MAGIC LANTERN MEDIA

Magic Lantern Media Inc. is offering free teacher and student access to our educational resources until students are able to return to school. Their K-12 Educational Video Streaming Resource can be found here: Access Learning. To access, use the username 'free' and password '2020'.

CENTER FOR INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION

CILC and their content providers have come together to provide core curriculum every day of the week for homebound students in grades K-6th. They are offering free of charge, interactive, live-streamed programs from 9:30am to 3:30pm Eastern time via Zoom. The programs are delivered by our highly professional content providers.

https://www.cilc.org/Interactive-Content/Community-of-Learning.aspx

CONNECTED NORTH AT HOME

In light of school closures resulting from COVID-19, Connected North is launching Connected North@Home to continue to serve students from our partner communities wherever possible. Connected North, Cisco and a variety of Connected North providers are offering dozens of opportunities for students across our network to connect to museums, zoos, artists, storytellers and other amazing organizations to offer unique learning experiences while students are at home. Browse the sessions available at the link below:

http://www.connectednorth.org/athome/

BRAINPOP

Short animated movies, quizzes and related materials for K-12 in a variety of subjects (some US content): https://www.brainpop.com/. To access, use the username 'KPDSB' and password 'kpdsb2020'.

AT-HOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

This site presents 63 easy science experiments using household materials: https://mommypoppins.com/kids/50-easy-science-experiments-for-kids-fun-educational-activities-using-household-stuff

SCHOLASTIC LEARN AT HOME

This site includes daily projects for student by grade level: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

PEARSON CANADA

The following resources have been made available for free.

Open access to eText of trusted Pearson text books on Texidium (Kivuto)

Pearson ERPI French resources – for 1-12 Parents & Students

Activities to help commemorate special awareness days - for K-8 parents and teachers

Additional resources and recommendations for working and learning online during COVID-19 - advice for parents and teachers

NELSON

Nelson is providing open access to student resources to support at home learning via myNelson. Access to myNelson is available at no cost until June 30, 2020. They are continuously adding more resources, come back often to see what's new.

Access to all textbooks can be obtained with username: on48and password: NelsonON123.

KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy offers grade-appropriate practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard. Learners can study math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more at their own pace.

ONTARIO EDUCATION RESOURCE BANK (OERB)

The OERB is a learning repository that offers free digital learning resources to teachers and students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12. There are thousands of resources, including units, lesson plans, activities, maps, and interactive learning resources, which are:

• created by teachers for teachers

• offered in convenient formats including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, PDF and Flash

• aligned with the Ontario curriculum

• searchable by grade, course/subject, strand, overall expectations, learning style, author, file format, and keyword

• easy to access and use

• downloadable and modifiable.

Teacher Resources: Login: kpdsbteacher - Password: oerbt

Student Resources: Login: kpdsbstudent - Password: oerbs

WIDE OPEN SCHOOL

This resource, powered by Common Sense Media, is filterable by grade and subject area. It contains many learning experiences and activities.