Tumbler Ridge Secondary School Library

OTHER SITES/LESSON PLANS

Sites with great information for students and staff. Click on the underlined titles.

SCHOOL DISTRICT/PROVINCIAL SITES

• School District #59

-links to teacher resources, educational sites, research sites, search engines etc.

• Resource Centre Database

-searching for resource centre materials

• Provincial Exams

-This site gives you access to old provincial exams.

• BCTF

ENCYCLOPEDIA/RESOURCE SITES

• Encarta

• Infoplease

• Coolnerds Dictionaries, Encyclopdeia, Facts

LESSON PLANS

• Cable in the Classroom

-designed to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms

-over 190 menu pages with more than 3800 annotated links to educational sites

• Teacher's Links

-Cable in the classroom site with links to lots of Canadian Educational Sites

• SchoolNet Canada

-focuses on bringing educators and students together to share educational resources, enhance learning, develop information technology skills, and encourage the use of technology in the classroom.

• Educational Links

• Classroom Ready Lessons and Activities

• Lesson Plans

• Ed's Treasure Zone (American)

-links to student interactive sites and lesson ideas

• Ask ERIC (American)

-Education Resources Information Center

-lesson plans through virtual library and links to other sites with lesson plans

• The Library in the Sky (American)

-site is divided by audience

-clear & easy to understand

• The Busy Teacher's Web Site (American)

-easy to find classroom activities, lesson plans, and resource material in 19 subject areas

• Education Index

• Lesson Plans

• The School Page
• Learning in Motion
• Teaching Current Events
• Math Resources
• CBC - links to various sound archives. Also includes WW 11 posters and sounds, propaganda - A GREAT SITE!
• National Library of Canada
• Agriculture Canada
• STATS Canada
• The CRB Foundation Heritage Project
• Canadian Heritage Information Network

MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

• "Oh God, for one more breath": Early 20th century Tennessee coal miners' last words.
• Coal mines (CDBC) occupational safety and health regulations - Cautionary notice.
• Crowsnest coal: Mining disasters
• Let there be light
• Coal Association of Canada
• Coal Tyee Elementary School- Nanaimo, B.C. (look under Showcased Work for information on Northfield Mine)
• Coal in British Columbia
• Mining in B.C.

NEWSPAPERS/TV/RADIO

CANOE BCTV CBC on air guide TSN VANCOUVER SUN TORONTO SUN OTTAWA SUN EDMONTON SUN EDMONTON JOURNAL WINNIPEG SUN

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS JOURNAL DE MONTREAL JOURNAL DE QUEBEC HALIFAX CHRONICLE CAPE BRETON POST NEW BRUNSWICK TELEGRAPH CALGARY SUN CALGARY HERALD LONDON FREE PRESS CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT WEEKLY

SEARCH ENGINES

Vivisimo - the search engine to replace all search engines!

Fossick - another excellent metasearch engines!

• Journalismnet

-searches newspapers, radio, TV, magazines (has a list of other search sites)

• Dog Pile

-search site with compiled subject areas

• Infoseek

-allows you to narrow your searches

-searches many search engines at one time

-search, add, modify and rate science sites

-allows you to ask questions

• About.com
• Alta Vista Began in 1995: A very large data base; sophisticated searching capabilities; can be used for keyword searches and boolean operators (AND,OR); need user to read documentation carefully for the advanced searching instructions.
• Excite Excellent selection on strategies
• HotBot good for accessing digital info like video. Has a good directory.
• Looksmart
• Lycos can access lots of information has a kid site too
• Webcrawler
• Yahoo large web site directory
• Yahooligans
• Infospace

 
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