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General canadianeh.com
is a major list of Canadian web sites.
Study tips Michael
Tipper, Grand master of memory, has a wonderful set of pages as part
of the Happy Child resource. His pages on memory improvement and
learning include Book Reviews, mnemonics, Amazing Brain, Great minds and
Memory Training
English Practice is great for anyone trying to improve their English language skills or help an ESL friend. Good info on differences in English vs Canadian slang for writers as well. Study skills, including tips for writing papers, conducting research and writing exams are available at the U of T's Getting Good Grades handbook Learning
skills with tons of printable sheets on writing multiple choice
exams, formatting essays, organizing study skills are online from the UVIC
counselling centre. Click on the links for lots of resources on studying
or even practise exams.
Strategies for taking multiple choice tests is a site from the University of Lethbridge. If these links don't get you to the test page do a search for the titles shown, which may be archived. They also have a section on how to take tests. Tarantulas and other bird spiders links and information on one man's successful carreer working with his passion can be found here on Rick West's site. Children's Literature Web Guide, compiled by David K. Brown at the University of Calgary includes online children's stories; children's book awards; online children's literature resources, resources for parents, teachers, storytellers; children's writings, drawings and links. CM is a weekly online review for videos, books and other materials for kids operated by the Manitoba library association KIdsWWwrite is a monthly internet magazine site established by the Kalamalka Institute for Working Writers, (part of the Okanagan University College in B.C.) to publish and share young writers (16 and under) work. There are limits to the size of the work, so check the submission guidelines first. Roald Dahl has a website with lots of writing tips and kids word games, great illustrations too Writers in electronic residence (wier) is an online writing program with Canadian authors that many schools subscribe to. new is an opportunity to write your poetry online with tips from some of Canada's great poets. Search their resources for ideas to improve your writing. Writing Resources for Students by Wordwrights Canada has lots of Canadian site links to improve your writing as well as links to legitimate writing contests. In2Print is a great Canadian magazine which provides a national forum for creative Canadians ages 12-20. Four times a year they publish original works of poetry, short stories, one act plays, painting, photography, computer generated artwork, music and revues. Subscription information is available from P.O. box 102 Port Colborne Ontario L3K 5V7 TG Magazine (www.tgmag.ca) is written by teens for teens and is forum for expressing your opinion. Language
Ace on the case is an online game for younger students covering topics in ocean sciences Biosite put up by Riverview high school in Cape Breton is a great site to review high school biology topics. Lesson plans and slides for biology are here as well Discovery.ca is the Canadian site for the tv program (en français aussi). Eddie the Eco dog (from manitoba) has a site concerned with science, nature and ecology. Lots of info and interviews. Explore your brain and how it works at this University of Washington site Ebiomedia is a company which specializes in educational cd's and videos for high school and college biology courses. Their site is packed with information, experiments and data. Great Canadian Scientists are listed and their discoveries explained here. Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum examines Canadian Natural History Let's Talk Science, is a great site designed for girls aged 7-16 who like science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the info is great for guys as well). Ocean Link has all kinds of links and information on west coast marine life. You can submit questions to experts, check out facts and find out about careers as well. Ocean site is a link to information on East Coast marine life and diving. Click on the weblinks to find the lesson plans and information Quebec Science la site Cybersciences de la magazine Quebec Science Quirks and Quarks , the web site of CBC Radio's science program has great information and lots of links. Le Museé Royal d'Ontario en français NewScience toys you can build including rockets, steamboats and radios (the science is explained as well Science Web from The National Research Council of Canada has lots of great links Science World in Vancouver. Solarbotics (in Calgary)have a site discussing BEAM robots and selling parts and kits for building them. Royal
Tyrell museum of paleontology is the source for Canadian
Dinorsaur informations
Vancouver
Robot Club has links to other clubs in Canada (Vancouver Island,
Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal. We post it as a site to bounce
to as one of its members Marc Alfonso, is a gifted individual who as a
teenager, created robots for the "x files" and taught workshops at gifted
conferences.
