Articles of Interest

Here you can find articles of interest and links organized by topic for our classroom studies.

***These articles do not necessarily represent the opinions of Ms. D or Burnaby Schools, and are simply being used to generate discussion and talk about current events from varying points of view.***

General Research Resources:
Suncrest Website with Library Link, World Book Online
Dictionary at Dictionary.com
Research at DK Find Out!
All About the Body Kids Health
Research at Kids.Gov
Animal Research at Animal Facts for Kids
Endangered Species Info at Kids Planet
Bibliography Tool Easy Bib
Great Websites for Kids Collection of Links
Travel the World Global Trek Scholastic
CIA World Factbook
Ask a Biologist Science Information for Kids
Chemistry Chem for Kids
Center for Game Design University of Washington Games and Coding
USGS Butterflies and Moths of North America
NASA Climate Kids
USGS Earthquakes for Kids
San Francisco General Science/Maker Fun Exploratorium
NASA Hubble Site
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Online
NASA Space Place

FRENCH
French Basic Lessons and Games
Babbel How Many People Speak French?
WorldData Worldwide Distribution of French
World Population Review French Speaking Countries
French with Alexa French Alphabet Sounds
Blabber Beasts French Greetings with Jean
Blabber Beasts French Days of the Week with Adam
Blabber Beasts French Numbers with Christophe
Blabber Beasts French School Objects with Margot
MLS Natasha Greetings Song for Children
Learn French Lab Greetings Song More Complex
French Accents Channel French Phonetics
French with Pierre YouTube Phonetics and Sounds
French with Alexa Parts of the Body Part 1
French with Alexa Parts of the Body Part 2
FrenchU 32 French-Speaking Countries Around the World
Learning Tail France for Kids
Learning Tail French Food
Learning Tail French Regions

Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning:
Mindful.org Using the RAIN Method When You Feel Overwhelmed
Mindful.org How Stress Can Make You Sick
MindShift Why Emotional Learning Is As Important as the ABCs
TedEdX Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfectionism
Harvard Business Review If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything
Psychology Today 3 Essential Breathing Techniques for Anxiety
NPR Sleepy Teens Struggle to Learn and Control Emotions at School
CBS Student Spends Months Making Valentines for Everyone in the School

Brain Information:
Harvard Health Foods linked to better brain power
Healthline Worst Foods for Your Brain
Harvard Health 12 Ways to Keep Your Brain Young
Harvard Health 6 Simple Steps to Keep Your Mind Sharp at Any Age
Legacy Health Keeping the Brain Healthy

Concept of SYSTEMS and Human Body:
KidsHealth Circulatory System
KidsHealth Digestive System
KidsHealth Urinary System
KidsHealth Respiratory System
KidsHealth Muscular System
KidsHealth Nervous System
KidsHealth Endocrine System
KidsHealth Skeletal System
About Kids Health Heart Problems
Children’s Heart Network Congenital Heart Disease and Surgery
American Heart Association General Heart Information
British Heart Foundation Heart
NHS Heart Information How It Works
Heart and Stroke Foundation Get Healthy
Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada
Medline Plus Congenital Heart Diseases
CBC Kids How the Heart Works
Kids Health Kidneys
National Kidney Foundation All About Kidneys
NIDDK Kidney Diseases in Children
Kidney Foundation of Canada
About Kids Health Kidney Disease and Diabetes
CYH Kids Health Kidneys
Healthy Children Chronic Kidney Disease
KidsHealth What is Blood?
CYH Kids Health Blood
About Kids Health What is Complete Blood Count CBC
Medline What is Blood Made Of
American Society of Hematology What is Blood Made Of
Canadian Blood Services What is Blood Made Of
Science Kids Blood Facts
St. Louis Hospital Blood Clotting Disorders
Heart and Stroke Foundation High Blood Pressure in Children
Neuroscience for Kids Blood Supply to Brain
Kids Health Brain
CYH The Brain
About Kids Health Overview of the Brain
Neuroscience for Kids Brain Right Down the Middle
American Museum of Natural History Brain for Kids
Sick Kids Brain and Mental Health
Mayo Clinic Pediatric Brain Tumours
Science Kids Human Body Facts
CBC Kids How Does My Brain Work?
KidsHealth Lungs
CYH The Lungs
Science Kids Facts About Lungs
Lung Association Breathe
American Lung Association US
Medline Lung Diseases
Health Link BC Lung Cancer
NIH Asthma and Lung Problems
Healthy Children Pneumonia
Government of Canada Chronic Respiratory Diseases
About Kids Health Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas
Columbia University Pancreas
John Hopkins Pancreas
Mayo Clinic Pancreatitis
National Pancreas Foundation
Kids Health Liver
CYH The Liver
Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh What does the liver do?
TED Ed What does the liver do?
Stanford Children’s Health How the Liver Works
Canadian Liver Foundation Your Liver
Kids Health The Eyes
CYH How the Eyes Work
About Kids Health How Eyes Work
Neuroscience for Kids The Eye
Children’s U Manchester How the Eye Works
American Optometric Association How the Eyes Work
National Eye Institute Kids
Science Museum How do your eyes work?
Kids Health Skin
American Academy of Dermatology About Skin
CYH Your Skin
American Skin Association Your Skin
American Cancer Society Skin and Infections
Johns Hopkins Medical Skin Anatomy
Kids Health Immune System
CYH Immune System
Stanford Children’s Health The Immune System
Immune System History of Vaccines
Cancer Research Institute How the Immune System Works
TED Ed How Does Your Immune System Work?
CYH Your Intestines
CHP Differences in Small and Large Intestines
Science Kids Digestion Facts for Kids
About Kids Health GI Tract (digestion)
Stanford Common Children’s Digestion
PBS Digestive System Video
NIH Water and Your Digestive System
NCBI How does the stomach work
Mayo Clinic Slideshow on how digestion works
Johns Hopkins How digestion works
Prongo Human Body Game
Franklin Institute How Your Body is Like a Factory
Anatomy Arcade Match a Body Systems Memory Game
Nat Geo Kids Facts About the Human Body
DK Find Out Human Body
TEDED TED Video Lessons on Health
Looking Inside the Human Body How Ultrasound Works
Canada’s Food Guide
Popular Science Eating Carbs Helped Us Develop Big Brains
Mindful Blog Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut
Kids Health How the Body Works Links
Nanooze Kids Site for Nanotechnology
Mindful Blog The Power of Play
Huffington Post The Science of Starvation
Huffington Post Here’s the Real Reason Fingers Shrivel Up Like Prunes
Science Alert, Business Insider All the Ways Caffeine Affects Your Body in One Handy Infographic
NY Times Magazine Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood?
NY Times Blog What Diseases Can You Get From a Water Fountain?
NPR Education If These Bones Could Talk: The Stories Human Skeletons Can Tell
NPR Oregon Teen Has Bubonic Plague
NY Times Well Section Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days
Ted Ed How Stress Can Make You Sick
The Guardian The Shorter You Sleep the Shorter You Live
Smithsonian Your Childhood Experiences Can Change Your DNA
LabRoots What Would Happen if You Never Showered
Ted You Can Grow New Brain Cells as an Adult: Here’s How
NPR How Mind Controlled Robot Suits Could Enhance Our Limbs
Wired Vaping May Harm Your Blood Flow Even Without Nicotine
My Met Daily Bread Kids Around World Photographed With Daily Diet
NPR Blind from a Bad Diet?
BBC Blobology is New Science and Changing Biology
Globe and Mail Designing a Town for Dementia
Wired A Newfound Neuron Might Keep the Brain in Check
Mindful Why We Worry All the Time
UBC TREK Can you catch heart disease?

