{"id":71,"date":"2011-02-06T20:52:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T03:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.155.6.59\/milloyd\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:15:04","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/milloyd\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Curricular Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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climate change<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Greta Thunberg speeches<\/a>
\nRevolution Movie: DEFORESTATION<\/a>
\nRevolution Movie: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION<\/a>
\nRevolution Movie: OVER FISHING<\/a>
\nRevolution Movie: CLIMATE CHANGE<\/a>
\nRevolution Movie: SAVE THE HUMANS<\/a>
\nClimate Kids<\/a>
\nTiki the Penguine’s Guide to life<\/a>
\nTiki’s information for kids on Climate Change & our planet<\/a>
\nJust Eat It<\/em> food waste movie quiz<\/a>
\nFood waste infographic<\/a> from The Guardian<\/em> (Figures from other 1st world countries like Canada will be very similar.)
\nTristram Stuart on global food waste<\/a><\/p>\n

Mathematics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\nmath dictionary<\/a><\/form>\n

another math dictionary<\/a> from Math is Fun<\/p>\n

Manipulatives of all kinds (Polypad from Mathigon)<\/a><\/p>\n

online dotty grid<\/a>
\nA bucketful of interactive environments: dice, spinners, geoboards…<\/a>
\nroll multiple dice from 2 to 100 sides multiple times<\/a>
\nOnline tool for drawing squares & rectangles<\/a> from Nrichmaths.org
\nOnline Cuisenaire rods <\/a> from Nrichmaths.org
\nonline base 10 blocks<\/a>
\nVirtual Math Manipulatives (mathplayground)<\/a>
\nNational LIbrary of Virtual Math Manipulatives<\/a>
\nBalances for balancing equations (also from NLVM)<\/a><\/p>\n

Exploding Dots Widget<\/a>
\nExploding Dots Lessons & Videos<\/a><\/p>\n

Math Games at Mathfrog<\/a>
\nSquare It game<\/a>
\nMathigon<\/a>
\nPrime factorization visualizations<\/a>
\nSieve of Eratosthenes interactive<\/a><\/p>\n

chess<\/strong><\/h3>\n

chesskid.com<\/a> is a safe, free site for kids to learn and play chess<\/p>\n

Literacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Online etymological dictionary<\/a> (find out where words & their roots come from)
\nYoung Readers Choice Awards<\/a>
\nEnglish vocabulary (links in other languages – best viewed in Google Chrome)<\/a>
\nParts of speech from Grammar Rock<\/a> (& other Schoolhouse Rock videos)
\nGrammar Monster grammatical terms & definitions (rules explained)<\/a>
\nKidsClick (a kid-friendly search engine)<\/a>
\nAudio Books for Kids<\/a>
\nReading & other literacy activities from BBC<\/a>
\nGrammar <\/a>Bytes<\/a><\/p>\n

digital literacy<\/h3>\n

Digital Compass<\/a> (Common Sense Media)
\nDigital passport<\/a> (Common Sense Media)<\/p>\n

Blogging Rubric<\/a> courtesy of Mr C Fisher, Snow Lake MB.
\nGreat commenting guidelines<\/a> from HUZZAH!, a class of student bloggers on Vancouver Island
\ntips on giving attribution<\/a> & embedding images from Wikimedia commons<\/a> also from our friends at HUZZAH!<\/a> Thanks!
\nattribution for CC photos from Flickr using ImageCode.org<\/a> (Thanks to B.L. Newman<\/a> for the tip.)
\nCiting Sources for elementary school students<\/a> from K Schrock
\nDouglas Road Library Web Resources (incl. World Book Student encyclopedia & GREAT DICTIONARY<\/a>
\nList of genres of literature<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out Scratch<\/a> for learning about code, and check out this student project<\/a><\/p>\n

