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West Park School does not necessarily endorse the views and/or information contained in the websites linked below. While the school does endeavor to ensure that all links are to school-appropriate material, it has no control over the content posted on these websites.
Students are expected to use discretion when online and are expected to inform a staff member if objectionable material comes up.
There are also useful links for students under the heading "Web Sites for Students" in the list on the left.
Click a link to jump to a particular curriculum/topic:
Computer/Media Issues and Use (back to top)
Common Sense Media
Creative Commons Canada
World Book Online log-in
Keyboarding (back to top)
Dance Mat Typing (BBC - if your machine is slow, try the non-Flash version)
Power Typing (The QWERTY keyboard is the one most commonly used.)
Aunt Lee Typing
Online keyboarding program
Keyboarding for Kids
Bubble Games
Typing Games
Cup Stacking
General Curriculum Information (back to top)
Manitoba Education Citizenship and Youth
English Language Arts (back to top)
Online Dictionaries / Thesauri
Word Central - dictionary, thesaurus, word games
Wiktionary
Visuwords - webbed thesaurus
Writing
Online Writing Lab
Reading
South Central Regional Library
Folktales and Fairy Tales
Folk tales from around the world.
Folklore and Mythology - electronic texts
Folktales - Pitara Kids' Network
Mayan Folktales
Russian Folktales
Cherokee Stories
Brer Rabbit Stories
Mathematics (back to top)
Math Information and Practice
Math is Fun
(explanations of various math concepts, practice, games)
BBC - Number (operations, number
system)
Worksheets
Math Worksheet Site (generate worksheets)
Math Facts Activities
Timerator - online multiplication drill
Math Magician Games
APlus Math
Math Puzzles
(Only the specific game linked in this section may be accessed by students. Do not follow links in the game to other games or sites.)
CBC Sudoku
Puzzles Playground
Bloxorz
Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker Red Clan
Jingo
Magic Pen
Silver Sphere
Tangrams
Logic Problems 1
Logic Problems - Puzzles.com
Brain Benders
Math Games
Math Arcade
Cool Math Games (This site includes a collection of games that may be accessed by students.)
Collection of Elementary Math Games (This site includes a collection of games that may be accessed by students.)
Math Frog
Math Arcade - Funbrain (Only the Math Arcade may be accessed at this site.)
Time
Analog or Digital Clock Practice (This one takes a little while to load up.)
Patterns
Pattern Blocks
Multiplication Algorithms
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Wikipedia - multiplication algorithms
Lattice and Peasant Multiplying
Fractions
Melvin's Make a Match
Quia Fraction Games
Fun Brain Fresh Baked Fractions
List of Online Fractions Resources and Games
Woodlands Junior School Fractions Games
Fraction Bars
Decimals
BBC Comparing Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Railroad Repair
Virtual Manipulatives
collection of various (abacus, base 10 blocks, etc.)
2D Base Ten Blocks
Educalc abacus simulator
Chinese Abacus - adding and subtracting practice
Chinese Abacus explanation
Graphing
NCES Graph Generator
Science (back to top)
Games
NASA games - water cycle, Earth, etc.
Simple Machines
Edheads
Topic Overview
Music Machine Clip
Rube Goldberg Contraptions
Amazing Home-Made Rube Goldberg Machine
Amazing whole-house Rube Goldberg Machine
MIKIDS Simple Machines Page
BBC Forces and Action
Medieval Levers - Trebuchet
YouTube - Eureka - Inclined Planes
YouTube - Eureka - Levers
YouTube - Eureka - Pulleys
Weather
Altona Weather - Elmwood Weather Station
Altona Weather - Environment Canada (Gretna Weather Station)
Environment Canada Weather Glossary
Skywatchers
Frontal System Animations
Environment Canada Weather Information
Environment Canada - Warnings, Watches and Statements
Environment Canada - Severe Weather Information
NOAA Severe Weather Awareness
The Weather Channel - Weather Safety
Weather Wiz Kids
UK Weather Office
Wiarton Willie (Groundhog Day - February 2)
Make your own weather observation device:
Miami Museum of Science Weather Tools
Environment Canada Weather Tools
California Energy Commission - Make your own Thermometer
How Stuff Works - Science Projects - Weather
Weather Tracking Tools
Weather Sayings:
Weather Folklore
Weather Proverbs with explanations
Weather Doctor Weather Sayings with explanations
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - weatherlore
Water Cycle:
Animated Water Cycle A
Animated Water Cycle B
Animated Water Cycle C
Clouds:
Quiet Journey
Mount Washington
Islandnet
weathereye
collection of links to sites about clouds
Changes in Substances
BBC Changing State
Social Studies (back to top)
Government
Manitoba
Public Schools Act of Manitoba
Canada
Canadian History - General
Canada: A Peoples' History - CBC
Historica
Lower Fort Garry
Canadian Settlement - Communities
Biographies of Important Canadians - 1000 to 1930
Maps
The Atlas of Canada
Ecozones of Canada
Physical Regions of Canada
Physical Maps of Canada Plus
Origin Stories
Cree Origin Story
Ojibwa Origin Story
Aboriginal People
First Peoples of Canada
Treaties
Beringia - Land Bridge
Wikipedia entry
Dropping Ocean level animation
Asian Origins Theory
University of Calgary - Land Bridge Theory
Virtual Museum of Canada - First Peoples Origins
Explorers
All About Explorers Use with caution!
Enchanted Learning - Explorers of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Site - Explorers
Henry Hudson Hudson River - Half Moon Press
Explorers of New France
New France
History of Quebec (scroll down for a list of links to specific information)
Food in New France
Virtual Museum of New France
New France (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
New France timeline (with links)
Métis
Information about the Métis people
Manitoba Métis Federation
Métis Firsts in North America
The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
Christi Belcourt - Métis Artist
Métis Bison Hunters - Canada's Museum of Civilization
Art (back to top)
Altona's Gallery in the Park
General Art
Art Projects for Kids
Elements of Art
Elements and Principles of Art - Definitions
Weaving
cardboard loom instructional video
Mobiles
Wikpedia article on mobliles
Calder - artist - pictures of mobiles
paper mobiles by Missouri artists
gallery of mobiles by Stoner and Hatton
Mosaics
photomosaic of lion
Robert Silver - photomosaics
TerraMosaic site
history of mosaic art
Sonia King - artist
Wikipedia entry
Kites
easy kid kite
Snowflakes
virtual snowflakes (Remember to be internet smart about your personal information!)
Painting
Jackson Pollock (create your own abstract art online)
Music (back to top)
Kaboose Music Games Collection
Kidszword - The Recorder
Playmusic.org
Play Burmese Orchestra Instruments
ArtsAlive.ca
Online Music Games Collection
Interesting Sites (back to top)
National Geographic webcams (check information given - not all cameras are active at all times)
News Sites for Kids (back to top)
Winnipeg Free Press epaper login
Winnipeg Free Press
Red River Valley Echo
Pembina Valley Online
Science News
National Geographic for Kids
Scholastic - News for Kids
Time Magazine for Kids
New York Times for Students
Washington Post for Kids
Kind News
First News - U.K.
CBC News
Health (back to top)
KidsHealth
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