Human Rights and Inventions:

YouTube 30 Articles of Human Rights
United Nations Committee on the Rights of a Child
Unicef Australia Child Rights Information
BC Human Rights Tribunal My Human Rights and Duties
YouTube Bill Nye Science Guy Sun Facts
YouTube Minute Physics Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue?
YouTube Here Comes the Sun: Crash Course for Kids on Sun
YouTube Bill Nye The Science Guy Reflection Refraction of Light
National Post Insect Lovers Unite After Girl Teased for Her Hobby
PBS A Growing Catastrophic Food Crisis Sows Unrest in Venezuela
BBC Obese Patients Surgery Ban to be Reviewed
Washington Post Meet the Parents Who Won’t Let Their Children Study Literature
Time Magazine Screens in Schools are a $60 Billion Hoax
Scientific American The Price of Solar is Declining to All Time Lows
CBC News Parents Angry Montreal Teachers Wore Headdresses on First Day of School
CBC News David Suzuki’s World View Profoundly Influenced by Haida Ties
Next Avenue 12 Year Old Develops Alzheimer’s App
Smithsonian Smart News President Obama Just Created World’s Largest Protected Marine Area
Ted Talks Education How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain
Washington Post Meet the Teen Who Just Won $150,000 for Inventing a Device to Diagnose Lung Disease
Smithsonian A Potato Battery Can Light up a Room for Over a Month
Goodnet 15 Genius Inventions That Make the World a Better Place
Fast Coexist World Changing Ideas of 2015
Imagination Foundation World Cardboard Challenge
Amnesty International Home Page
Amnesty International More Proof That Kids Can Change the World
Mashable Seven Simple Inventions Changing the World
Nesta Digital Social Innovation and Human Rights
Dogo News Panama’s Plastic Bottle Village
Child Rights Connect Child Rights Home Page
Human Rights Watch Ending Child Marriage
Kids Go Global Human Rights
YouTube Personal Project Rights of a Child Stop Motion Video
Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights
Human Rights Watch World Report 2016
Youth for Human Rights Home Page
Amnesty International Country Profiles
First Peoples of Canada Canadian First Peoples
BC Government First Nations Negotiations
Globe and Mail First Nations in Northern BC Worry Site C Dam Will Obliterate Their Heritage
Globe and Mail Amnesty International Calls for Halt to B.C.’s Site C Dam
Global TV Everything You Need to Know About Site C Dam
UBC Student Research The Site C Dam
Wilderness Committee Stop the Site C Dam
CBC Site C Dam: How We Got Here (2014)
CBC Canadian Prof Homa Hoodfar, jailed in Iran, falls ill in solitary confinement
CBC Clam Beds at Risk After Oil Spill
CBC Art, Appropriation and the Damaging Effect on Indigenous Artists
NY TImes A Museum About Rights and Uncomfortable Canadian Truths
PBS News Hour As Pipelines Projects Grow So Do Protests