Tech kids solving life’s problems in The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

poetry<\/h3>\n

Classical Poems for Children<\/a> (from storyit.com)
\nSearchable Index of poems & poets<\/a> (from the Poetry Foundation)
\nBetter than a thesaurus<\/a> (from Lexical FreeNet)
\nRhyming dictionary online<\/a> (from Poetry4Kids – contains some ads)
\nPoetry dictionary<\/a> (from Poetry4Kids)
\nPoetry writing tool from Scholastic<\/a>
\nLimerick Factory<\/a>
\nLiterary devices<\/a> (& other useful references)<\/p>\n

video \/ slideshows \/ digital storytelling<\/strong><\/h3>\nVoicethread<\/a><\/form>\nAnimoto<\/a><\/form>\nPhotopeach<\/a><\/form>\nLook for other movie-making software installed on your computer (e.g. iMovie or Moviemaker)<\/form>\neasy screencasting with Screencast-O-Matic<\/a><\/form>\nJing<\/a> is free screencasting software (Mac or PC)<\/form>\nCamstudio<\/a> is free screencasting software (PC only)
\nPhotos for class<\/a> (automatically searches & attributes images licensed for reuse under creative commons)<\/form>\n\n

podcasting<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Free Sound LIbraries for Schools<\/a> from TechnoKids.<\/p>\n

Soundbible<\/a> (source for royalty-free sounds)<\/p>\n<\/form>\nAudacity<\/a> free audio recording & editing software
\nA QuickStart guide for Audacity<\/a>
\nAudacity Manua<\/a>l<\/form>\n<\/form>\n\n

Science<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\nscience glossary<\/a>
\nScience from BBC Bitesize<\/a>
\nForces from BBC Bitesize<\/a>
\nSimple Machines with B. Nye<\/a>
\nAmerican Museum of Natural History on Biodiversity<\/a>
\nABC Science<\/a> (Science news and information site from Australia)
\nSimple Machines facts for students<\/a><\/form>\nChildren’s University of Manchester<\/a> (info & interactives in history, languages, science, & some art)
\nSolar System to Scale (1 pixel=1,000 km)<\/ a><\/a><\/p>\n

Paper Airplanes<\/h3>\n

Paper Airplane Aerodynamics<\/a>
\nDynamics of Flight form NASA<\/a>
\nBasic paper airplane instructions<\/a>
\nPaper Airplane Instructions from Mander, J., Dippel, G., Gossage, H. The Great International Paper Airplane Book, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1967.<\/a>
\nSuzanne<\/em> instructions by J. Collins<\/a>
\n<em?The Tube instructions by J. Collins<\/a>
\nThe Stinger<\/em> instructions by J. Collins<\/a>
\nThe Plane<\/em> instructions by J. Collins<\/a><\/p>\n

life science<\/h3>\n

Biomes<\/a> and other topics in biology & ecology
\nNFB film of C. Wyss<\/a>
\nIndigenous Plant Diva: Indigenous plants of Vancouver<\/a><\/p>\n

How plants can communicate<\/a>
\nThe Wild Classroom<\/a> with lots of info and video.
\nBC Science 6 resources & review quizzes<\/a>
\nClassification information from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History<\/a>
\nThe 6 kingdoms (from Rhode Island College)<\/a>
\ntaxonomy links<\/a>
\nKidshealth.org<\/a>
\nHuman body interactive from BBC (muscles, organs, skeleton, nervous system)<\/a>
\nRespiratory System<\/a>
\nLearn about the heart<\/a>
\nCirculation Station<\/a>
\nKids Health from CYH Australia (muscles & much more)<\/a>
\nSkateboard Science<\/a>
\nScale of the Solar system<\/a> from the Exploratorium in San Francisco
\nSpace Suite I<\/a> on Knowledge Network
\n<\/a>Space Suite II<\/a> on Knowledge Network
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Geology<\/h3>\n

Earthviewer Interactive<\/a>
\nInteractive rock cycle animation<\/a>
\nstudy rocks & the rock cycle<\/a>
\ntest yourself on the rock cycle<\/a>
\nMinerals & mining (atlas of Canada interactive map)<\/a>
\nplate tectonics \/ plate boundaries (KMZ file for Google Earth)<\/a>
\nEvidence of plate motion (National Parks Service)<\/a><\/p>\n

sustainability<\/h3>\n

Calculate your carbon footprint
\n<\/a>Climate Kids<\/a>
Simon Jackson on protecting the Spirit Bear<\/a>
National Geographic on Salmon Forests<\/a><\/p>\n

