Links
Learning Commons' Links:
Springbank Middle School Online Public Access Catalog
FOLLETTSHELF EBOOKS (*Springbank Middle School URL - best to use do not google)
https://wbb44041.follettshelf.com/shelf/servlet/presentshelfform.do?site=44041
Follettshelf Ebooks (Youtube video how to checkout and checkin) http://youtu.be/eE7rnRROI3A
FOLLETTSHELF EBOOKS-HOW TO USE FLOWCHART
SOCIAL STUDIES
http://1812.gc.ca/ (English/French)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/ (English/French)
http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/home
McCord Museum(Canadian artifacts) https://www.google.ca/search?q=mccord+museum&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7RNWE_en&surl=1&gws_rd=cr&ei=abqPUol0zeigBLaLgeAD
Hanas' Suitcase http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/
Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/index.php
Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan http://www.afghanistan.gc.ca/canada-afghanistan/index.aspx?lang=eng
SCIENCE
National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/olympics/
Environment Canada Skywatchers (weather) http://ec.gc.ca/meteoaloeil-skywatchers/
STEM Academy ( for literacy, thinking and technical skills) http://www.stem101.org/
MATHEMATICS
LANGUAGE ARTS
Word of the Week (English & French) http://www.cbc.ca/cestlavie/word/
FRENCH
http://www.4edu.ca/tors/toppicks.html#
http://www.patrimoinehbc.ca/hbcheritage/accueil
http://www.parl.gc.ca/education
Media Smarts - a bilingual, Canadian educational site to aid in evaluating the media and web literacy of a site - http://mediasmarts.ca/
REFERENCE/RESEARCH
Bibliographies and Citations http://education.bluevalleyk12.org/KidBib/
Plagarism http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Plagarism http://www.commoncraft.com/videolist
Online Reference Center (Login for at home use: Username: LA53 Password: 4487)
http://www.learnalberta.ca/OnlineReferenceCentre.aspx?lang=en
CRAAP - Evaluating Informatiion on the Internet http://library.macewan.ca/craap_test
CRAAP TEST WORKSHEET http://moodle2.cvuhs.org/pluginfile.php/20047/mod_resource/content/1/CRAAPTestWorksheet.pdf
CRAAP TEST WORKSHEET- alternate view - http://www.juniata.edu/services/library/instruction/handouts/craap_worksheet.pdfhttp://www.kyvl.org/
Kentucky Virtual Library http://www.kyvl.org/
Kentucky Virtual Library - Research Flowchart - http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - example of site evaluation - hoax
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Media Smarts - a bilingual, Canadian educational site to aid in evaluating the media and web literacy of a site - http://mediasmarts.ca/
VIDEO
GENERAL INTEREST
Forestry http://www.canadianforestry.com/html/education/cfa_kits_e.html
http://www.yakitome.com/tts/text_to_speech
Currency Museum Canada http://www.currencymuseum.ca/
Glenbow Museum http://www.glenbow.org/
Virtual Museum of Canada http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp
Flickrstorm - images for copy/paste plus ways to cite responsibility/ownership http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
Khan Academy (covers many subject areas) http://www.khanacademy.org/
Community Learning Network Kid's Stuff http://www.cln.org/kids_index.html
SITES FOR ORGANIZING INFORMATION (CURATION)
Mosaic Maker http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php
Diigo https://www.diigo.com/
Lino it (digital sticky notes) http://en.linoit.com/
MUSIC
ENVIRONMENT
Biosphere Environment Museum (Environment Canada) https://www.google.ca/search?q=music+on+the+mind&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7RNWE_en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=44ufUtauLoT6oASx4ILwDg&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=585
Eco Kidshttp://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
SPORTS
Olympics Sochi
CBC -http://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/sochi-2014-olympic-winter-games.html#.Utgp-_vviSp
Online Reference Center - Learn Alberta - Culturegrams http://olympic.ca/games/2014-sochi/
Activity Village - http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/winter-olympics