Problem Solving (Including Topics of CSI, Discrimination, Problem-Solving Tools):
Komagata Maru Grade 4 Video
You Tube Remembering Komagata Maru
History of Metropolitan Vancouver Komagata Maru
CBC Komagata Maru 100 Years Later
CBC Komagata Maru: Justin Trudeau to Apologize
CBC Komagata Maru: Descendants Surprised By Stories
CBC Komagata Maru Memorial Defaced in Vancouver
Canadian Encyclopedia on Komagata Maru
Komagata Maru Continuing the Journey
OHRC Komagata Maru as a Violation of Human Rights
CBC Learning A Canada’s History Japanese Internment
Virtual Museum Aya’s Story
Japanese Canadian History. NET
Canadian Encyclopedia Beyond the Tears: Japanese Internment
SEDAI Japanese Canadian Legacy Project
Pictures of Japanese Internment Sites in BC from book Vanishing British Columbia
National Post BC Government Apologizes for Japanese Internment
National Post UBC Awarding Japanese Canadians Degrees 70 Years After Internment
Ties that Bind Website on Chinese Canadians
Canadian Encyclopedia on Chinese Head Tax
CBC Chinese Head Tax Reparations Called For
Globe and Mail PM Offers Apology and Symbolic Payments for Chinese Head Tax
TC2 Background History on Chinese Head Tax
and Response to Head Tax
Historica Canada Building of the CPR
CBC Archives The Personal Impact of Racism
CBC Digital Archives Chinese Immigration Not Welcome Anymore
You Tube History of Immigration in Canada
Courts of BC Guide to the BC Court System
You Tube Rethinking Thinking Ladder of Inference Video
Kids Health BMI for Applied Math Calculations
Mystery Net Kids Mysteries Site
Stories to Grow By From the Elephant Pit — Debate Story
Stories Jack and the Beanstalk — Debate Story
Stories The Master Cat Puss in Boots — Debate Story
Rice University CSI The Experience Units Online
Smithsonian Online Thieves Stole Valuable Books
Smithsonian Online Literacy Tests and Asian Exclusion in American Immigration 1917
NPR Fred Korematsu Day (Japanese Internment in USA)
Ted Ex What does it mean to be a refugee?
NY Times Family DNA Searches Seen as Crime-Fighting Tool and Intrusion on Rights

Math Games and Practice:

You Tube How to Play Zero
WikiHow How to Play Uno
You Tube Royal Institute What is Zero?
Mocomi Who Invented Zero?
Slideshare The Importance of Zero
Ted Ed Why Can’t You Divide by Zero
You Tube Numberphile Zero Factorial — advanced math only
You Tube How to Play Rock Me Archimedes
Ted Ed Story of Archimedes Principle
Ted Ed How Taking a Bath Led to the Archimedes Principle
Famous Mathematicians Archimedes
Kiddle Facts on Archimedes
Kingdomino How to Play Kingdomino
Math is Fun Math Trainer to Practice Multiplication Tables
Math is Fun Tricks for Learning Multiplication Tables
Math is Fun How to do Long Multiplication (numbers with more than one digit)
We Are Teachers 22 Fun Hands-On Ways to Study Multiplication
Practice Multiplication Through Repetition and Visuals:
Mathigon Math For Love and YouTube Multiplication By Heart Instructions
Use the hard copy cards in the classroom, OR, here is the Online version of Multiplication By Heart
You Tube Domain of Science Map of Mathematics
Math Games Classify Numbers (multiple levels!)
Ted Ed A Brief History of Number Systems
Teacher Tube Math History of Math
Ted Talk Magic of Fibonacci Numbers
Colin Todds You Tube Number Types Math Song
Math is Fun Number Types
Math is Fun Number Topics
All Math Tricks The Concept of Number System in Mathematics
Google The Game of NIM
Archimedes Lab Play NIM Online
Math for Love 1-2 NIM
Game of NIM
Mathematics Centre NIM
Encyclopedia Britannica All About NIM
Wiki How to Play NIM
Wikihow How to Play HEX
Mind Your Decisions The Game of HEX — has instructions and video on HEX math
You Tube How to Play Prime Climb from Math For Love
Twitter #Prime Climb Puzzle
Smartic How to Find Primes Using the Sieve of Eratosthenes
Math Forum Prime Numbers
BBC What Are Prime Numbers?
The Is it Prime Game
BBC What are Factors, Multiples, and Primes?
Sumoku Online Printable Sumoku Games
Learn Math With Games Sumoku
Web Sudoku
YouTube How to Play Ken Ken
Ken Ken Games Online
How to Play BLOKUS
How Stuff Works Blokus Tips and Strategies
Wikipedia Polyominoes — Related to Blokus
Games for Young Minds Blokus — make a square out of all one colour pieces
Sarah’s Stockpile Math Resources Blog Blokus: A Strategic Game of Spatial Thinking
CAS Musings Blog Blokus Extensions – for advanced geometry
How Stuff Works How to Play Rummikub
Quirkle How to Play Quirkle
Acing Math Card Games Grades 1-8
Math for Love Math Game Short List 2018
YouTube How to Play Reversi or Othello
Math is Fun, Game Like Othello Online Reversi
Math Playground Capture and Turn — like Othello
Games for Young Minds Blog Othello How To and Math
YouTube How to Play Set Cubed
Math for Love How to Play Tiny Polka Dot Games
YouTube How to Planes Fly Maths
EHow What factors (science and math) affect flight of paper airplane
Susan’s Math Games Towers
Achi How to Play Achi A Board Game
DARA How to Play Dara
Mancala How to Play Mancala
NRICH Games from Around the World
University of Regina Math Central Games from Aboriginal People of North America
Dene Games Hand Games
University of Waterloo Inuit Games
University of Victoria First Nations Games of Chance
Fraction Pal
Fraction Workshop
Fraction Online Pizza Game
Fraction Games by Mr Nussbaum
Illuminations Fraction Game
Nelson Education Lessons
Introduction to Decimals
Math IXL Practice Decimals and Fractions
Math is Fun Practicing Decimals
Cool Math Converting Decimals to Fractions
ABC Teach Learning About Decimals
Purple Math Converting Decimals to Fractions
Math Goodies Using Decimals in Word Problems
Math IXL Time Conversion Practice
CTC Math Time Conversion Video Lesson
MWK Practicing Speed Rate Time
TedEd Is Math Discovered or Invented
Science Made Simple Metric Conversions
Wight Hat Metric Conversions Tool
Science Alert How to Beat Someone at Rock, Paper, Scissors According to a Mathematician
iXL Metric Conversion Grade 5 Practice requires a paid membership after initial practice
Khan Academy Metric Conversion Practice
You Tube Metric Conversion Rap
AAA Grade Five Math Topics
Tripod.com All About the Metric System
Instructables Scale Model House
Tiny House Talk How to Build Your Own Scale Model
Khan Academy Scale Drawings
Math for Children Percentages, Ratio, Scale Practice
The House Plans Guide Building Architectural Models
The House Plans Guide Making a Floor Plan
Math Playground Geometry Games
Learn For Good Geometry Puzzle Game
Math Games for Decimals and Fractions
Math Planet Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry Courses Online for Free
Interesting Engineering Best Math Lessons on YouTube

