Make virtual simulated trades and learn how the U.S. stock market works—all at no cost - from TD Bank.
"Our Virtual Stock Market Game can be used both in the classroom to help students learn about the stock market
and personal finance, or individually to practice trading real stocks at real prices, without risking real money."
This is a great resource! It is a geography-based game - and a whole lot of fun!
"GeoGuessr is a web-based geographic discovery game designed by Anton Wallén, a Swedish IT consultant, released on 9 May 2013. The game uses a semi-randomized Google Street View location for paying members and Mapillary for non-members. The game requires players to guess their location in the world using only the clues visible." (Wikipedia)
You can play one free game every 24 hours or subscribe to be able to play as much as you want.
This game is FUN and will help you and your students learn geography!
No login required!
Start by guessing a country and it will tell you if you are getting warmer or cooler to the mystery country of the day.
This site hosts a "collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult."
This site can help you break down things you need to do at home, school or work into a manageable list of tasks using the "Magic ToDo" tab. The "Estimator" tab will help you know how long your tasks will take.
You can also use the "Formalizer" to improve writing; the "Judge" tab to help determine the tone of something; the "Professor" tab to give you a crash course on anything, the "Compiler" tab to take a brain dump and turn it into tasks and even the "Chef" tab to help you decide what to make for lunch.
This tool is free through the website (the app has a charge).
This is a great site to help you find a book you'll love. If you sign up you can enter books you've enjoyed and it will make suggestions for you! Remember to check out Sora to see if you can find a copy of the book there if you are a Sun West student or teacher!
There are plenty of recommended reading lists available here!
Scroll to the very bottom of the page to find the "Best of" lists for readers of all ages!
October is agriculture month and a time to highlight our connection to food and the role that agriculture plays in the lives of Saskatchewan people and our students! This year’s theme is #MealsFromtheFarm.
If you are interested in incorporating food or agriculture into your lessons this month, have your Grade K-1 students enjoy some fun and learning with this "Meals From The Farm" Kahoot!
This is a great already pre made with slide transitions and animations if you are making study games, etc! All you need to do is plug in your own questions and content!
Interland is an engaging and fun online site that makes digital citizenship and safety lessons into a game. There are four fun games to choose from.
October is agriculture month and a time to highlight our connection to food and the role that agriculture plays in the lives of Saskatchewan people and our students! This year’s theme is #MealsFromtheFarm.If you are interested in incorporating food or agriculture into your lessons this month, have your students enjoy some fun and learning with these "Meals From The Farm" Kahoots from Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan!
Kahoot! is a game-based platform that makes learning awesome for millions of people all over the world. Sign up to create and play fun quiz games!
Having students make quizzes on Kahoot! is a great way for them to extend their learning and benefit the entire class!
Kahoot! is an excellent formative assessment tool. You can give feedback to your students after each question as you play. Make learning a game show...your students will never have so much fun being assessed.
Videos, Podcasts, Quizzes!
Learn how anything works. It's all here from health, science, home/garden, auto, tech, money, lifestyle, enterainment, adventure, animals and more!
Gamified, data-driven activities help master keyboarding skills.
A huge number of digestible lessons, addictive gameplay, an intuitive skills progression, and an attractive interface.
This amazing site from Alberta has interactive for all the strands.
These could be used by students or in small group instruction or as a whole class.
A gamified resource that teaches students about healthy food, how to make healthy food choices, and how to interpret food labels and advertisements. Each lesson is a 'Mission' where students work in groups to create a Super-Human to defeat villains that are trying to take over the food system.
Note: Order the free kit beforehand.
This site offers online science, mastered: exceptional content within meaningful tasks.
Labs include: Exoplanet, Polar, Evolution, Cyber Security, RNA, Cloud, Energy, Sun
Free. For grades 6-12
About Ocean School:
Ocean School is a free environmental education resource for students in grades 5–12. Our inspiring and immersive multimedia resources featuring linear and 360˚ videos, VR/AR, interactive media and hands-on projects and activities are offered in English and French. Our cross-curricular content spans science, social studies, language arts and more!
Ocean School is the result of a dynamic partnership between the National Film Board of Canada and the Ocean Frontier Institute at Dalhousie University. A team of scientists, educators, and storytellers are creating innovative and engaging content that illustrates how we all have a role to play in protecting the ocean and seeks to inspire the next generation to take action!
Visit Ocean School: https://oceanschool.nfb.ca/
Over 150 simulations, ready to use and ready to bring concepts to life for your students in Math & Science!
Google Quick, Draw! tells you what to draw and then uses artificial intelligence to try to guess what you're drawing. Fun!
"Free self-paced quizzes to review, assess, and engage—in class and at home."
This is a great formative assessment tool that makes learning and reviewing feel like a game.
This tool is great for students when working individually (compared to Kahoot! and Quizlet where the class plays together). Kids could do them at a station, centre or even for homework.
Turn your assessment into a game!
Anyone can use Quizlet to study and learn content created by other users, or to create your own custom study sets. You can also share sets with friends, classmates or your students.
The best way to get started on Quizlet as a student or a teacher is to search for sets made by other Quizlet users. Students and teachers create new study sets all the time, so it's quite likely that you'll be able to find what you're looking for.
This is a great tool for formative assessment. Students can work in groups and compare answers and learn from one another.