sites for the curious
Here you will find a collection of websites that will inspire and encourage you to learn more!
Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways.
In each of these videos you will get 5 clues to try and guess a location. Locations can be countries, cities, or even buildings. Safe travels!
This bi-weekly show from the producers of Crash Course is all about gradeschool science. We'll look at Earth, Habitats, Space, Chemical Reactions, Engineering, and much much more.
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These educational games and animated interactives, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having fun!
Imagine the world as a street ordered by income. Everyone lives somewhere on the street. The poorest lives to the left and the richest to the right. Everybody else live somewhere in between.
Play online, learn online, and feed the hungry!
For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger
From Khan Academy, Pixar in a Box is a behind-the-scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs.
Can a neural network learn to recognize doodling? See how well it does with your drawing...
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
The Art Assignment is a video series that profiles innovative artists and presents you with an assignment to produce a work of art in their style or using their technique. You are encouraged to upload and share your creations online.
Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us. This growing, multi-disciplinary approach is focused on high school students, yet designed for anyone seeking answers to the big questions about the history of our Universe.
Grade 6 and up
Brain Craft - Vanessa Hill is your friendly neighbourhood science educator and psychology specialist. On BrainCraft she makes videos about your brain, body and behaviour to help you better understand yourself and the world. Her mission is to empower you with evidence-based information you can use to enrich your everyday life – to boost well-being, to strengthen relationships and to increase productivity.
Google Arts & Culture allows you to explore museum collections from around the world. There is so much to love about this resource! Check out the Art Zoom projects where you are taken on a close up tour of several of the world's most famous paintings. Or try exploring the works of Vincent Van Gogh by color palate. If you can't go to a museum, this is the next best thing.
It's Okay To Be Smart - Hosted by Joe Hanson and part of the PBS Digital Studios Network, this YouTube series is a show about science, but "it's probably not about science the way that you are used to it". It's Okay To Be Smart solves mysteries like How an Igloo Keeps You Warm and Why Salt & Pepper Ended Up On Every Table in a fun, informative, and entertaining manner.
Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern that adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries. Physics Girl has videos for every atom and eve
The Kid Should See This - There’s just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven’t seen. It’s most likely not stuff that was made for them… . But we don’t underestimate kids around here.