Teacher Candidates and instructors can find access information for the following resources under “Ed Tech Resources” on Brightspace.

• Britannica eBooks – eBooks for the Secondary level.
• Britannica French Resources – Junior French (Elementary French Immersion Level, or Core French Level in High Schools)
• Senior French (High School + Level)
• Britannica Image Quest
• Britannica School
• Britannica Curriculum Packs-Science
• Crabtree Digital – Accessing ebooks through Crabtree’s online portal using a web browser
• Explore Learning – Includes Reflex Math and resources in English and French
• Green Teacher– Call Number: QH 540 G74. See Brightspace for user name and password to webinars.
• Learn 360
• Maclean’s Archives – Canadian content for Canadian Schools covering all subject areas
• NFB Canada Campus– Access the National Film Board of Canada
• OERB – Access the Ministry of Education, Ontario Educational Resource Bank
• On-Core – Access McIntrye Media’s On-Core site
• OPHEA– Ontario Physical Health and Physical Education Curriculum Resources: Grades 1-8 and Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines
• STAO

Amazing Educational Resources

A non-profit initiative offering free access to educational resources for teachers, parents and students. Visit Amazing Educational Resources.

Ophea

Ophea has put together a collection of our health and physical education content to use with your kids to stay healthy and active at home. These resources can be used to continue learning while at home and are appropriate for parents and caregivers and as part of your child’s teachers’ health and physical education lesson planning. Visit OPHEA.

Crabtree Publishing

Crabtree Publishing wants to ensure that all students have access to quality curriculum PreK-9+ digital ebooks to enhance learning and to build a love of reading while at home. Crabtree is offering FREE access to the Crabtree Complete eLibrary until June 30, 2020! Access over 2000 PreK-9+ curriculum nonfiction and fiction ebooks! Visit Crabtree with the username read and password free.

Tumblebooks

TumbleBooks’ databases are easy to use, and feature unlimited access from home! Your kids can read as many books as they want, when they want, and on any device. There are no check-outs, holds, or bulky downloads. Books are available instantly. The following resources will be made available until August 31, 2020:

• TumbleMath – K-6 math ebook database (Username: tumble2020 and Password: A3b5c6)
• TeenBookCloud – Grade 7-12 ebook database (Username: tumble2020 and Password: A3b5c6)
• AudioBookCloud – This site is an audio book database for kids to adults, however the direct link below provides direct access to the children’s section (Username: tumble2020 and Password: A3b5c6)

Historica Canada

Historica Canada’s resources on civics, history and social studies are here to support online learning. Its free and bilingual resources include:

90+ Heritage Minutes including:

• Acadian Deportation
• D-Day
• Vancouver Asahi
• Jim Egan

35+ Education Guides including:

• Residential Schools in Canada
• Critical Digital Literacy
• Civics in the Classroom
• Record of Service

20,000+ Articles including:

• Fur Trade
• Louis Riel
• First World War
• Natural Regions

60+ Quizzes including:

• Geography
• Symbols
• Indigenous Peoples
• Science and Innovation

10 Podcast Episodes including:

• Residential Schools Podcast Series
• Record of Service Podcast
• Vancouver Asahi
• No. 2 Construction Battalion

150+ Educational Videos including:

• Women in Canadian History
• Indigenous Peoples
• Black History
• Think Like a Historian

65+ Timelines including:

• Significant Events in Canadian History
• Elections & Prime Ministers
• Indigenous Suffrage
• Environmental Movement

40+ Collections including:

• New France
• Citizenship
• First Nations
• Literature in Canada

STAO

Recently, in support of student education, STAO will be offering free teacher and student access to their educational resources until students are able to return to school. STAO’s  K-12 Streaming platform is curriculum correlated by grade level. It’s a video-centric platform where teachers would be able to assign specific science videos with study guides (not all videos have guides) and send them via various platforms. To access the grade K-12 educational video streaming resources click here (Username: free and Password: 2020)

Scholars Choice

Scholar’s Choice has made many free resources available now. Math resources, ebooks, printables and much more are available at the above link.

• Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum and Policy
• Ontario Ministry of Education Find a School or Find a Board

Databases and searchable indexes of lesson plans, units and teaching resources

• AskERIC Lesson Plans — Over 1,000 teacher-submitted lesson plans
• BCTF Lesson Aids Catalogue— Lesson aid titles for K-12 sold by British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
• CanTeach — Canadian non-commercial site with emphasis on lesson plans, resources, & links that have a Canadian focus
• Collaborative Lesson Archive — University of Illinois’s forum for the creation, distribution, and archival of education curricula and lesson plans
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans — Teacher-created lesson plans from Columbia Education Center, a private educational service organization in Portland, Oregon
• Digital Outline Map Collection — Custom designed maps prepared by Brock University’s Map Library
• Discovery Channel School Lesson Plan Library — Free lesson plans written by teachers for teachers
• Education Resource List — Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction’s links to over 400 sites categorized by curricular areas
• Evergreen Curriculum — Full text Curriculum Guides from Saskatchewan Education with many enhancements
• Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) — Instructional materials and databases for telecommunications and the integration of technology in education
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators — A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth
• LessonPlans4Teachers — Educators Network lesson plan directory and, compilation of some of the leading Lesson Plan search engines
• Lesson Plans from the Smithsonian — Plans and activities from Smithsonian museums, emphasizing inquiry-based learning with primary sources and museum collections
• Math Central — Math lesson and unit plans sponsored by the University of Regina and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation
• PedagoNet Learning Material and Resource Centre — Activities and Lessons
• Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation Teaching Materials Online — Full-text instructional units
• SEGway: Science Education Gateway — NASA science-based earth and space science curricula; Science Education Gateway at the Center for Science Education, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
• Sites for Teachers — Lesson plans, worksheets and activities
• Teacher Developed Earth and Space Science Lessons — University of California. Also includes Lesson Plan Template
• Teachers Helping Teachers — Lesson plans with basic teaching tips, new ideas and methodologies for inexperienced teachers
• TeachersNet Lesson Bank — Database of teacher submitted ideas and resources
• The Best on the Web for Teachers — The Web Portal for educators
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus — Project materials, an information database, resources for a Model UN
• Queen’s University Education Library
• University of Alberta H.T. Coutts Library
• University of British Columbia Education Library
• University of Calgary Doucette Library of Teaching Resources
• University of Saskatchewan College of Education Library

Canadian

• Canadian Children’s Book Centre
• Children’s Literature Web Guide — excellent guide to Canadian children’s literature, authors, children’s literature sites, and awards
• CM: Canadian Materials — reviews of books & non-print resources for young people
• National Library of Canada: Children’s Literature Service and Collection — reference & bibliographic services; annotated list of award-winning Canadian books
• Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books — Toronto Public Library; information regarding historical children’s literature

Select International Sites

• Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature — database designed to help develop tailored reading lists
• Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Web Site — reviews, teaching ideas, and creative groupings of children’s literature by theme, by curriculum area, by grade level
• de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection — North America’s leading research center in the field of children’s literature; children’s literature sites, services, bibliographies, etc.

ONTARIO CURRICULUM

PICTURE and BOARD BOOKS: Ages 3-8 (ECE to Grade 3)

MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS: 8-12 (Grade 3 to 7)

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS: AGES 12 AND UP (Grade 7 to 12 and up…)

• Adbo eBooks
• Britannica eBooks
• Britannica French Resources (Elementary French Immersion, or Core French in High Schools)
• Senior French (High School + Level)
• Britannica Image Quest
• Britannica School
• Crabtree Digital (Crabtree’s eBooks through online portal using a web browser)
• Explore Learning (Includes, Reflex Math and resources in English and French)
• Green Teacher
• Learn 360 (Ontario Ministry of Education recommended)
• NFB Canada Campus (National Film Board of Canada Campus)
• OERB (Ontario Educational Resource Bank)
• On-Core (McIntyre Media Inc.)
• OPHEA (Ontario Physical Education Guidelines)
• STAO (Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario)
• Tumble Books

• Databases
• James A. Gibson Library
• Map, Data & GIS Library

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