New This Year
Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next
We are super excited to have access to Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next this year. We have purchased 4 modules for K-2:
Animals; Science; Social Studies and Health.
Pebble Go Next is for Grades 3-5 Science.
Pebble Go is an online resource designed for young students, offering age-appropriate content on various subjects. It features easy-to-read articles, videos, and interactive activities to engage early learners and promote independent research skills.
Use Pebble Go to enhance your lessons and encourage a love for learning in students.
Focus Ed has created “One Page Flyers” for the Digital Classroom Resources which outline some key features of the resource, include some classroom activities, and identify the built-in accessibility features of each resource. Below are some examples of the one-pages. Click on the link to access ALL of the flyers in both English as well as French.
Focused Ed One Page Flyers
This indigenous publication “is focused on authentic indigenous voices discussing Cultural Rights, Human Rights Environmental Rights and Equity.”
A wonderful collection of narrated picture books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Venture into science, nature, archaeology, space and more. Browse magazines by cover.
This indigenous publication “is focused on authentic indigenous voices discussing Cultural Rights, Human Rights Environmental Rights and Equity.”
Find “Truth and Reconciliation”, “First Nations”, “Inuit” and “Metis” free in French and English. These four beautiful books offer amazing pictures, information, a glossary of indigenous terms and more.
This section presents issues specific to Indigenous people in Canada including challenges that they face and crimes against them.
This is also available in French.
Find Books to have Read, Nursery Rhymes, Songs, videos and more (Gr. K-2)
Easy for kids to navigate through with easy to read articles and thousands of pictures. (Gr. 3-9)
Articles from World Book, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools. Also in French. (Gr. 3-9)
Encyclopedia, multimedia, online books, and primary source databases.
Find engaging content and tools to draw students into the curriculum related topics and subjects. (Gr. 5-9)
Hundreds of pre-generated timelines across eight broad topics. (Gr. 3-9)
World Book Encyclopedia in French.
Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Focus on K-8 Science and Grade 4-12 Social Studies.
Find articles with Canadian content.
This environment and climate change portal provides access to a variety of powerful resources addressing these important issues.
Venture into science, nature, archaeology, space and more. Browse magazines by cover.
Search for resources here. Try Topic Finder to help you narrow down your topic ideas.
BC Historical Newspapers
Searches Academic Search Premier
Science Reference Center
Choose from tens of thousands of free, educational videos for K to 12.
Find full length, videos, video clips, teacher guides, student activities and worksheets to go with the videos, music tracks, feature films, sound effects, audio and video speeches, audio books, newsreels, images and articles.
Christmas Videos That are free online:
Live it Earth – Is a new STEM resource that we will have until the end of 2025. It contains resources that are directly linked to our BC Curriculum and new programs come out each month. This site contains full Science units with an Inquiry Guide. Challenges, Assessment and embedded Indigenous perspectives.
Available in French and English.
To sign up, please click here to get the instructions for you to join and for your class.
ClickView, the “refreshed” Grade 6–9 TWIG resource . TWIG provides high-quality educational videos, and this update adds thousands of new curriculum-aligned titles, along with professional development content.
“Sign in as guest” to access this resource for the time being:
Read our short guide to find out how you can get the most out of Twig.
Twig (ENVersion)
Twig (FRVersion)
Twig Video List (FRVersion)
Free Science Resources for Teachers.
(For secondary teachers – topics for students in Grade 8 to10)