A FREE Hand-drawn Animated Gif creator.

Copy and paste this url into your browser to see a short and basic tutorial about how to use this tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfE1cu8Cw1o

No account needed!

"To make an animated GIF it is as simple as drawing on a blank scene editor. After drawing multiple scenes to create the gif, the user presses play to preview the animation with the ability to easily make edits." (AASL)

Use this to have students demonstrate their learning or use it to creatively present new ideas or teach lessons. There are plenty of ideas and examples under the "Teachers" tab at the top of the site.

This site gives students the opportunity to learn all about cells, microbes and the immune system

Child-Led, Hands-On, Active Learning for Kids including:
Math
Reading
Writing
Sports and Recreation
Colors
Multilingual Teaching Tips (lots of Chinese resources)

CK-12 Life Science for Middle School FlexBook® covers core life science concepts and includes real world examples, videos, and PLIX (which stands for Play, Learn, Interact, and eXplore—offers learners an interactive and immersive experience exploring concepts).
ck12.org

This is an extremely comprehensive unit on Diversity and Living Things. Some of the chapters are not aligned directly with grade 6 outcomes, but have the potential to be used for enrichment activities. In addition to what is listed above, this resource also includes online practice quizzes for students. Teachers can download printable versions of the quizzes, along with an answer key.
*You will have to sign up to ck12.org to access everything, but it is completely free!

In 2008, a group called the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was made. Their job was to listen
to stories about residential schools and then write the stories down so we can learn from our mistakes.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission announced their 94 Calls to Action. These are 94
activities all governments, courts, businesses, schools, and people living in Canada can do to help fix the
mistakes of the past and present so that all children – including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children –
can grow up happy, healthy, safe, and proud of who they are.

This booklet is written by Spirit Bear as a youth-guide to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action. Each of the calls is outlined in student-friendly language that will give them a deeper understanding of Truth and Reconciliation process.

Relaxing and serene app helps incorporate peace into daily life

Calm opens by instructing users to take a deep breath before landing on the home screen. This home screen can be customized, and users can choose from a range of more than 30 nature scenes and sounds to fit their preference. From this point, users can either complete a daily meditation that's provided, choose a sleep meditation, or practice deep breathing. If students choose to complete a meditation, they can choose from a list of more than 25 programs such as body scans, stories for kids, meditations for commuting, calming anxiety, demonstrating kindness, and more. Sleep Stories are fiction or nonfiction narrated stories that can be listened to before rest, which automatically shut off the app once the story finishes.

If students choose to practice deep breathing, they can follow a customizable animated bubble that expands and compresses to simulate inhaling and exhaling. Additionally, students can check their profile settings to set mindfulness reminders, link to Apple Health, analyze session history, invite friends, share statistics, or check their calendar to see how many consecutive days are included in their "streak."

This app is available from: (copy and paste URL into your browser)
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id571800810?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calm.android

Calm Kids plants seeds of mindfulness for a life balance, confidence, and calm. This site offers videos that introduce students of all ages to the concepts of using meditation, mindfulness and breathing exercises to improve concentration and their sense of calm.

A collection of coding lessons for all ages. Filter by coding concept, subject, grade or province!

Visit Agriculture in the Classroom Canada's Educator Matrix to search through 200+ curriculum-linked resources that focus on agriculture and food.

Canadian Geographic Education provides learning resources to help improve students’ understanding of the world they live in. Geographically literate students are better prepared to face global challenges and have the skills necessary to become effective change agents. Use these resources to inspire curiosity and exploration in your classroom!

Lesson plans
Videos
Maps
Infographics
Activities

Different activities for numerous ages about our Canadian government.
- Virtual Tour
- Canadian Symbols
- How do Bills get passed as Laws?

The Canadian Space Agency site has lots of fun stuff for students including fun experiments, fun stuff, podcasts, quizzes and more.

This site developed by the Canadian Pediatric Society explores COVID-19 and your child. It includes frequently asked questions and regularly updated information for parents from Canada's pediatricians.
Topics include:
-What are the symptoms?
-I keep hearing of an inflammatory illness possibly linked to COVID-19 in kids. Should I be concerned?
-How can I protect myself and my child?
-What should I do if I think my child is sick?
-My child is due for vaccines. Is it safe to be immunized during the pandemic?
-Will a visit to my health care provider increase our risk of being exposed to COVID-19?
-I just had a baby. Can people come visit?
-When will there be a COVID-19 vaccine for children?
-How can I talk to my child about COVID-19?
-Resources you can trust

Lead the new generation of curious explorers!

Create a well-rounded education with free lessons, activities, games and more! From social studies to world languages to SEL, Carmen Sandiego inspires curiosity in every subject.

Lead students through over 100 classroom activities inspired by the new Netflix series.

Travel the world with Carmen and our partners at Google Earth and Google Expeditions.

Resources, lessons, games and activities!

Select Resources and then you can filter by grade K-12 or activity type!

This is a word guessing game, perfect for children! A child acts out a word or phrase (for example a movie or a book), while other kids guess the word or phrase. Choose from the following categories: Actions, Animals, Books, Movies, Places, TV Shows.

Besides "Charades for Kids", the site also includes "Charades Ideas Generator" (for older students/adults), "Christmas Charades Ideas", "How to Play Charades" and "Resources".

If you're looking for some printable charades ideas for kids, you'll find those here too.

Learn & Play Chess With other Kids - Online Chess For Kids - 100% Safe and Free

This site offers a fun guide to gardening for kids.

These Christmas seasonal pages will provide you with great resources for the Christmas holiday season. Ideas within this section include: journal activities, ornaments, craft ideas, word searches, word scrambles, recipes, colouring pages, bulletin board ideas, lesson plans, and more.

Educational Resources to Teach Your Students about Christmas

The Christmas season is a wonderful time to expose your young students to traditions in other cultures. While it is a religious holiday, it also embodies many cultural customs. This is a wonderful opportunity to expose your students to how other people celebrate. And of course putting a picture Santa or presents on any worksheet or activity helps children get excited and engaged. That's where a handy list of printables and clip art can become extremely useful.

Our list of resources also includes songs, a variety of lesson plans, worksheets and a complete list of teacher resources. This year, help your children embrace the true meaning of Christmas. Teach them about tradition, expose them to a variety of cultures, and use the holiday to make all your lessons fun.