Concept of Structure:
CBC News The Story of Canadian Ghost Town Becoming a Musical
Popular Science This Tiny Sculpture is Perched Atop a Human Hair
Popular Science The Nano Lightbulb
Nikon Universiscale
University of California, Berkeley Nanozone for Kids
NanoSpace Molecularium
Cornell University Nanooze Magazine (multiple articles)
NanoZone How Small is Nanotechnology?
PBS Kids DragonflyTV NanoSpace
YouTube Nanonerds YouTube Channel
CBC News Vaughan’s newest library is nothing like the ones you grew up in
Ted.com Videos on the Emotional Impact of Architecture
Popular Science Nanotech Wafer Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
Popular Science Watch a Spaceship the Width of a Hair Get 3D Printed in Real Time
Science Alert Science Alert Academy – Pay What You Want Courses – How Education is Changing
Scientific American Silkworks Spin Super-Silk After Eating Graphite Nanotubes
Harvard Business Review If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone You Won’t Learn Anything
Wired The Design of Parliaments Has a Funkadelic Impact on Politics
NPR What is it about bees and hexagons?
IFL Science Why do bees make hexagons?
Kids Health The Skeleton
Kids Health Facts About Broken Bones
Kids Health Your Eye
PBS Plant Structure Movie
Center for Game Science Nanocrafter Game
Info on the Elements Periodic Table Interactive Site
How Canadian Parliament Works
Voting Structure Student Vote Canada
Ducksters Structure of Crystals
Easy Science for Kids All About Crystals
Home Science Learn About Crystals
Geology.com Gemstones
About.com Difference between heterogenous and homogenous mixtures
You Tube History of Vancouver
Montecristo A History of Vancouver
NPR Let This Percussionist Blow Your Mind With the Fibonacci Sequence
FlopMee Minimalistic Metal Sculptures
Ideas TED Why We Owe It To Ourselves To Have Quiet Every Day
BBC More Than Half Your Body Is Not Human
Science Alert Awesome Periodic Table

Language, Words, Writing:
Open Culture & TedEdX How Languages Evolve – Video
Open Culture The Tree of Languages in One Graphic
Matador Network The World’s Most Spoken Languages in One Graphic
PBS He, She, They? Why it’s time to leave this grammar rule behind
Greek n’ Stuff’s Latin Word of the Day
Ars Technica MIT claims to have found a “language universal” that ties all languages together
KQED What Students Can Learn from Giving Ted Talks
Ted Ed Chat Social Emotional Writing: The World Needs More Love Letters
Ted Ed Where Did English Come From?
YouTube How to Use Quotations
New York State Elementary Resources Lessons on Quotations
How to do internal dialogue Marcy Kennedy Blog
You Tube Analogies Lesson Video
Cube Creator Brainstorm Helper for Making Stories
Grammar Check 111 Words to Use Instead of Great

