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This site offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science!
- Subject:
- Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Homework/Assignment
- Lesson
- Author:
- Mystery Science
- Date Added:
- 03/25/2020
This site offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science!
This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals.
A hub of online games and other learning resources for kids.
Teachers K-12 click "For Educators" from the top menu and select your grade range to get started.
Interactive tasks and games for all grade levels.
This site is for the young writer who is itching to write a novel … in 30 days. Lesson plans from prewriting to publishing help kids to develop and fine-tune their writing skills. This is a great resource for students who are up for using their imagination to create another world or simply tell their story. From lower elementary to high school.
The National Film Board of Canada's award-winning online Screening Room has over 3,000 productions.
Films on this site can be streamed free of charge, or downloaded for your personal use for a small fee. We also offer educational works on a subscription basis to schools and institutions.
Our Collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works. We showcase films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians—stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.
NFB's collection of educational films and resources.
Remember, as a SK teacher, you have access to materials here.
"National Geographic is a trusted resource for all aspects of geographic education. This site has resources for grades K-higher education and the breadth of the resources available cover a wide variety of activities, interactive material, mapping (of course), and guides for instructors. The scope of the site is such that subjects such as arts and music, English language arts, and biology are options along with -ology topics that one would expect to find in a site from National Geographic. The indexing of the site by grades, content types, and subjects allow easy searching through the website." (AASL)
National Geographic Young Explorer is a magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.
"The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City – devoted to the archaeology and history of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic civilisations. It was inaugurated in 1964 and designed by Mexican architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez."
Tour The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City from anywhere!
Explore music instruments, games and activities.
Who wants to be a ninja? Join Abbey Manser on her YouTube channel to learn basic karate skills for kids.
These YouTube videos offer lots of movement activities for kids.
No Red Ink is an online site that helps students specifically with grammar. It gives quizzes and exercises tailored to that students’ interests (sports, celebrities, etc) and offers a number of different differentiated platforms and games.
You have to sign up to use this for your students. Some features are locked for paid accounts, but that being said, there are a number of excellent activities for free as well!
Students complete a diagnostic test, do the practice and then write an assessment.
*grammar
*writing prompts
*skill building
*reading response
*bell ringers
*exit tickets
*fluency
*persuasion
*informational texts
*novel activities
Ideas for children to do when they are not in school to keep learning!
This site offers illustrated recipe picture books that get kid chefs excited about cooking.
Here are 25 fun activities that kids can do at home.
North American Association for Outdoor Education offers a rich bank of resources to get students to interact with nature through art and science exploration. There are many cross-curricular activities that can be done in students’ backyards. Some resources include printable material, while others have links to videos and detailed activity guides. While this resource is North American, rather than specific to Canada or Saskatchewan, many of the activities align with Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Each age level find:
- Resource Guides, Lesson Plans, and Teaching Activities
- Interactive Websites
- Apps
- Podcasts & Videos
Novel Effect makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups too!) As you read out loud from print books (or ebooks!) music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice.
Numeracy Tasks are designed to have students interact with mathematics in a way that is meaningful to them and that strengthens their understanding of mathematics and numbers in the world.
Activities are sorted by the following categories:
Primary (k-3)
Intermediate (4-6)
Junior High School (7-9)
Senior High School (10-12)