Over 40 free online escape rooms to use with your class. They are already made and free!

This free and rich content platform provides access to thousands of fun kids activities like children’s crafts, worksheets, coloring pages, printable mazes, dot to dot, hidden pictures and more. Various activities are available for children of all ages.

Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens is a full K-12 suite of resources for teaching copyright, fair use, public domain, and Creative Commons. They have free resources for educators, which include:
• in-class lesson plans
• plug-n-play lesson slides
• independent learning videos
• visual aids
• a professional development course for teachers
All resources were developed on a nonprofit basis with input from independent educators, academic copyright experts, and online civil liberties advocates.

Critical Thinking Cheat Sheet from Wabisabi Learning.
This great resource looks at the who, what, where, when, why and how of critical thinking.

Have you ever been interested in what it really costs to live somewhere per month?

Dollar Street let's you explore how others live all over the world based on their monthly income. You can click the photos to learn ore about the families pictured.

See how people really live.

Students have access to a number of courses in the area of:

*Social & Emotional Learning
*Financial Education
*Health & Wellness
*College & Career Readiness
*Early Learning

Sun West students - ask your teacher to add you to a course! Currently we access Everfi via the Clever portal. Leila Pullum (lpullum@everfi.com) is here to respond to student and teacher support questions, so please don’t hesitate to reach if you need help.

NEW courses are being added regularly.

ECE- K-3
Word Force
Healthier Me Jr
Compassion Project

Elementary/Middle 4-8
Vault
Healthier Me Middle School
Hockey Scholar Math & Science
Endeavour STEM Career Exploration
Ignition Digital Safety & Citizenship
Character Playbook
Venture Entrepreneurship
Mental Wellness Basics

High Schools 9-12
Mental Wellness Basics
Venture Entrepreneurship
AlcoholEdu
Prescription Drug Safety
Marketplaces
EVERFI Financial Literacy
Honour Code

LEARN THE 101 OF FINANCIAL LITERACY

With a fun, dynamic guide that makes money feel empowering, financial literacy becomes a life-long that that pays dividends.

This interactive notebook can walk teachers and students through the process of doing a Genius Hour project.

Students should download a copy and complete it with their own ideas.

Options include:
Two-Circle Venn
Three-Circle Venn
Scale Timeline
Thought Web Cluster
Fact vs. Opinion
Five W's
Pros-Cons Flowchart
KWHL KWL
Idea Funnel Cycle
Scientific Method

Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, currently owned by Autodesk. It was created by Eric Wilhelm and Saul Griffith and launched in August 2005.

Instructables is dedicated to step-by-step collaboration among members to build a variety of projects.

"Use Kialo to help students get to the core of the issues they’re discussing To put their knowledge into action.

To sharpen their critical reasoning skills

To demonstrate their understanding

To engage constructively with each other

Take your classroom discussions online, break down complex subjects for students, and shake it up with new types of assignments."

This education version is free for teachers to use!

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.

"Let it Ripple is a non-profit film and idea studio. We produce films, original series, and live and virtual experiences that inspire audiences to think about what it means to be human in today's world."

Lifehacker is an online resource offering advice on money, health, travel, cooking, entertainment, and anything else related to the modern world. Lifehacker's advice runs the gamut from home repairs to productivity to how DNA tests can affect your exercise routine. It's also a great place to catch up on the latest films, music, and TV shows.

Whatever your fancy, students are sure to find something enlightening, trendy, or off the beaten path.

These projects allow students the opportunity to create, test, experiment, design and collaborate to meet some seriously engaging challenges!

"The world of money is one area where many people often feel they lack control. Many, if not most, Canadians never had much in the way of financial education – at school or from parents. We hope to change that for the next generation. [Note to Parents and Teachers – Guides are with each Module.]"

Module 1 - Your Money Decisions: Who's in Control
Module 2 - Your Goals and Values
Module 3 - Your Goals: Some Things to Consider
Module 4 - Decision Making
Module 5 - Sources of Income
Module 6 - Career Under Construction: Investing in You
Module 7 - Are You an Entrepreneur?
Module 8 - Money Basics
Module 9 - Taking Control of your Money
Module 10 - Spending on Major Purchases
Module 11 - Borrowing Money
Module 12 - Getting and Managing Credit
Module 13 - Putting Your Money to Work: Saving and Investing
Module 14 - Protecting Assets - and Planning for Financial Independence

This site offers illustrated recipe picture books that get kid chefs excited about cooking.

Looking for photos for your digital stories, but worried about copyright and fair use?

Pics4Learning.com has been a resource for copyright-friendly images since 1999. With over 35,000 images, Pics4Learning is a great place to find images that will help you tell your story!

Explore lots of different categories to find just the right image for your project!