Science:
Smithsonian Melting Glaciers Wreaking Havoc on Earth’s Crust
Popular Science The Woman Who Helped Us Hear Juno
Science Alert Australia Is About to Move 1.5 M to the North
Scientific American Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here
NPR The App That Aims to Gamify Biology Has Amateurs Discovering New Species
Wired Forget Software, Now Hackers Are Employing Physics
Gizmodo We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonized North America
Smithsonian Mesmerizing Animation Shows Potential Animal Escape Routes in Warming World
Science Alert A Strange, Low-Pitched Sound is Coming from the Carribean Sea
TedEdX How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain
Montecristo Magazine Hummingbird Research at UBC
Tech Insider A College Student Created This Plan to Save NYC From Future Floods
Smithsonian Mission to Mariana Trench Records Dozens of Crazy Sea Creatures
NY Times Blog 12 Minutes of Yoga for Bone Health
NPR Attention Students, Put Your Laptops Away
The Science Explorer NASA Is Giving Away Retro Space Travel Posters for Free
NY Times Just How Tall Can Roller Coasters Get?
Frugal Fun for Boys How to Make Magnetic Slime
Cornell Lab of Ornithology You Tube Bird Channel
Minute Physics You Tube Channel
Minute Earth You Tube Channel
Popular Science ‘Echo Seeker’ Submarine Patrols the Seafloor on its Own
Science Alert This animation shows you what Earth would look like if all the ice melted
Wired The Physics of How that Star Wars BB-8 Toy Works
CBC News Canadian Wind Dampers Hold Sway Over World’s Largest Condos
Gizmodo The James Webb Space Telescope Looks Like Gold Plated Origami
Ted Education Quantum Mechanics 101: Demystifying tough physics in four easy lessons
Sploid Chart On How Star Wars Influenced Everything Else
What Do We Do All Day Blog 8 Science YouTube Channels for Kids
Big Think Giant Fans Will Soon Suck CO2 Out of Atmosphere and Turn It Into Fuel
Indie Go Go The Seabin Project (a new device for removing plastic from the oceans)
Science Alert Four Elements Have Just Found a Place in the Periodic Table
National Geographic/YouTube Journey of Man Genetic Odyssey
Missouri Botanical Garden Information on Biomes
Fact Monster Major Biomes of the World
TWC The World’s Biomes
Science Alert Our brain’s memory capacity is 10 times greater than we thought
PBS News Hour Brick by brick, Lego diversifies its toys with a mini-figure in a wheelchair
ScienceNews for Students Articles on Variety of Science Topics
EurekAlert! Science News Articles
CBC Why the Risk of the Big One is Heightened Every 14 Months
Popular Science Used Coffee Grounds Can Clean Polluted Water
Smithsonian Why the Military is Investing in Paper Airplanes
Ted Ex What Would Happen if You Didn’t Sleep?

Art:
Smithsonian Please Touch the Art: This Artist Creates Tactile Art for the Blind
MONTECRISTO Origami of Joseph Wu
Smithsonian This Scupture is Controlled By Live Honeybees
Wired The World’s Biggest Lenticular Print Wall Will Make You Go ‘Whoa’
BOOM Incredible Balloon Animals from Japanese Artist
Tiny Rotten Peanuts Blog Totally Easy Zentangle
Kids Activities Blog 18 Fun Ideas for Perler Beads
With Malala Project With Malala
Colossal The Largest Art Festival In the World
Colossal New Surrealist Sculptures
Web Ecoist Van Grow: Artist Plants Crop Art Masterpiece
Twig and Toadstool Blog Mandala Sun Catchers
Craft Whack 25 So Cool Printmaking Ideas
Smithsonian Understanding the Japanese Art of Kirigami to Make Solar Panels
Kid Activities Blog 18 Fun Ideas for Perler Beads
Craft Whack Tape Art Projects Round Up
Picklebums Floating Chalk Prints
The Artful Parent Creating a Portable Vision Board
Mind Shift Why We Need to Value Students Spatial Creativity
Babble Dabble Do Blog Art Supply Finds: 30+ Art Supplies from the Hardware Store and Things to Make With ‘Em
Artful Parent 60+ Watercolour Techniques for Kids
Mindful Calm Your Mind and Boost Your Creativity with Adult Colouring Books
Tutus and Tea Parties Blog Painting Without PaintBrushes
Fun a Day Blog Painting With Catapults
Tinkerlab Bark Painting
Babson College Turning Cardboard into Art
FabWeb Top Twenty Photos of 2015 from National Geographic
Wired The Most Ancient and Magnificent Trees From Around the World
Cool Stuff Art Gallery Eames House of Cards

Maker Movement:
Maker Kids Group Maker Space For Kids
The Register UK The Raspberry Pi is succeeding in ways its makers almost imagined
Wired Magazine The 3D Printed Violin That Can Lead to a New Stradivarius
Tinker Lab Blog DIY Kids Invention Box
Left Brain Craft Brain Blog Awesome Pool Noodle Building Activities
Left Brain Craft Brain Blog 30 + Activities for STEAM Learning
Think Mec, UBC Engineering Game

Climate Change:
CBC Students Around the World Protest Climate Change
NASA Climate Change Facts
NASA Global Climate Change
NY Times Nights Are Warming Faster Than Days, Here’s Why That’s Dangerous
EPA Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

Thinking and Puzzles:
Sploid Can you solve this classic riddle about crossing a bridge?
TedEdX Five Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking
Mindful Remedies for the Anxious Mind
Fast Company How to Brainstorm Like a Googler
YouTube Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion from Best Illusions 2016 Contest

Media:

Ted Ed Blog How to tell fake news from real news
NPR New Netflix Show Brainchild Teaches About Science
Wired Want to Make a Lie Seem True, Repeat
Nomad Press Best Podcasts for Middle Schoolers
Common Sense Media 20 Best Podcasts for Kids
CBC Kids News

