody.com/
Mental Health Unit Resources
Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Disorders www.canmat.org
Anxiety BC youth.anxietybc.com
BC Youth MindCheck mindcheck.ca
Ketly Eating Disorders keltyeatingdisorders.ca
Fraser Health www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/health-topics (will bring you to a search page which can show you other sites related to your topic)
Government of Canada Mental Health https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/topics/mental-illness.html
Helpful Social Studies Sites
Ancient Civilizations
The British Museum:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/home_set.html
History Channel http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id and password or ask for the generic one.)
WebPath Express article via Hillcrest Library site library.sd36.bc.ca/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Kid's Google: Kidtopia https://www.kidtopia.info/ancient_civilizations.html
PBS Online https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/
Ancient Indus Civilizations https://www.harappa.com/slideshows
Mesopotamia LookLex Encyclopedia http://i-cias.com/e.o/mesopotamia.htm
Early Man
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id and password or ask for the generic one.)
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/early-humans
Smithsonian Why did Neanderthals Go Extinct? video insider.si.edu/2015/08/why-did-neanderthals-go-extinct/
Smithsonian What Does it Mean to Be Human? http://humanorigins.si.edu/
Being Human (Arizona State University) www.becominghuman.org/
PBS Human Evolution (for high school students, may be above your reading level) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/index.html
Early Language (for high school, but you may get gist) https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/faq-how-did-language-begin
Evolved TEDTalk https://ideas.ted.com/what-the-mysterious-symbols-made-by-early-humans-can-teach-us-about-how-we-evolved/
* remember to write your bibliography, preferably MLA
Animal Research Sites
Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/
Discovery Education Canada http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/Canada/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Animal Fact Guide http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/
Canadian Geographic www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids
San Diego Zoo http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals
Poverty Unit Resources
CIA Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
Kiva http://www.kiva.org/
2021 Canada Election
CTV: Where do the parties stand? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-election-2021/federal-election-2021-platform-guide-where-do-the-parties-stand
CBC: How do the main parties compare on these issues? newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2021/party-platforms/
Liberals Official liberal party videos liberal.ca/video/
Official website liberal.ca/our-platform/
NDP Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/ndpcanada
Official website www.ndp.ca/
Conservatives Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/cpcpcc
Official website www.conservative.ca/
Bloc Quebecois Official YouTube channel (in French) www.youtube.com/user/BlocQuebecois
Official website (upper right corner, choose English) www.blocquebecois.org/
Green Party Official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/canadiangreenparty/videos
Official website https://www.greenparty.ca/en
General Good Research Sites
This Day in History http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
Thesaurus www.thesaurus.com
Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/
Discovery Education Canada http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/Canada/
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Know BC knowbc.com/
Helpful Math Sites
Factors and Multiples
Math is Fun www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/factors-multiples.html
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-factors-multiples
Prodigy www.prodigygame.com (need to create a personal account)
Decimals
Cool Math www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals
Division
Common Core Multiplication (worksheets to print) www.commoncoresheets.com
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide/mult-digit-div-2/v/division-2
IXL (Division) https://ca.ixl.com/math/division
Math is Fun (Division) https://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division.html
Multiplication
Common Core Multiplication (worksheets to print) www.commoncoresheets.com
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide
On Line Quiz Practice www.multiplication.com/quiz/multiplication-self-correcting-quizzes
IXL Multiplication ixl.com/math/multiplication
Helpful Health (H.A.C.E.) Sites
SOGI Project Resources
ADL Be an Ally handout here
BCTF the Gender Spectrum Glossary https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/LGBTQ/GS-GlossaryEN.pdf
Surrey Safe Schools PSST www.psst-bc.ca
Strong Family Alliance Vocabulary List here
Q-Chat https://www.qchatspace.org/
Glad: Be an Ally, Be a Friend https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally; https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally/4
It Gets Better https://itgetsbetter.org/about/
Healthy Eating & Living
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/index-eng.php
http://www.participaction.com/
http://healthyschoolsbc.ca/category/21/healthy-relationships
http://www.psst-bc.ca/
Body Systems
see other general research sites below
Fact Monster https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/science/human-body
Kids Health https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/htbw/
National Geographic /www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/ (note there are some graphic pictures)
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id)
Inner Body http://www.innerbody.com/
Mental Health Unit Resources
Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Disorders www.canmat.org
Anxiety BC youth.anxietybc.com
BC Youth MindCheck mindcheck.ca
Ketly Eating Disorders keltyeatingdisorders.ca
Fraser Health www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/health-topics (will bring you to a search page which can show you other sites related to your topic)
Government of Canada Mental Health https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/topics/mental-illness.html
Helpful Social Studies Sites
Ancient Civilizations
The British Museum:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/home_set.html
History Channel http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id and password or ask for the generic one.)
