Middle/High School Learning Resources
The following links are suggested resources for high school learners. Note that some of these resources are subscription based. If you do not know your login details, please contact your teacher.
Homework Help
- TRU PAUL Drop in Tutoring - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8pm in Old Main 2551.
Research and Inquiry
- A Research Guide - https://www.aresearchguide.com/
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
- CBC Curio - https://curio.ca/en/
- World Book Databases- https://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome+S.D.73+Kamloops
- GALE Databases - https://www.galepages.com/73sbo
- EBSCO Databases - http://search.ebscohost.com/
- Curiosity.com - https://curiosity.com/
- SqoolTube - http://www.sqooltube.com/
- Watch Know Learn - http://www.watchknowlearn.org/default.aspx
- TED Ed - https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation
- Brain Craft - https://www.youtube.com/user/braincraftvideo/videos
- Thompson Nicola Regional Library Online Resources - https://www.tnrl.ca/?p=/pages/find/online_resources/
- Ocean School - https://oceanschool.nfb.ca/
Literacy
- BC Overdrive (use your public library card to sign in) - https://bcpl.overdrive.com/
- Teen Book Cloud - https://www.tumblebookcloud.com/
- Audio Book Cloud - https://www.audiobookcloud.com/
Numeracy
- Kahn Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Prodigy - https://play.prodigygame.com/
- Greg Tang Math - https://gregtangmath.com/index
- Newslea Math - https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/tag/mathematics
- Mathsbot - https://mathsbot.com/#Manipulatives
Science
- Worldbook Science Power - https://www.worldbookonline.com/sciencepower/home
- NASA SpacePlace - https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/
- NASA Video Gallery - https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
- It's OK to be Smart - https://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart/playlists
- Gross Science - https://www.youtube.com/user/grossscienceshow/videos
Social Studies
- Know BC - http://knowbc.com/
- World Atlas - https://www.worldatlas.com/
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune - https://www.tweentribune.com/category/junior/
- Canadian Geographic - https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/
- National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Film Board - https://www.nfb.ca/
- National Film Board Canadian History - https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2015/06/30/canadian-history-10-nfb-films/
- Google Arts and Culture - https://artsandculture.google.com/
- Metis Museum - http://www.metismuseum.ca/
- We Are The Children (Residential Schools) - http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/
- Pier 21 - https://pier21.ca/
- Historica Canada - https://www.historicacanada.ca/
- History Canada - https://www.history.ca/
- Thank you Canada - http://thankyoucanada.history.ca/
News and Media
- CBC Player - https://www.cbc.ca/player/#/News
- BBC Newsround - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
- Doggo news - https://www.dogonews.com/
Computers and Technology
- Typing Club - https://www.typingclub.com/
- Typing.com - https://www.typing.com/
- Code.org - https://studio.code.org/courses
- Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/
- Tynker - https://www.tynker.com/
- Micro:bit - https://microbit.org/
- Hour of Code - https://hourofcode.com/ca/learn