Nature:
Quartz Forest Bathing
Science Alert Pollution in Mariana’s Trench
Mindshift How Access to Nature Can Help Students Thrive
SimpleMost Roly Polies Aren’t Actually Bugs
Science Alert Scientists Have Discovered a New Form of Matter: Time Crystals
UChicago News Heat from Earth’s Core Could Be Underlying Force of Plate Tectonics
PBS Affordable Water May Dry Up if You Live Here
Wired The Critter that is Mushy as a Jellyfish and Long as a Whale
National Geographic Inside a Real-Life Fairy Forest – Photography
Smithsonian Why We Should Care About Biodiversity Video
Scientific American Wind and Solar Power Outpace Gas
Ted Ed What Would Happen if You Didn’t Drink Water
Wired Most Ancient and Beautiful Trees From Around the World
Globe and Mail Canada’s Official Bird The Gray Jay
TED TALKS Nature is Everywhere We Just Need To Know How to See It
TED TALKS How Trees Talk to One Another
The Atlantic Study Finds That Green Space Makes Kids Smarter
UBC Okanagan Children Who Play Outside More Likely to Protect the Environment
Mindful The Healing Power of Wild Places
Smithsonian How the Desert Oryx Stops Its Brain from Frying
BBC New Zealand river first in the world to be given legal human status
BBC Huge plastic waste footprint revealed
Interesting Engineering Engineers Develop Near Perfect Glue Inspired by Nature
Popular Science The World’s Reservoirs are Emitting More Greenhouse Gases Than We Thought
Gizmodo Oceans Are Getting Warmer Faster Than We Thought They Would
NPR The Burning Problem of China’s Garbage
Smithsonian What do insects do in winter?
The Atlantic Norway’s Radioactive Reindeer
Huffington Post China, India Account for Half of Pollution Deaths in 2015
National Geographic Weird Life Found Trapped in Giant Underground Crystals
David Suzuki Foundation Government Must Do More to Address First Nations’ Water Woes
CBC France Recruits Eagles to Take Down Drones
NPR Crop Protecting Fungicides May Be Hurting the Bees
Art on Twisted Sifter Artist Replaces Billboards with Images of Landscape You Would See
Children and Nature.org Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
Children and Nature.org Children’s Connection to Nature Should be a Human Right
NY Times Japan’s Otherworldly Architecture in a Magical Mountainside
Nature US Science Agencies Face Deep Cuts Under Trump
Nature First Fluorescent Frog Found
The Express Get Up Close and Follow Penguin Research
The Express Climate Change: Times Are Changing and so Are Birds Habits
Yes Magazine How Nature Makes Us Healthier
CBC Musqueam Artist Susan Point Shares Her Favourite Places in BC
CBC Surrey Forest Protectors Irate Over Road Widening
CBC BC Forests Get $150 million Boost for Climate Change
CBC Nature Lovers Ask BC Hydro to Delay Destruction of Rarely-Seen Bird’s Nesting Ground
BC Nature Guide to Viewing Wildlife in British Columbia
Read articles on Nature Kids BC
Read articles on Nature Conservancy Canada
Smithsonian Device Collects Water From the Clouds
Ted Talks A Young Inventor’s Plan to Recycle Styrofoam
Quartz A 17 Year Old Student Spotted Error in NASA’s Space Station Data
Popular Science Everything You Need to Know About the Keystone XL Pipeline
CBC Project Aims to Make Toronto More Butterfly Friendly
Globe and Mail Got a Parks Canada Pass, Here’s Where You Should Go
National Geograhic Watch the World’s Largest Animal Lunge for its Dinner
Scientific American The Unfolding Tragedy of Climate Change in Bangladesh
Globe and Mail Climate Change Stole a River in the Yukon Overnight
Interesting Engineering Meet the Water Bottle You Can Eat and Drink
Scientific American Watch the Earth Breathe from Space
TED Talks How to Grow a Forest In Your Backyard
Yale Climate Connections Saving Seeds for an Unknown Future
Science Alert Scientists Have Created a Device That Can Suck Water Out of the Air
Smithsonian The Environmental Price of Dams
Christian Science Monitor She Found a Way to Make Plastic Useful
Vox The Ecological Disaster that is Trump’s Border Wall
Scientific American The Arctic Ocean is Becoming Like the Atlantic
NPR A Mountain Lion Kitten is Found Leading to Excitement and Concern
Economist Looking Good Can Be Extremely Bad for the Planet
Smithsonian The Science Behind Nature’s Patterns
Economist How to Keep Cool Without Costing the Earth
Smithsonian Why Small Animals Are Huge for Conservation
Disasterium 10 Worst Man-Made Disasters of All Time
CBC Interactive Man-Made Disasters Around the World
The Guardian Human Footprint on Natural Disasters
CBC Approval of Mount Polley Mine Dumping in BC Irks Critics
Reuters Vietnamese Protest One Year After Formosa Spill Disaster
National Post The All Natural Environmental Disaster, a Yukon Creek With Rust
NunatsiaqOnline North Ill-Equipped To Deal with Oil Spills
Interesting Engineering Worst US Oil Spill Ever Caused $17 Billion in World Damages
MarketWatch BP Oil Well in Alaska Spills Out of Control