WebPath Express article via Hillcrest Library site library.sd36.bc.ca/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Kid's Google: Kidtopia https://www.kidtopia.info/ancient_civilizations.html
PBS Online https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/
Ancient Indus Civilizations https://www.harappa.com/slideshows
Mesopotamia LookLex Encyclopedia http://i-cias.com/e.o/mesopotamia.htm
Early Man
World Book Student www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home
Discovery Education https://surreyschools.discoveryeducation.ca/ (use your FreshGrade login id and password or ask for the generic one.)
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/early-humans
Smithsonian Why did Neanderthals Go Extinct? video insider.si.edu/2015/08/why-did-neanderthals-go-extinct/
Smithsonian What Does it Mean to Be Human? http://humanorigins.si.edu/
Being Human (Arizona State University) www.becominghuman.org/
PBS Human Evolution (for high school students, may be above your reading level) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/index.html
Early Language (for high school, but you may get gist) https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/faq-how-did-language-begin
Evolved TEDTalk https://ideas.ted.com/what-the-mysterious-symbols-made-by-early-humans-can-teach-us-about-how-we-evolved/
* remember to write your bibliography, preferably MLA
Animal Research Sites
Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/
Discovery Education Canada http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/Canada/
National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Animal Fact Guide http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/
Canadian Geographic www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids
San Diego Zoo http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals
Poverty Unit Resources
CIA Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
Kiva http://www.kiva.org/
Helpful Sites for Research Essays
Citations for Bibliography*
need to be MLA. Needs to be in alphabetical order. See http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website or below
Website should look like: History Channel. Retrieved from: www.website.ca
title - italicized. Retrieved from: website address
Books should look like: Hurtubise, Nicole, and Nikki Marie. The Bacon Lovers Guide to BBQing. Surrey, Scholastic, 2000. Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
Website Video should look like: Hurtubise, Nicole. "Awesome Sauce." Youtube, version 1.1, Hillcrest Studios, 2018, www.website.
Last name, First name of the creator. “Title of the film or video.” Title of the website, Version, Numbers, Publisher, Publication date, URL.
*Watch the punctuations!
Copyfree Images
Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/photos/copy/
Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/
You can also use Google, just remember to set up your advanced settings to allow free or commercial use images only
Citations for Bibliography*
need to be MLA. Needs to be in alphabetical order. See http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website or below
Website should look like: History Channel. Retrieved from: www.website.ca
title - italicized. Retrieved from: website address
Books should look like: Hurtubise, Nicole, and Nikki Marie. The Bacon Lovers Guide to BBQing. Surrey, Scholastic, 2000. Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
Website Video should look like: Hurtubise, Nicole. "Awesome Sauce." Youtube, version 1.1, Hillcrest Studios, 2018, www.website.
Last name, First name of the creator. “Title of the film or video.” Title of the website, Version, Numbers, Publisher, Publication date, URL.
*Watch the punctuations!
Copyfree Images
Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/photos/copy/
Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/
You can also use Google, just remember to set up your advanced settings to allow free or commercial use images only
Helpful Sites for Science
Space Resources
Star Life Cycle http://www.slideshare.net/muergan/star-life-cycle
Life Cycle of a Star http://www.slideshare.net/jan_parker/life-cycle-of-stars-3196871
Space Facts - Galaxies http://space-facts.com/galaxy-types
Kids' Astronomy www.kidsastronomy.com/galaxys
Science World Book and other SD36 resources www.surreyschools.ca/sites
Science Dicitionary for Kids http://www.lovemyscience.com/cat_dictionary.html
Space Resources
Star Life Cycle http://www.slideshare.net/muergan/star-life-cycle
Life Cycle of a Star http://www.slideshare.net/jan_parker/life-cycle-of-stars-3196871
Space Facts - Galaxies http://space-facts.com/galaxy-types
Kids' Astronomy www.kidsastronomy.com/galaxys
Science World Book and other SD36 resources www.surreyschools.ca/sites
Science Dicitionary for Kids http://www.lovemyscience.com/cat_dictionary.html
Helpful Sites for Digital and Media Literacy
Common Sense Media https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
Passport to the Internet (password needed) www.surreyschools.ca/sites/7V5JQUO4HC/studentresources/
The Critical Thinking Consortium https://tc2.ca/
Moby “Are You Lost in the World?” video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8
Media Smarts: Media Literacy 101 http://mediasmarts.ca/media-literacy-101
House Hippo youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE
Common Sense Media https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
Passport to the Internet (password needed) www.surreyschools.ca/sites/7V5JQUO4HC/studentresources/
The Critical Thinking Consortium https://tc2.ca/
Moby “Are You Lost in the World?” video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8
Media Smarts: Media Literacy 101 http://mediasmarts.ca/media-literacy-101
House Hippo youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE