The Explora database for schools and public libraries provides a reliable source of information to complete homework and research projects and deliver robust school curricula.

Explore History Portal provides primary source materials designed to help students and researchers examine literary, political, and social culture of the last 500 years and develop a more meaningful understanding of how history continues to impact the world today.

Explore Learning offers 3 programs to support students learning at home:

Gizmos (Grades 3-12) Get hands-on with math and science.
Gizmos are online simulations that excite curiosity and invite interaction. We’ve got over 400 Gizmos in our library covering topics and concepts in math and science for grades 3-12. Gizmos help students dig deeper into subjects and really understand challenging concepts.

Reflex (Grades 2-6) When they use Reflex, kids love math.
Adaptive and individualized, Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Full of games that students love, Reflex takes students at every level and helps them quickly gain math fact fluency and confidence. And educators and parents love the powerful reporting that allows them to monitor progress and celebrate success.

Science4Us (Grades K-2) It’s never too early to learn science!
Science4Us covers Inquiry, Physical Science, Life Science and Earth & Space Science with lessons specifically designed for K-2 students. The sessions have 1000’s of online and offline activities that can be completed in as little as ten minutes, and teach students using videos, interaction, poems, songs, and digital notebooks.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects.
Great for Math!
ELA
Science
Geography
Games
Tools - encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and much more
Teaching resources - PBL, PD, teaching strategies, choice boards & more

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Your mission is to plan a 1 week adventure holiday for 12 math students anywhere in Saskatchewan. At the end of the project, you will have a chance to “sell” your adventure holiday to other students and hope they choose yours! You have $2500 a person.

Math Learning Goals:

· Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals (N7.2)

· Compare and order fractions, decimals and mixed numbers (N7.3)

· Convert between fractions and terminating/repeating decimals (N7.3)

· Solve problems involving fractions, decimals and percents (N7.3, N7.4)

· Adding and Subtracting Integers (N7.6)

· Developing and Evaluating Expressions (P7.1, P7.2)

"Reach all your students at their own level.
Freckle empowers teachers to differentiate instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science."

"Allows kids to practice math at their own level and pace. Has more than 30,000 math questions, starting with a diagnostic that assigns material at just the right level. Front Row also features lessons, assessments, and reports for teachers. Grades: K–9; cost: Free for teachers; $ for upgrades and other features."

On June 10, 2024, the Sun West School Division Grade-Alike Planning Team hosted a Share Out Day in which they presented their collaborative projects and provided links to all resources explored throughout the year. The teacher recommended resources for Grades 7, 8, and 9 are available in the GAP Hub. This participant handout contains information about each of the learning topics and includes learning outcomes and links to informative websites as recommeded by the guest presenters. 

This video highlights students taking scientific measurements to support investigations in atmospheric science, hydrology, soils, and land cover. It shows students reporting data through the Web, creating scientific visualizations for analysis, and collaborating with students and scientists around the world. This is one two introductory videos in the 24-part GLOBE video series. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program.

This video highlights students taking scientific measurements to support investigations in atmospheric science, hydrology, soils, and land cover. It shows students reporting data through the Web, creating scientific visualizations for analysis, and collaborating with students and scientists around the world. This is one of two introductory videos in the 24-part GLOBE video series. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program.

Gale Academic OneFile Select is a cross-disciplinary research database (science, literature, history, etc.). Students can search over 5,000 journals, magazines and newspapers. The database also includes multimedia content.

General OneFile is a cross-disciplinary research database (science, literature, history, etc.). Access to more than 14,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, along with over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos.

High School Edition is designed for middle- and high-school students and provides access to age-appropriate, authoritative digital content for classroom assignments. Learners can research magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies.

Gale Health and Wellness offers access to medical journals, magazines, reference works and multimedia. This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

Gale in Context: Elementary is a research database for Kindergarten to Grade 5 students. This resource is a credible, reliable and ad-free information source.  Students, teachers and parents will find age-appropriate videos, images, biographies, magazine and newspaper articles on popular topics.

Gale in Context: Middle School is a research database for Grade 6 - Grade 8 students. This resource is a credible, reliable and ad-free information source.  Students, teachers and parents will find age-appropriate videos, images, biographies, magazine and newspaper articles on popular topics.

This cross-searchable environment brings together Gale’s premier literary databases to allow users to search across a library’s resources (Gale Literature Resources Center, Scribner Writer Series and Twayne's Author Series) to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. 

The Health and Medicine database provides periodical and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers.

Ideal for students, law school faculty, and legal researchers, Gale OneFile: LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.

This Grade 6 Social Studies Immigration Inquiry Project allows students a chance to look into immigrants and refugees that have come to Canada.