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The Guardian This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants
CBC How permafrost scientists discovered Yukon summers are hottest in 14,000 years
CBC What you need to know about black holes
CBC This is a wake up call: swift action needed on rising seas
Nearsay Top 3 reasons to plant a tree in your yard
Quartz When it comes to environment, cotton totes are worse than plastic bags
Audobon Hear the Robin’s intricate evening song slowed down
NPR Growing Corn is Major Contribution to Air Pollution
Science Alert Two Species of Crow Are Evolving Before Our Eyes
All About Birds Why Evolution Goes Wild on Islands
All About Birds Calliope Hummingbird Overview
Science Alert Catastrophic New Details About the Day Dinosaurs Died
CBC How Indigenous People Are Taking Back Astronomy
Time David Attenborough isn’t sure we can save the planet but hasn’t given up trying
Wired The World’s Recycling is in Chaos; Here’s What Needs to Happen
NPR Dozens of Non-Native Species have invaded Galapagos Islands
NY Times The Plague Killing Frogs is Worse Than Scientists Thought
Time European Union Banning Plastic Bags by 2021
National Geographic How the Venemous Egg-Laying Platypus Evolved
Quanta The Math That Tells Cells What They Are
Popular Science Researchers Stumbled Upon Plastic-Eating Bacterium
Ted Ed Why Humans Are So Bad Thinking About Climate Change
BBC A Chinese River Bed Fossils Reveal Creatures Never Seen Before
Big Think Canadian Company to Build Plant That Removes CO2 and Turns it to Fuel
The Atlantic People Are Emailing Their Favourite Trees
Mindful How Nature Boosts Kindness and Creativity
Montecristo The Gardeners of Stanley Park
National Geographic Whale Dies with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach
Big Think The World’s Watersheds Mapped in Gorgeous Detail
Hakai In the future jellyfish slime may be solution to microplastic pollution
National Geographic Horseshoe Crabs Are Actually Spider Relatives
Vancouver is Awesome You Can Take a Walking Tour Based on Indigenous Teachings
Montecristo Hummingbird Research at UBC
Big Think Doctors in Scotland Can Prescribe Nature to Patients
Big Think Look Up, Patterns Show Tree Intelligence At Work
Mother Nature Network Interactive Map Plots Your Address Over Time
WMO State of the Climate in 2018
Microbiology Society Are Viruses Alive?
NOVA Describing Nature With Math
NPR Beyond Plastic Bans Creating Products to Replace It
Science Learn Characteristics of Living Things
ADW Animal Diversity Web for Looking Up Animalia!
Wikipedia Prions
Scientific American What is a Prion?
CDC Prion Diseases
The Atlantic A Troubling Discovery in the Deepest Ocean Trenches
All About Birds Black Capped Chickadee
UBC Ants of BC
TRU The Ants of BC

Arts and Sciences:
Encyclopedia.com Vulcan Mythology
iGreekMythology.com God of Fire: Hephaestus
Pele Hawaiian Goddess
Hephaestus God of Fire
BBC Why Myths About Volcanoes Are Often True
Science Poems
tweetspeak Top Ten Science Poems
Poetry Foundation Walt Whitman’s When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
Poetry Foundation 10 Poems to Get You Through Science Class This Year
Mr. R’s Science Poems.net
They Might Be Giants YouTube Science Is Real
They Might Be Giants YouTube The Elements
Stated Clearly Science Explanations
Vimeo Beautiful Chemical Reactions
PBS This is Chemistry
YouTube ByteSize Science
Creators Visualizing the Butterfly Effect on Film and Other Phenomena
Smithsonian The Northern Lights From Scientific Phenomenon to Artists’ Muse
eNotes Why Are the Arts Important to humans today?
Forbes/Quora Why Art and Science Are More Closely Related Than You Think
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History What Does It Mean to Be Human? Language and Symbols
Art is Fun Nature in Art
Wired Why We Tell Stories
Artlandish What is Aboriginal Dreamtime?
Art Institute of Chicago The Enduring Relationship Between Art and Science
Psychology Today Einstein on Creative Thinking
NASA Hubble Site
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Online
NASA Space Place
YouTube Bruce Yeany’s Science Videos (check out the marble one)
Big Think How a Spaceship the Size of a Stamp Could Find Humanity’s New Home
YouTube Acapella Science
Mindshift How Making Art Helps Teens Understand Their Mental Health
Space.com How Space Changes Gene Expression
Common Health How Beautiful Bacteria Can Be
The Guardian Stephen’s Hawking’s Big Ideas Explained With Simple Animation
Ted Ed The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh’s Starry Nights
Canadian Space Agency Colonel Hadfield Space Vidoes
CBC Parents I’m Teaching My Child Cursive
Khan Academy and Pixar The Art of Storytelling Course
Populist 11 Really Cool Murals to Check Out in Vancouver
Ted Ed How Art Can Help You Analyze
Ted-Ed The Comma Story
CBC Animal Structures Made of Lego On Display
YouTube Theo Jansen’s Wind-Powered Sculptures
Fractal Foundation Trianglethon
Nine Planets Space Missions and Space Ships
Nine Planets Solar System Tour
Sky and Telescope Magazine Using Skymapper
ASU Information on Skymapper
National Geographic Space
Harvard/NASA Universe Forum
NASA Imagine the Universe
YouTube SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Home Page
Stanford Solar Center All About the Sun
NASA Eclipse 2017 Website
American Museum of Natural History Hall of Meteorites
NASA Kids’ Club
Lunar and Planetary Institute Meteorites and Their Properties
Lunar and Planetary Institute Home Page
Windows to the Universe Myths Stories and Art
Windows the the Universe All About Space
Sky and Telescope Magazine Home Page
RASC Vancouver Home Page
ASPIRE Space Demos
ASTRO Astronomical Society of the Pacific Home Page
StarChild The Solar System
ASTRO Stargazing
LPI SkyTellers Myths
Crash Course YouTube Tides Crash Course Astronomy
Crash Course YouTube General Channel Page for Science and Socials Topics
Cosmos Why are there two tides a day?
NOAA SciJinks What causes tides?
PBS YouTube Space Time Channel
Space Time What physics teachers get wrong about tides
Pinterest Examples of Science Poems
BBC Hawaii’s Kilauea: Volcanoes Explained
Indigenous Tourism BC YouTube Sharing the stories of our ancestors

