Podcasts from around Nechako Lakes
Visit
Learn how to be safe and responsible online
Share
Login to Nettrekker
Online


Top 10 Sites
Tekchako Lakes Tag Clouds

Science
Cloud

BC Encyclopedia
online periodicals and magazines
World Book Encyclopedia
Statistics Canada

Smartboard Resources TOP

  1. Global Classroom Resources - Tons of excellent sites here. - Thanks Maureen!
  2. SMART Education website
  3. SMART Education Teachers' Hub
  4. Notebook Software Lesson Activities
  5. SMART Exchange: Community of Education SMART board users
  6. TeacherTube SMART board videos
  7. Google Earth - A must have for your SMART board
  8. Interactive 360 degree full screen panoramas
  9. The Teachers Love SMART Boards site
  10. SMART board technical support or phone 1-866-518-6791
  11. Excellent K-3 Smartboard sites - Ok, so there's 11 on our top 10 list. It's worth it :)
  12. Mrs. Hurley's Smartboard Resources - Also, click for her favorite activities

Primary Websites K-3 TOP

  1. LearnNowBC Learning Centre - Classic interactive primary sites
  2. Brainpop junior - Animated curriculum based content
  3. Starfall - An excellent learn to read site
  4. Storynory - Free audio stories
  5. Totlol - Age appropriate videos submitted by parents for primary kids
  6. Kid Pix Studio Deluxe in the Classroom
  7. Chateau Meddybemps - Uncommon amusements for Grown-Ups & Children
  8. Professor Garfield - Large collection of educational interactive activitie
  9. Crickweb - Primary interactive resources
  10. Kindersite - Kindergarten games, songs and stories

Intermediate Websites 4-7 TOP

  1. The Webquest Page
  2. National Geographic Kids
  3. Fact Monster
  4. How Stuff Works
  5. Webquests A complete matrix of webquests from the creator of webquests
  6. Professor Garfield - Large collection of educational interactive activities
  7. Grades 3-6 Student Interactives Developed through the Utah Education Network
  8. Sodaplay - Make online virtual machines and animals with real world physics
  9. HistoGrafica - Find historical pictures of places throughout the globe - Thanks Maureen!
  10. *

Science Websites TOP

  1. Science NetLinks - Wealth of resources for K-12 science teachers and students
  2. The Particle Adventure - Award winning interactive tour through the fundamentals of matter
  3. Robert Krampf's Experiment of the Week - Unusual, safe, cheap and fun experiments
  4. eNature.com - Guide and activities to North American plants and animals
  5. NASA's Windows to the Universe - Everything to know about the earth and space sciences
  6. HowStuffWorks - Explains both natural phenomena and human inventions
  7. Bill Nye the Science Guy - You know Bill Nye. His site is informative and fun
  8. The Exploatorium - Museum of science, art and human perception
  9. Frank Potter's Science Gems - Thousands of science resources sorted by category and grade
  10. *

Social Studies Websites TOP

  1. Railways and Immigration in Canada - An interactive site
  2. CBC Archives - Organized by grade
  3. Access.ca - Social Studies resources for Canadian teachers
  4. B.C. Archives Amazing Time Machine
  5. Histor!ca Canadian history
  6. Elections B.C.
  7. The Rush to B.C. - BC history site with student activities - Thanks Kelley!
  8. Explore the Arctic with GoNorth - A virtural dogsled tour - Thanks Kelley!
  9. Virtual Museum of Canada - Activities on many topics - not just social studies - Thanks Kelley!
  10. Statistics Canada Resources - Teacher produced lesson plans and resources
  11. Canadian History by the Minute - Those vignettes that used be on T.V. - Thanks Maureen!

Math Websites TOP

  1. Illuminations Math From the US Council of Teacher of Mathematics
  2. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  3. Wolfram MathWorld - The web's most extensive mathematics resource (highschool)
  4. The Math Forum - Lots of math resources for students and teachers
  5. Measure 4 Measure - Interactive sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate and translate
  6. Cut the Knot: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles - Excellent problem solving
  7. Bank High School - Financial literacy for highschool (and grownups!)
  8. Math.com - Pretty much what you'd expect. Easy to navigate
  9. AAA Math - Comprehensive set of interactive math lessons
  10. Math for Morons Like Us A ThinkQuest to increase mathematical understanding

Language Arts Websites TOP

  1. Read Write Think The site of the International Reading Association
  2. Novel Study CyberGuides a huge collection of online novel studies for K-12
  3. Book Finder Helps students find a book they'll love
  4. iWrite - Everything for teachers, students and parents to help with the writing process
  5. Storyline Online - Stories read by authors and streamed - Thanks Coralie!
  6. International Children's Digital Library - Collection of online books - Thanks Coralie!
  7. Big Universe - Read and create online books from published authors and students
  8. Hans Christian Anderson Folktales/Fairy Tales Site - Thanks Maureen!
  9. BC Libraries - Download 100's of audio books with your library card - Thanks Marilyn!
  10. *

Everything Else Websites TOP

  1. Cyber Safe Videos with Steve Dotto - Short videos from the LearnNowBC site
  2. Blue Web'n - A library of top learning sites on the web
  3. BBC Learning Resources for Schools - Thanks Coralie!
  4. inSuggest - Type in a website and get suggested similar websites - Thanks Marilyn!
  5. Ferlazzo's Best Web 2.0 Applications for Education 2008 - Free, no downloads
  6. Microsoft Academic Resources - Page full of development resources for students
  7. SearchMe Search Engine - Search websites visually. Thanks Ernie!
  8. Virtual Keyboard - Play a variety of instruments from the screen - Thanks Scott!
  9. 3D Vinci - Google Sketchup design projects for grades 1 to 12 - Thanks Maureen!
  10. World of Teaching - A huge collection of free powerpoints sorted by subject

Teacher Websites TOP

  1. TeacherTube Streaming video for teachers
  2. eThemes Extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources
  3. Thinkfinity Lots of free tools and educational resources for students, teachers and parents
  4. Edutopia - One of the best sources for learning about technology integration
  5. Internet 4 Classrooms A site that helps "Teachers use the Internet effectively."
  6. A to Z Teacher Stuff Teacher created site packed with plans, tips, sites and downloadables
  7. 42explore Thematic starting points, activities and resources on a variety of topics
  8. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Updated categorized list of excellent sites
  9. PBS Teachers - Great resources for teachers here
  10. GEM - Gateway for Educational Materials - Over 50,000 resources here
  11. LearnAlberta.ca Many of the resources here don't require a login or password