Social studies<\/h3>\n

Indigenous Peoples Timeline (Canadian Encyclopedia)<\/a>
\nFirst Peoples’ Map of BC (Burnaby near Douglas Road School)<\/a>
\nHow To Say S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh<\/a>
\nFirst Peoples’ Map of BC & h\u0259n\u0313q\u0313\u0259min\u0313\u0259m\u0313 language<\/a>
\nCanadian Settlement – Chinese<\/a>
\nCanadian immigration timeline<\/a>
\nAsia – Canada settlement timeline from Historica Canada<\/a>
\nPassages Canada personal accounts of heritage & cultural identity<\/a>
\nAncient Greece (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nAncient Greece (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nRoman empire (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nAncient Rome (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nAncient Egypt (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nAncient Egypt (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nIndus Valley (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nAncient India (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nMayan Civilization (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nMayan Civilization (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nMesopotamia (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nAncient China [Shang Dynasty] (BBC Bitesize)<\/a>
\nAncient China (mrdonn.org)<\/a>
\nIncas (mrdonn.org)<\/a><\/p>\n

Truth & reconciliation, Orange Shirt day& Black excellence day resources<\/h3>\n

What is Orange Shirt Day?<\/a>
\nThe word “Indigenous” explained<\/a>
\nShi-shi-etko<\/a>
\nLet’s Talk About Race<\/em> by Julius Lester<\/a><\/p>\n

Government<\/h3>\n

Videos from studentvote.ca [follow the links & scroll down to the video]<\/p>\n

Government & Democracy<\/a><\/p>\n

History of Voting Rights in BC<\/a>
\nThe Political Spectrum<\/a>
\nLevels of Government<\/a>
\nOur electoral System<\/a>
\nVote Compass (youth edition)<\/a>
\nInformation Pollution and Disinformation videos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/form>\nGeospy (requires Flash)<\/a>
\nTry this mapping quiz (from lizardpoint.com – does NOT require Flash)<\/a><\/form>\nWhere are we from?a map of Canadian immigrant populations.<\/a><\/p>\n

physical & health education<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\n<\/form>\n<\/form>\nKids Health<\/a>What Sleep is and Why All Kids Need it<\/a><\/form>\nInfo on infections from Child & Youth Health (Australia)<\/a><\/form>\nDrug facts from D.A.R.E. B.C.<\/a>Pennies for Peace<\/a>
\nfitness information from In the Zone (UK)<\/a>
\nCanada’s food guide<\/a>
\nSome basic jump rope skills & tricks<\/a>
\nLong Rope Skills from Rope Skipping Canada<\/a><\/form>\n\n

Career education<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Career Interest quiz from Career Onestop<\/a>
\nTech kids solving life’s problems in The Guardian<\/a>
\nPAWS in Jobland<\/a><\/p>\n

le fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\nvocabulaire<\/a><\/form>\nLanguages online French activities<\/a>
\nnumbers hangman<\/a>
\nvocabulaire de No\u00ebl on Quizlet<\/a>
\nduolingo classroom<\/a><\/form>\n\n

Art<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\ntriangular tessellations<\/a><\/p>\n

visual elements & principles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/form>\nDavid Hockney & his art<\/a>
\nOrigami designs from Gilad’s origami page<\/a>
\norigami<\/a><\/form>\npeace crane folding instruction video<\/a>
\nOrigami Owl How-To<\/a> from Art for Kids Hub.<\/a>
\n Origami Owl (better contrast, easier to see)<\/a>
\norigami poppy (video)<\/a>
\norigami pixels (modular poppy)<\/a>
\norigami modular sonube unit<\/a>
\nmodular origami octahedron<\/a>
\nmodular origami icosahedron<\/a>
\nBetween the folds<\/a>
\n<\/a>origami film discussion for Between the Folds<\/a>
\n<\/a>origami resource center<\/a>
\n<\/a>Mathigon origami<\/a>
\n<\/a>mabona origami<\/a>(very cool video)
\n<\/a>snowflakes by Connie Gulick<\/a>
\n<\/a>pumpkin art<\/a>
\n<\/a>Puppetry by Bernd Ogrodnik<\/a><\/form>\nCeltic knot designs from Aon Celtic Art<\/a><\/form>\nCeltic key patterns by Aidan Meehan<\/a>
\nWest Coast Native art mythology from Little Bear Art<\/a><\/form>\nPixel art creation tool from abcya.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Games and staying sharp<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\nFeed people at Free Rice<\/a><\/form>\nGeospy<\/a><\/form>\nFactris<\/a>
\nGames Galore!<\/a>
\nDice, <\/a>domino<\/a>,<\/a> solitaire<\/a> and other games<\/a> ancient and new
\nSocial distancing game<\/a>
\nAnimal ID (classification)<\/a><\/form>\n\"\"<\/p>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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