Explore these great resources!
Websites
– Hosted by Common Sense Media, this is a collection of learning activities for students and for teachers.
– Secondary students can navigate this site, but younger kids may want to wait for teacher direction.
– This is a free resource allowing teachers to share the best of European art, history, and culture with their students.
– Activities for all academic areas
– Free videos, books, lectures, and courses
– VIRL now has online library card requests. With your card you can unlock the ebook/audiobook collection as well as other digital resources. They are also offering free Wifi outside of their branches.
Free Videos
– Free online documentaries and Omnimax films!
– This is a free collection of 4,500+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home.
– Get moving with these fun routines!
– A huge list of authors and celebrities reading and sharing activities. Scroll down the list to see the offerings for older kids and young adults.
– Canadian children’s author Kenneth Oppel reads from his novels.
– Neal Shusterman reads his short stories.
Subscription Videos
– Â鶹ÍøÕ¾Áбíschool Hideout’s list
Virtual Field Trips & Live Cams
– Weekly virtual marine biology camps
– from the Vancouver Aquarium
– Subscribe to this free Youtube channel.
– The Hancock Wildlife Foundation’s eagle cams
Fine Arts
– This is a mix of free and subscription.
Sir Patrick Stewart reads a Shakespearean sonnet a day on his social media channels:
– Enjoy from your livingroom!
Fun
– Free virtual rides!
– Disney’s Youtube channel
— Tutorials