St. Rose of Lima's College

STREAM Education
E-learning Resources Website

  

[Click the images below to access the free e-resources.]




Science




PhET Interactive Simulations

PhET provides interactive computer simulations for teaching and learning in physics, chemistry, maths and other sciences. The simulations help make the visual and conceptual models accessible to students. It is a great platform for students to experience labs at home.


NOVA 

NOVA provides unparalleled science documentaries that offer students  a window into the real-world scientific topics. Engaging short videos, science and education blogs are available on this website.





Technology




Tinkercad

A platform to make 3D design models.


W3Schools - Online platform for learning Python, HTML and SQL

This website presents well-organised and simple Web building tutorials with lots of examples on how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap and Java.


360 City

This website offers the world’s largest collection of stock  360° images and videos, which allows you to explore the world at your fingertip.

CoSpaces Edu

This software allows you to produce 3D virtual tours. Boost your learning experience by inventing, building and coding your own creations!

MIT App Inventor

This website is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone – even children – to build fully functional apps for Android phones, iPhones, and Android/iOS tablets. 

Teachable Machine 

With this platform, you can train a computer to recognise your own images, sounds and poses. You will experience a fast and easy way to create machine learning models for your sites, apps, and more – no expertise or coding required. 




Reading




eLibrary Plus 

Over 200 ebooks are available for free on eLibrary Plus platform on School eClass. The titles are selected from categories including healthy living, biography, mental health, self-help, travel and culture, philosophy and psychology, social science, breakazine, popular fiction and literature, etc. What's more, the ebooks will not count towards your library account limit and there are no expiration dates to worry about. You can enjoy unlimited access to the ebooks in the reading package via the eLibraryPlus-platform. 



e-Resources of Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL)

The webpage provides Chinese and English ebooks suitable for different students. For example, 'HyRead' provides ebooks for language learning with text-to- speech function, as well as famous literature. 'eBooks on EBSCO host (including Audiobooks)' and 'OverDrive eBooks' contain a wide range of categories including leisure reading materials, fiction, biography, science and technology, business and economics, social science and more. These audio books can also be downloaded to mobile devices for convenience. Additionally, most of the content in the collection of English audio books provided by 'Naxos Spoken Word Library' can be displayed in full-text on the screen in addition to the streaming allowing you to read and listen to audio books at the same time, which can enhance your reading, listening and pronunciation skills.

Hong Kong Reading City

Hong Kong Reading City is a cross-platform, multi-functional eBook reader developed by EdCity. It is equipped with built-in tools such as bookmarking, note-taking, highlighting and a 'Dictionary'. The eBooks are synced in the cloud allowing for online or offline reading on tablets and smartphones as well as multi-book reading via browsers. The collection includes a wide range of high quality eBooks covering Chinese and English titles in various categories and levels. With EdBookShelf, Students can enjoy reading anytime and anywhere.





Engineering




Curiosity Machine

Curiosity Machine provides a platform to increase curiosity and creativity through hands-on design challenges. Many topics related to STEM are available. Inspiration video is provided in each design challenge. Many challenges can be completed at home.

Instructable

Instructable provides a wealth of DIY ideas related to daily life including circuit, cooking, crafts, and outdoor activities. With step-by-step instructions, the site guides you through the process of creating your final product. The awesome projects shared on the site everyday are truly inspiring.

EngineerKids 

You can learn about each of the major branches of engineering and understand what these engineers do day-to-day, including interviews with various female engineers! You can also try a DIY project to further explore the field. 




Arts




Google Arts & Culture 

Explore artists and museums around the world. 

Pixilart 

An online website for young artists to create and share pixel art

FLAT 

A free online music notation resource.




Mathematics




Factorization
(Examination Type) Exercises 

Students can practise factorization more extensively with these programs. By simply refreshing the page, a new set of exercises will be generated, providing students with ample opportunities to improve their skills.  

Interactive
High School Curriculum

The website is using the dynamic software Geogebra to introduce the high school curriculum. Although it is not a website developed for Hong Kong, many topics are useful and related to the Hong Kong Mathematics Curriculum.

Desmos Graphical Calculator

This website helps everyone to learn Math, love Math and grow with Math! You can plot different types of functions easily by just inputting the function expressions. 

IXL Mathematics Website

You can find many materials for self study.  IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions with built-in support and motivating awards.