Canadian Space Agency has sections for kidsspace and space Science as well as upcoming events Canadian Space Guide (space jobs website) lists space related organizations on the we in Canada, provides info on Canadian space projects and carries a news archive. Canadian space society (Toronto) Edmonton Space and Science Centre Pacific Space Centre in Vancouver.(some summer camps as well) Students
for the Exploration and Development of Space, a mainly American Association
with some international chapters, including Canada. Student space
group devoted to promoting space science through elementary, high school
and university students
Alan
Selby in Montreal runs a wonderful math site with appetizers and lessons
for mathematics and reasoning
Tangrams information including their history, puzzles, and how to make your own set.is at this site by Randy Crawford "The Mathman"aka Don Cohen has a site for anyone who likes (or fears) calculus. He has sample programs up from his books which use a visual approach to calculus (for students 7 and up) This
is Mega Mathematics contains the text of a book of interesting math
problems and how to solve them co authored by University of Victoria Computer
Science Professor Dr. Mike Fellows
Canadian
Museum of Civilization and links to the museum of New France and the
Canadian War Museum
Canadian Geographical Names and the information on their background can be found at this site maintained by the Secretariat of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical names Country reports is a site which offers basic information on countries ( map, flag, population, size etc) along with history, ethnic recipes, games etc. Les Noms Géographique Canadien sont ici á ce site maintenu par the Secrétariat du Comité permanent Canadien des noms géogaphique (CPCN) Nunavut information along with info on what it is like to live in the arctic and lots of northern links and information are available from Leo Ussak School in Rankin Inlet Our Home the atlas of Canadian Communities this electronic atlas lets you examine communities across Canada Notre foyer L'atlas des communautés canadiennes cet atlas électronique est un outil qui permet à des étudients canadiens de présenter leur perception de la communauté dans la quelle ils vivent. On this Day in Canadian History you can find out what happened in many parts of Canada Women in Canadian History has a lot of info for research or interest Social
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Career Path Adventures is a Canadian site which helps you define career choices Realm
is a magazine designed to help you create the work you want. It is
Canadian, with lots of links to local enterprenuers, programs etc.
Best of all it is written by youth for youth.
Edustock is a web page designed to teach you what the stock market is and how it can work for you, including a free 20 minuted delatyed stock market simulation on the Web. It is part of the thinkquest student designed web projects Youth Resource Network of Canada or youthpath(aussi en français)is a huge government site site concerned with self assessment and aptitude tests, training, job search techniques, working overseas etc. Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development has online info on starting your own business and runs camps for youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Most Youth links are at Planet entrepreneur, including university courses. Katimavik is more of a lifestyle than a job and has introduced lots of youth volunteers to parts of Canada they would never have explored. Statistics Canada has a site that gives you a chance to practise using and interpreting statistics Streetcents is online if your are looking for the best buy or other Canadian youth consumer info traveling abroad, life after high school) The Edge is an online, printable booklet on finding a job or creating your own and making the most of your skills (from the Ministry of Education in Ontario.) Sympatico has a page of links to Skills assessment and career sites (for helping you choose a career path ) Flightdeck is a joint website of the National Aviation Museum and the Discovery Channel Canada. Lots of information on planes and flight including a flight simulator Granville Island Museums have lots of links to model trains and model railways, including how to build track for wooden railways. They also have a virtual tour for their model ship and railway museums Greg's train page has extensive links for model railroads and Canadian train buffs. The virtual Maritime museum, (aussi en français) part of the Maritime Museum in Victoria B.C. has a great site discussing Pacific Northwest Maritime adventures, explorations and commerce. Stuff the web site for the popular TV Ontario show has plans for bedroom basketball hoops through lava vases, mountain and mudslides, car games and locker organizer Mutopia is a site where musicscores are free to download and distribute. The music scores and MIDI files are typeset and created by volunteers in an effort to circulate music whose authors have given permission to the project, or classical works whose composers have been dead for more than 70 years megapixel
.net is a great Canadian digital photography site with lots of
techniques, camera discussions and photos
The
Victoria Model Ship Building Society has lots of Canadian links to
building all kinds of Canadian ships, sailing models, rc models, historicial
models with tips and examples
Studentawards
is a Canadian web site which gives you access to a large database of scholarships,
bursaries, fellowships, grants and other awards. The service is free
but you must register (it is supported by advertising)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) provides financial assistance and training to students studying and researching in the fields of Science and Engineering Gohigher is a resource for Canadian students planning to attend university. It contains info on provincial exams, and lists of universities. Braintrack
offers a comprehensive listing of links to higer education in 152 countries
Happychild in the UK has great resources for children, parents and teachers (in multiple languages en français aussi http://www.nrich.maths.org. Nrich math is a UK site with tons of information on interesting math problems (and lots of help to go with them) Bizzarre stuff you can make in your kitchen http://home.houston.rr.com/molerat/control.htmhas all kinds of plans and discussion about how to make everything from radios thru glowing pickles and cartesian divers to hovercrafts you can ride on. Canadianathis section is where we hope to collect odd bits about Canada Combines in a bottle This answers the question of what you build in a bottle when you live in Saskatchewan. Olive groves on Pender Island (january 21, 2004, Pacific palate, a West coast website devoted to food, did a cbc clip on an olive grove on Pender Island in B.C.'s Gulf Islands. |
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