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Learning from Home Resources: 9

Resources that can be used during a functional school closure

Passwords

Here is a list of all the work at home passwords you might need:

For: CultureGrams; WorldBook Resources:  Early World of Learning, WB Student, WB Discover, WB Kids, WB Advanced, WB Découverte; TigTag; EBSCO Resources (including Consumer Health Complete); KnowBC Encyclopedia of British Columbia; 4Canoes

For: Gale Resources: National Geographic Kids, Global Issues in Context, Canada in Context, Science in Context, Power Search, Gale Virtual Reference Library

English Language Arts

Don't have a novel or left it at school? Use one of these online e-book / audiobook services:

Login with:

Username - Same as school username

Password - Student number

Thousands of e-books and hundreds of audiobooks to choose from.

Warning some may have mature content

A variety of e-books and audiobooks that will interest teens.

Warning some may have mature content

 

Science

Big Idea (Concept) Resource Resources to Support

Asexual reproduction:

  • mitosis
  • different forms

 

Sexual reproduction:

  • meiosis
  • human sexual reproduction
Element properties as organized in the periodic table

 

PHET Interactive Simulations

An element’s properties are related to the arrangement and energy of its electrons and to its atomic size

PHET Interactive Simulations

Circuits — must be complete for electrons to flow

Science World

PHET Interactive Simulations

Voltage, current, and resistance

PHET Interactive Simulations

Effects of solar radiation on the cycling of matter and energy

PHET Interactive Simulations

Matter cycles within biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems

Sustainability of systems and First Peoples’ principles of interconnectedness

 

Social Studies

Big Idea (Concept) Resource Resources to Support
Political, social, economic, and technological revolutions

Canada’s History

The continuing effects of imperialism and colonialism on indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world

Huble Homestead

Finding Heart – National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Video)
Global demographic shifts, including patterns of migration and population growth

 

Keywords

Nationalism and the development of modern nation-states, including Canada

Roll a Coin Through the Curriculum
Local, regional, and global conflicts

National Defence and the Canadian Forces

Discriminatory policies, attitudes, and historical wrongs

Finding Heart – National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Video)
Physiographic features of Canada and geological processes

 

Applied Design Skills Technology

Learn how to create your own Pong Game in Scratch

Physical & Health Education

For Physical and Health Education, all students ages 13 and up are encouraged to do:

- Daily Physical Activity (At least 30 minutes)

Read through the Concussion Awareness guide and do at least one activity: