Teachers, this page will be continually updated. Please let me know if you find any excellent new resources (either generally useful or specific to curriculum) and I will post them on this page. This is just a starting point, but I hope you will find some of these links handy.
General Resources for Teachers
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Discoveryschool.com
The Discovery channel web site with teacher tools, lesson plans, science fair ideas, and more...
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -- "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
Learning Disabilities Online -- "The world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD."
Ministry of Education: Curriculum, Classroom Assessment, and Learning Resources -- Links to IRPs and PLOs, as well as recommended learning resources.
Provincial Specialist Associations ~ quick links to websites
The Teacher's Corner -- resources for primary and intermediate teachers.
Resources by Subject
Fine Arts
Artists for Kids - An excellent collection of information on and works by Canadian artists
Artsonia ~ collection of lessons plans and ideas, with lots of student examples
French/FSL
Intermediate French Language Lab
The BBC's great French language lab for kids, with sounds, lessons and printable material for teachers. Suitable for FSL classes.
Resources for French Teachers ~ good collection of resources for both FSL and immersion teachers
Health and Career Education
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children and Youths
CanTeach Active Living Resources
CanTeach Substance Abuse Resources - links to sites on tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse.
MediaSmarts -- teaching kids to be critical consumers of media
Mission Nutrition -- Active Living Resources created by Canadian dieticians
S.M.A.R.T. Goal-Setting Model
Songs For Teaching -- Character Development songs for primary
Language Arts
Adrienne Gear ~ Reading Power!
BookSpot -- information/resources on books for teachers and students
Canadian Children's Book Centre -- resources for teachers, students, and parents on Canadian Childrens' Literature
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site -- resources on authors, illustrators, genres, and more. Recommended titles for many different curriculum areas and a great collection of links.
Frank Serafini -- Excellent collection of booklists, position statements and articles, classroom resources, and examples of units of study.
Magriet Ruurs
Readers Theatre -- Aaron Shepard's site all about Readers Theatre, including free downloadable scripts!
Reading Room -- resources on American childrens' literature
Storybookonline.net -- Audio/visual readings of well-known children's stories. Students can contribute to and follow fan-fiction about their favourite stories. "A storytelling community for children."
Math
Ask Dr. Math -- a collection of math resources for teachers
Math-Drills.com -- Free Math worksheets!
Physical Education
CanTeach Physical Education Resources
Curricular Resources in Physical Education -- collection of sites, including sites on specific sports.
Science
Biomes and Ecosystems
http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/
Blue Planet Biomes -- info on tundra, taiga, grasslands, desert, savannah, rainforest, alpine ecosystems
National Geographic: Habitats -- info on deserts, tundra, freshwater, prairies, oceans, and forests
What’s It Like Where You Live? -- info on biomes and ecosystems of the world
Fun With Food Webs -- test your knowledge of food webs for Meadow, Arctic, and Pond habitats
Chain Reaction -- fun interactive activity in which you can build food webs for different ecosystems
Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats -- lots of vocabulary and background info on ecosystems
Electricity- Grade 6 resources, lesson plans
Space
SpaceKids -- NASA site geared towards students
Space-related Websites for Kids
Weather
Make Your Own WeatherStation
SkyWatchers - Kids section of the weather office at Environment Canada
Weather Wiz-Kids
Social Studies
Aboriginal Studies
Aboriginal Canada Portal -- lots of info on different Aboriginal groups
Aboriginal Studies -- Websites about, by, and for Aboriginal peoples in B.C. Links to lesson plans and sites for teaching information.
Aboriginal Youth Identity Series: Origin and Settlement -- info on Blackfoot, Cree, Metis
Leadership
Math
Spirituality and Creation
First Nations Contributions
First Voices ~ Language Archives Celebrating World Indigenous Cultures (hear what Canada's Aboriginal languages sound like)
The Blackfoot -- collection of information gathered by students and sponsored by the Calgary Board of Education.
The Boyd’s Cove Beothuk Site -- info about the Beothuk compiled by the Archaeology Department of the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
The Kids Site of Canadian Settlement -- from Collections Canada. Includes info on Metis, Beothuk, Haida, and Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples and European Explorers Pathfinder -- info and links collected by the Toronto Public Library
The Copper Inuit ~ page of info from The Canadian Encyclopedia
Canada's Native Peoples ~ by territory, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
Inukshuk Building ~ short film from The Historica Dominion Institute
Inuit Cultural Online Resource ~ Inuit singing, art, drumming, and lots more!
**French Resources
Portail des Autochtones au Canada
Realites canadiennes - Les peuples autochtones du Canada
L'atlas canadien en ligne - Les autochtones
Ressources pour les enseignant ~ Gouvernement du Canada
Canadian Government
Canadian Government Lesson Plans K-8
Miscellaneous Links
Global Classroom.org: Interesting ideas and great links
Global Education Network: alternative media, development, environment, human hights, and peace information. Also includes some curricular units.
Internet Resources for Use in Geography Classrooms -- more geography links
Statistics Canada - learning resources for teachers
United Nations Cyber School Bus -- Quick access to UN publications for K-12, human rights issues and campaigns, as well as lots of background information on the UN: "high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use (at primary, i intermediate and secondary school levels) and for training teachers. The vision of this Project is to provide exceptional educational resources (both online and in print) to students growing up in a world undergoing increased globalization."
