Calgary Board of Education

For Students

Arts
Fun
Government
History
Literature & Reading
Math
Media
Miscellaneous
Science & Technology

Arts
- All Music Guide
- Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet — A search engine for fine art.
- Canadian Museum of Civilization
- National Gallery of Canada
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery New
- SFSKids — San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Explore the orchestra, write music, hear music.
- Virtual Museum of Canada
Fun
- Alex's paper airplanes — Fly this!
Government
- Learn Alberta
  - Learn Alberta's Math Resource (Grade 6)
  - Reference Center — Requires user ID and password (available from the school).
- Statistics Canada
  - Learning Resources
  - E-Stat entry point — Requires user ID and password (available from the school).
- Environment Canada: Current conditions and 5 day forecast for Calgary
- The Weather Network: Weather Forecast - Calgary
History
- Eternal Egypt — An on-line Egyptial museum
- GodChecker.com — Your guide to the gods — Information on various deities from Africa to the Nordic countries
- History For Kids (BBC) — Emphasis on Great Britain.
- History For Kids (the other one)
- History's Happening — Links to sites about ancient, medieval and modern history.
Literature & Reading
- The Alberta Library Online
- Bartleby Great Books Online — Columbia Encyclopedia, Bartlett's Quotations, Roget's Thesaurus and more
- Calgary Public Library
- GameGoo - Learning that Sticks! — Kindergarten and grade 1.
- International Children's Digital Library — Full text of children's books in the public domain from 27 cultures in 15 languages.
- International Reading Association — On-line resources.
- Early Childhood Education Network Literacy Center — Letters, shapes, numbers, colors, words. In English, Spanish, German and French.
- Literature Alive — Summary and review of literature. Canadian authors.
- The Quotations Page — Quotations by author or subject
- Project Gutenberg — Full text of books in the public domain.
- Read Up On It (National Library of Canada) — Notable books on a variety of themes.
- Wired for Words — An on-line book club for kids.
- Words and Pictures (BBC) — Phonics games for grade 1 and 2.
Math
- AAA Math — Interactive math activities.
- A+ Math — Flash cards, games, worksheets.
- About Big Numbers
- Math Fact Cafe — Build your own worksheets (Grades 1 - 4)
- The Math Forum's Ask Dr. Math — Math questions answered.
- NCTM's Figure This! — Math challenges for families.
- Learn Alberta's Math Resource (Grade 6)
- The Math Forum's Math Forum Elementary Problem of the Week
- Megamaths (BBC) — Problem solving ages 7 - 9.
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Utah State University) — Interactive applets.
- Online Calculators — Various kinds of calculators.
Media
- CBC
- Discovery (Canada)
- Discovery Kids (USA)
- Discovery School (USA)
- National Geographic Society (USA)
- PBS
- Yes Mag (Science, Canadaian)
Miscellaneous
- Bullying.org
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- teachingsexualhealth.ca — For ages 9 and up (Alberta Learning).
Science & Technology
- Adventures in Science and Technology
- Alberta Archeaology Timeline (Requires Flash)
- Ask Dr. Universe (Washington State University) — Science questions and answers for kids of all ages.
- Beakman's World
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- BrainPOP — Health, science, technology, math and english animations
- Bubbles (The Exploratorium)
- The Bubblesphere
- Cool Science for Curious Kids (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) — Biology
- Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
- Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive (MadSci.org) — Lots of fun stuff.
- EOA Scientific's Multimedia Interactive Resources — Interactive, mostly earth sciences.
- The Exploratorium (San Francisco) — One of the first (and perhaps greatest) hands-on science museums in the world.
- ExploreLearning — Interactive experiments (Shockwave)
- Flying Turtle Exploring
- The Globe Program — A world-wide science project for students.
- How Stuff Works
- Mrs. Cannons Computer Lab — Check out the Ten Commandments (Yes, you!).
- US National Institutes of Health Optical Illusions — Not your run-of-the-mill images
- GKT Virtual Campus Optical Illusions — Some clasics
- University of Illinois Eye Center Optical Illusions and After-Images — More clasics
- Ology (American Museum of Natural History)
- Optics for Kids
- Science Snacks (The Exploratorium)
- SciZone (Ontario Science Center)
- Smithsonian Institutions (USA)
- Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
- UN Atlas of the Oceans
- Your Weight on Other Worlds (The Exploratorium)