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A Collection of Subject Resources: Elementary grades
ALBERTA EDUCATION LINKS
• Back to School
• AlbertaCurriculum
• My Child's Learning - A Parent Resource, launched March 2012 to improve parents' access to Alberta's curriculum
• Provincial Achievement Testing (Grade 3)
ELEMENTARY WEB LINKS by subject - external links that you may find helpful.
GENERAL
ASK Kids: online schoolhouse
CBBC and BBC for students - games and clips from the British Broadcasting Corporation
Family Education: printable crafts
Fun Brain: learning arcade and other fun K-8 activities
Game Goo: educational games
Kids' CBC: children's site from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Knowledge Bears: fun online environment for kids
Learning Planet: lots of links, organized by subject or grade
Primary Games: lots of educational games on a variety of topics, for elementary-grade children
Scholastic for Kids: games, activities, and a searchable author database
Westmount's own Virtual Library and the Library Catalogue Search
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Robert Munsch: a well-loved Canadian children's author
Starfall: learning to read with phonics
Wordle: create word clouds
MATH
A-Plus Math: improve your math skills interactively
City Creator: drag and drop pieces to build a city!
Kid Sites: math section
MUSIC
Classics for Kids: music, instruments, stories of composers, and music games
DSO Kids: a virtual Music Room, courtesy of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
iTunes: a helpful tool to assist with music activities
SFS Kids: a kids' site from the San Francisco Symphony
SCIENCE
EdHeads: an ever-changing page with links to live science demonstrations and games.
Kids Geo: ecology and geography for kids
NASA Kids Club: learn about space
Nineplanets and Kids Astronomy: Astronomy sites
Rainforest Alliance: learn about biodiversity conservation
Yahoo Kids: science activities
SOCIAL STUDIES
Letters from the Trunk: Alberta history in the 1940s and 1950s, including the story of immigration to the west from other countries.
Lonely Planet: travel around the world. Also a great site for Spanish!
NOTE: Inclusion in this list not intended to be an endorsement of its content or of its owner. Westmount Charter School assumes no responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of or reliance on such information. Parents or guardians are responsible for their children's use of these resources.
posted 13 December 2010
updated 27 June 2012