Orca Book Publishers Canada has compiled a number of online resources that can be used from home or in the classroom. You'll find links to free teacher guides and activities, ebooks and audiobooks, as well as information about Orca's dedicated language arts program and digital subscriptions.
This site gives information on:
Distance Learning - including information on the Story Ninja program, accessing digital subscriptions and Orca titles
Free Downloads - offers access to Orca Classroom Connections (a quarterly teacher resource with free lesson plans and activities for elementary, middle-school and high-school classrooms) and downloadable teacher guides for many titles
RESOURCE WEBSITES - including the Lucy Tries Sports website;, online resources about sustainability, environmental responsibility, and about the Great Bear Rainforest; Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation; and Seven (the Series): 3 SERIES. 21 BOOKS. 7 AUTHORS
AUTHORS READ - Watch videos of Orca authors reading from their books and learn more about the Read Aloud Canadian Books Program.

Our Homes Are Bleeding - Digital Collection

The "Our Homes Are Bleeding" collection has grown out of the stories of cut-off lands in British Columbia. These stories are a part of the history of the reserve system in Canada, aboriginal title and rights and First Nations resistance to colonial assertion of land title.

The digital collection draws together several types of primary materials. The records of the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913 - 1916) include transcripts of testimonies given to the Commission, photographs and maps. Additional historical records, including maps, documents, newspaper articles, photographs, audio and video clips, show the continual assertion of aboriginal title and rights. Resource lists, narrative essays, a student webquest and teacher's resources have been developed to support the use of the collection.

Resources for a novel study on the "The Outsiders". Resources include literature circles, rubrics and extension activities.

Students read The Outsiders in a Literature Circle setting. Students use creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking throughout the novel study to complete assignments and work with one another focusing on comprehending and responding to the novel, creative writing pieces relating to the novel, and assessing and reflecting their work and other work.

library2go helps keep students reading. Students can access ebooks and audiobooks from the provincial library system if they have a library card. This is an opportune time for students to develop fluency and stamina for reading independently. Invite them to explore titles in different genres and to find nonfiction titles that build on their interests. If students don’t have a library card, they can check out their regional library’s membership tab. Many libraries have an online application option so that students can gain a temporary library card number to borrow materials

This site offers Life Skills Curriculum for Elementary, Middle, and High School.
Overcoming Obstacles is a free, award-winning, and research-based life skills curriculum that provides educators with the tools to teach elementary, middle, and high school students the skills necessary for success. With hundreds of easy to teach activity-based lessons covering more than 30 critical social and emotional skills, students learn how to communicate effectively. They learn how to make informed decisions. They learn how to set and achieve goals, resolve conflicts, solve problems, respect one another, and more

Great games and activities for reading and math for kids aged 3 to 11. This site is targeted at parents and children, and can easily be used for free at home.

Students needed to become a little bit more independent in the cooking lab in creating their own final product to present to a panel of judges. Students had a lot of fun with the “competition” aspect of it. They competed for 5 classes worth of not having to wash dishes.

The Cupcake Color Wheel activity provides a meaningful, memorable way for students to study Color Theory. Used in my Practical and Applied Arts 10- Survey class, it is part of the Interior Design module. Through this activity, students learn color terminology, mixing colors, and gain knowledge and understanding in the concepts of complementary colors, values, and chroma. If this activity is completed as part of a Food Studies class, it provides students an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in the kitchen basics, and in the preparation of cakes and frostings.

Included are documents outlining information and safe operating procedures for the use when arc welding.

This document outlines the standard procedures, pre-operational safety checks and operational safety checks when arc welding.

This extensive unit, developed by Cindy Menzies, details the outcomes, indicators, suggested lessons, classroom posters/student reference materials, formative and summative assessments for the following modules of Food Studies 7:

Module 1 – Kitchen Basics and Tools
Module 2 – Kitchen and Food Safety
Module 3 – Baking Basics
Module 4 – Cooking Basics

Included is a document that gives a comprehensive listing of various tools, their proper use and ways they are abused or misused, plus individual documents providing hand safety tips for hammers, vises, clamps, screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers and wirecutters.

This extensive unit, developed by Cindy Menzies, details the outcomes, indicators, suggested lessons, classroom posters/student reference materials, formative and summative assessments for the following modules of Life Transitions 7:

Module 1 – Understanding Stress
Module 2 – Growing Independence

This document outlines the safety procedures and gives a detailed diagram of the Millermatic 200 welder.

Included is information on power tool safety from the Power Tool Institute, as well as details and safety considerations for specific power tools.

This document outlines the safety procedures, diagrams and other important operating tips for using the Powermax 45 Plasma Cutter.

We intend to create a winter garden and landscape the garden patch on the east side of the school. The landscaping will help make the school look more inviting and create a more welcoming atmosphere that persuades people to come into our school! The following are the powerpoints and outlines we used to do this.

Explore the many forms of visual art, from basket weaving to painting, and glasswork to furniture, with resources that encourage analysis, research, and practice. Preschoolers can practice their colors and discover how colors change when mixed with a lesson from the Abracadabra series. Middle and high school students can design self-logos and write descriptions of them after watching "The Art of Logo Design" from Off Book. The Math + Arts collection provides cross-curricular lessons that combine math with visual arts topics such as Shapes & Patterns, Perspective Drawing, and Totem Poles. Filmmaking, photography, and architecture, in addition to careers in art, the history of visual arts, and art institution, are all also explored.

Explore the videos, interactive lessons, interactives, lesson plans, galleries, audio files, images, documents, webpages and collections. Lots to offer!

This site offers math videos for students in the following areas:
Counting and Cardinality
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Number & Operations in Base Ten
Geometry
Measurement & Data
Number & Operations—Fractions
Ratios & Proportional Systems
Statistics & Probability
The Number System
Expressions & Equations
Functions