Calgary Board of Education

 
For Students

Below are some useful links for students.      
             

Easy Access Sites Online Reference Sites
Web Quest Sites Homework Sites

Book Search Sites

Music Sites

French Sites

Web Awareness Sites

Author Sites

Math Sites

 
Easy Access Sites
 
CBE Mail: Student school email accounts.
CBE Library: The main Calgary Board of Education Library web site. Click on Elementary to get your main site.


 
Ask For Kids is a unique service where you enter a question, and Ask tries to point you to the right web page that provides an answer.


KidsClick!
Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 different web sites organized in categories.

Yahooligans is Yahoo for kids, designed for ages 7 to 12. Sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children.

Fact Monster
TekMom's Search Tools for Students

Pics4Learning is Copyright-friendly images for education.

ALA Great Web Site for Kids is an organized directory of sites selected by members of the American Library Association.

Awesome Library has over 14,000 sites that have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching.

Wired for Words: Developed by Calgary students.
PBS Kids: Great educational games for Division 1.
Seussville: The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more! What are you waiting for? Let's Play!
E-Stat: Resource for social studies, science, mathematics, and health. From the StatsCanada website.
Calgary Public Library Link - look up their resources online.

School Day Forecast Link
From the Weather Channel
The Weather Network Link

 

Online Reference Sites

 
Online Encyclopedia: Grolier Online, World Book, Electronic library, Canadian encyclopedia, and other research materials.
Online Dictionary: A place where you can find the definitions of words you are unsure of.

Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia that has its articles created by the users who browse the site. There are currently over 700,000 articles on the site.

Online Visual Dictionary

 

Web Quest Sites

 
   
Environment Canada
Up-to-date 5-day weather tracking for Calgary.

Author Sites

Doug Chapman

Dan Bar-el

Dr. Seuss

Simon Rose

 

 


Homework Sites

 Grade 1/2
Math Manipulatives Learn to Read Site
Word Match Math Videos
National Geographic Animals Think Responsibly
Museum Games and Information The Art Zone
Interactive Art Site Artist Toolkit
Mr. Picassohead (heart) Mr. Picassohead (normal)
   

Grade 3/4

Interactive Math Site Interactive Geometry Site
Math Manipulatives Interactive Math Sites: A List
Grammer Gorilla Mystery Stories
National Geographic Animals Museum Games and Information
Mr. Picassohead (heart) Mr. Picassohead (normal)
Interactive Art Site Think Responsibly
The Art Zone Web Awareness 
Artist Toolkit Typing Tutor
Math Videos  
   

Grade 5/6

Interactive Math Site Gizmo Math Site
Interactive Geometry Site Math Manipulatives
Interactive Math Sites: A List Grammer Gorilla
Mystery Stories Museum Games and Information
Wonderville Think Responsibly
Interactive Art Site Typing Tutor
The Art Zone Web Awareness
Artist Toolkit  
   

 

Book Search Sites

 
   
Web Awareness
Kids in the Know: Web Awareness Activities Online Games: Leveled by Grade
   

French Sites

 

BBC French Activities: Leveled by Age

Music Sites


San Francisco Symphony

 

 San Francisco Symphony Page

New York Philharmonic Kidzone

Playmusic Site
Math Sites