Applied Design, Skills and Technologies
Teen Voices: Oversharing and Your Digital Footprint (Common Sense Media; video)
Digital Compass interactive game (Common Sense Media)
What kinds of things affect a reputation? (padlet)
Oversharing: Think Before You Post (Common Sense Media)
Manage Your Online Reputation (Google for Education)
Building Your Brand : Building a Positive Presence Online (Media Smarts)
Media Smarts games login (A Day in the Life of the Jos & Passport to the Internet)
Samuel de Champlain (All About Explorers)
Champlain, Samuel de (World Book Online)
Evaluating Websites – TRAAP (Oregon School Library Information System)
Online Research: Tips for Effective Search Strategies (S. Clark)
Were This Fawn and Bobcat Cub Found Huddled Together After a California Wildfire? (snopes.com)
Reality Check – News You Can Use video (MediaSmarts)
News You Can Use Tip Sheet (MediaSmarts)
Live Clam Licks Salt On a Table
Reality Check – Getting the Goods on Science and Health video (MediaSmarts)
Getting the Goods on Science and Health Tip Sheet (MediaSmarts)
Reality Check – Authentication 101 video (MediaSmarts)
Authentication 101 Tip Sheet (MediaSmarts)
Social Studies:
Indigenous Leaders in Canada
30 Indigenous Leaders (The Canadian Encyclopedia; article with research links)
Indigenous trail-blazers (Government of Canada)
Browse “Indigenous Leaders” (Canadian Encyclopedia)
Secwepemc Culture & Governance
Secwepemc Strong (website)
The Secwepemc People: Shuswap First Nation, B.C., Canada – History, Culture & Spirituality (Jaguar Bird; video)
The Secwepemc (or Shuswap) People and Their Culture (Quaaout Lodge; website)
World Religions
SD83 World of Information Look for user name & password in your agenda book if accessing from home. Choose World Book Student. Enter the name of the religion in the Search Bar.
URI Kids: World Religions (United Religions Initiative)
BBC Religions portal (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Vikings:
Vikings (check menu for articles; Bitesize; BBC)
Middle Ages
Middle Ages (article; World Book Student; click on Related Information tab for many more articles)
The Middle Ages for Kids and Teachers (Mr. Donn; many links to topics from this page)
Middle Ages (Annenberg Learner)
Middle Ages (check menu for articles; Bitesize; BBC)
Middle Ages (History.com; check menu for related articles)
Europe: The First Crusade – The People’s Crusade, Part 1 (video; Extra Credit)
Renaissance
Renaissance (Annenberg Learner)
The Renaissance (podcast; from Civilisation, BBC World Service)
The Renaissance Facts for Kids (article; History for Kids.org)
Colonialism:
The Colonial Experience (podcast; from Civilisation, BBC World Service)
Science:
Cells:
“Cell” (World Book Student Encyclopedia; article; click on Related for many articles on related subjects)
Amazing Cells (Learn.Genetics, University of Utah)
All About Cells and Cell Structure: Parts of the Cell for Kids (FreeSchool; video)
Introduction to Cells: The Grand Cell Tour (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells (Amoeba Sisters; video)
What is ATP? (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Mitosis: The Amazing Cell Process That Uses Division to Multiply! (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Cell Transport (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Meiosis (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Pandemics & Epidemics
“Epidemic” (World Book Student Encyclopedia article; check also Related links)
“Pandemic” (World Book Student Encyclopedia article; check also Related links)
Viruses (Updated) (Amoeba Sisters; video)
What is a Coronavirus? (Elizabeth Cox on TED-Ed; video)
How Does Your Immune System Work? (Emma Bryce on TED-Ed; video)
Immune System (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Antibiotics, Antivirals and Vaccines (Amoeba Sisters; video)
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics (Brain Pop; video)
Plate Tectonics Explained (MinuteEarth; video)
English Language Arts:
Debating:
Basic Argument Construction (Saskatchewan Elocution and Debate)
Shuswap Middle School 