Technology and Machines:
Cornell Chronicle Engineers Programmed Tiny Robots to Act Like Insects
Fast Company Four Things People Can Still Do Better Than Computers
Wired Magazine Demonized Smartphones
NPR His Daughter is Going Blind So He Invented a Machine to Help Learn Braille
World Economic Forum Children Must Be Taught to Build Positive Online Presence
Globe and Mail Turn Off Smartphones, Turn on the Science
Globe and Mail Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial, etc. so why don’t you put it down?
NPR Livestreaming Country Life Is Turning Some Chinese Farmers Into Celebrities
NPR 5 Things to Know About Screen Time Right Now
BBC Gaming Addiction Classified as Disorder
The Sun Millennial GEneration Want Jobs as Vloggers, YouTubers, Animators
MSNBC Apple CEO Tim Cook: Don’t Let Your Kids Use Social Media
The Guardian Tech Bosses Limit Their Kids Time on Cell Phones, Why Don’t We?
The Star The Sneaky Science Behind Your Kids’ (tech) Obsessions
NBC News Apple Investors Urge Action on iPhone Addiction Amongst Kids
Washington Post Teens Who Spend Less Time in Front of Screens Are Happier, Up to a Point
Wired Magazine Please Do Not Assault the Giant Walmart Robot
Big Think Light Based Computers May Soon Become a Reality
Science Alert Honda Just Unveiled Its New Hydrogen-Powered Car
Nerdist Magazine Cedar Point Roller Coaster Breaks Records
National Geographic People Without Electricity Don’t Get Eight Hours of Sleep Either
Time Magazine Online Why Playing Video Games Can Be Good for Your Health
Rube Goldberg Website History and Bio of Rube Goldberg
Today’s Parent White Noise Machines Safe for Babies?
CNN Child Miners Face Death for Tech
Afrigadget Solving Everyday Problems with African Ingenuity
NASA Space Place People and Technology
Story of Stuff Project The Story of Electronics
Story of Stuff Project The Original Story of Stuff
Smithsonian Magazine This Tower Scrubs the Air of Smog
Ted Talks Vancouver The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance
Tech Crunch Network Open Bionics Creates Disney-Inspired Bionic Hands for Kids
Enabling the Future A Global Network of Volunteers Using 3D Printers to Give a “Helping Hand”
Museum of Science Inventor’s Toolbox
National Academy of Engineering Greatest Engineering Achievements
Popular Science The Plastic Used in 3D Printers is Toxic…
BBC Minecraft Used to Teach Children Molecular Chemistry
Psychology Today Screen Time is Making Kids Lazy, Depressed, etc.
Popular Science How Google Aims to Dominate AI
The Atlantic The Technology That Created a New Generation of Runners
Bright This is What Kids Will Be Doing in 2035
Ted Ed Chat Social Emotional Writing: The World Needs More Love Letters
Wired Magazine NASA Wants to Make a 3CPO, But That May Not Be a Good Idea
Wired Magazine The Cyborg Collection of Articles and Videos
Huffington Post Green Heartbreaking Photographs of How We Are Filling the World with Trash
Tinker Lab Engineering Kids, Creating a Rube Goldberg Machine
Babble Dabble Do Blog Sticksplosions Activity
Mind Shift Could Minecraft Be the Hook to Get Girls Coding
NPR All Tech Considered When It Comes to Learning for the Deaf, it is a 3D Language
Fast Company Why Lego Is Spending Millions to Ditch Oil-Based Plastic
NY Magazine The Science of Us The Case Against Laptops in the Classroom
Atlantis Simple Machines Learning Site
MIKids.com Simple Machines
Science Kids Introduction to Gears
Game Aquarium Simple Machines Videos and More
Goldburger to Go Online Rube Goldburg Activity from PBS (requires flash)
Beacon Learning How Can We Move the Principal? Activity and Learning Module
Quia Simple Machines Matching and Concentration Games
Museum of Science and Tech Chicago Twitch Game for Simple Machines

Needs and Wants / Concept of Interdependence:

Ducksters Money and Finance for Kids
Crash Course Intro to Economics
PBS Learning Economics Videos
PBS Learning Econ and Me Videos (Scarcity, Consumption, etc.)
Huffington Post These Girls Sold $800,000 in Origami to Bring Water to a Navajo Reservation
Maclean’s The American Election Explained or “What the heck is going on down there?”
Fatherly There’s a Shortage of Coloured Pencils and It’s Adult Colouring Books Fault
Babble Dabble Do Blog Making Crystal Gardens
Ted Education If the world were 100 people
The Economist Spot the Difference: Venezuela looks like Zimbabwe 15 years ago
NY TImes The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn’t Translate
Power Show Geological History of British Columbia
International Monetary Fund Trading Around the World
The Economist Video on International Trade
Financial Post Japan Has Discovered Minerals to Last Years to Come
CBC Kinder Morgan Pipeline Explained
Makezine Giant Outdoor Catan
YouTube Alberta Sands
National Post Two BC Towns Remain Deserted, Trying to Bring them Back to Life
Science Alert Interactive Periodic Table
Slate Yes, Africa is Splitting in Two
Quartz Playing Board Games Can Make You A Nicer Person
New York Post Yes, There is a World Championship for Excel
National Geographic Earth’s Inner Core is Doing Something Interesting