General Resources for Teachers
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Discoveryschool.com
The Discovery channel web site with teacher tools, lesson plans, science fair ideas, and more...
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -- "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
Learning Disabilities Online -- "The world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD."
Ministry of Education: Curriculum, Classroom Assessment, and Learning Resources -- Links to IRPs and PLOs, as well as recommended learning resources.
Provincial Specialist Associations ~ quick links to websites
The Teacher's Corner -- resources for primary and intermediate teachers.
Resources by Subject
Fine Arts
Artists for Kids - An excellent collection of information on and works by Canadian artists
Artsonia ~ collection of lessons plans and ideas, with lots of student examples
French/FSL
Intermediate French Language Lab
The BBC's great French language lab for kids, with sounds, lessons and printable material for teachers. Suitable for FSL classes.
Resources for French Teachers ~ good collection of resources for both FSL and immersion teachers
Health and Career Education
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children and Youths
CanTeach Active Living Resources
CanTeach Substance Abuse Resources - links to sites on tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse.
MediaSmarts -- teaching kids to be critical consumers of media
Mission Nutrition -- Active Living Resources created by Canadian dieticians
S.M.A.R.T. Goal-Setting Model
Songs For Teaching -- Character Development songs for primary
Language Arts
Adrienne Gear ~ Reading Power!
BookSpot -- information/resources on books for teachers and students
Canadian Children's Book Centre -- resources for teachers, students, and parents on Canadian Childrens' Literature
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site -- resources on authors, illustrators, genres, and more. Recommended titles for many different curriculum areas and a great collection of links.
Frank Serafini -- Excellent collection of booklists, position statements and articles, classroom resources, and examples of units of study.
Magriet Ruurs
Readers Theatre -- Aaron Shepard's site all about Readers Theatre, including free downloadable scripts!
Reading Room -- resources on American childrens' literature
Storybookonline.net -- Audio/visual readings of well-known children's stories. Students can contribute to and follow fan-fiction about their favourite stories. "A storytelling community for children."
Math
Ask Dr. Math -- a collection of math resources for teachers
Math-Drills.com -- Free Math worksheets!
Physical Education
CanTeach Physical Education Resources
Curricular Resources in Physical Education -- collection of sites, including sites on specific sports.
Science
Biomes and Ecosystems
http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/
Blue Planet Biomes -- info on tundra, taiga, grasslands, desert, savannah, rainforest, alpine ecosystems
National Geographic: Habitats -- info on deserts, tundra, freshwater, prairies, oceans, and forests
What’s It Like Where You Live? -- info on biomes and ecosystems of the world
Fun With Food Webs -- test your knowledge of food webs for Meadow, Arctic, and Pond habitats
Chain Reaction -- fun interactive activity in which you can build food webs for different ecosystems
Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats -- lots of vocabulary and background info on ecosystems
Electricity- Grade 6 resources, lesson plans
Space
SpaceKids -- NASA site geared towards students
Space-related Websites for Kids
Weather
Make Your Own WeatherStation
SkyWatchers - Kids section of the weather office at Environment Canada
Weather Wiz-Kids
Social Studies
Aboriginal Studies
Aboriginal Canada Portal -- lots of info on different Aboriginal groups
Aboriginal Studies -- Websites about, by, and for Aboriginal peoples in B.C. Links to lesson plans and sites for teaching information.
Aboriginal Youth Identity Series: Origin and Settlement -- info on Blackfoot, Cree, Metis
Leadership
Math
Spirituality and Creation
First Nations Contributions
First Voices ~ Language Archives Celebrating World Indigenous Cultures (hear what Canada's Aboriginal languages sound like)
The Blackfoot -- collection of information gathered by students and sponsored by the Calgary Board of Education.
The Boyd’s Cove Beothuk Site -- info about the Beothuk compiled by the Archaeology Department of the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
The Kids Site of Canadian Settlement -- from Collections Canada. Includes info on Metis, Beothuk, Haida, and Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples and European Explorers Pathfinder -- info and links collected by the Toronto Public Library
The Copper Inuit ~ page of info from The Canadian Encyclopedia
Canada's Native Peoples ~ by territory, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
Inukshuk Building ~ short film from The Historica Dominion Institute
Inuit Cultural Online Resource ~ Inuit singing, art, drumming, and lots more!
**French Resources
Portail des Autochtones au Canada
Realites canadiennes - Les peuples autochtones du Canada
L'atlas canadien en ligne - Les autochtones
Ressources pour les enseignant ~ Gouvernement du Canada
Canadian Government
Canadian Government Lesson Plans K-8
Miscellaneous Links
Global Classroom.org: Interesting ideas and great links
Global Education Network: alternative media, development, environment, human hights, and peace information. Also includes some curricular units.
Internet Resources for Use in Geography Classrooms -- more geography links
Statistics Canada - learning resources for teachers
United Nations Cyber School Bus -- Quick access to UN publications for K-12, human rights issues and campaigns, as well as lots of background information on the UN: "high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use (at primary, i intermediate and secondary school levels) and for training teachers. The vision of this Project is to provide exceptional educational resources (both online and in print) to students growing up in a world undergoing increased globalization."