Are you supporting a group of students that are temporarily learning from home or are you teaching a new group of students and are looking for “Ready to go” lesson ideas. Regardless of your reason, this curated list of lesson ideas can be used in a variety of contexts for students of many different ages.
“*” denotes a low-tech activity
Below are some popular YouTube channels to get students moving. Remember to share videos safely by using SafeShare.
Open educational resources are tools and supports that are available at no cost. They’re designed to support learning for K–12 students and adult learners.
The Keep Learning section offers suggestions for parents and caregivers to keep their children learning at home.
See what school districts across Canada are doing.
Online resource of teaching materials, lessons, and research relevant to the K-12 BC curriculum
Resources for learning, creating, having fun and staying active, just like at school.
En français & in English
Use this virtual calling card to review abstract numbers from nuc?a (one) to ‘apun (ten). Have students draw a 3 x 3 grid and fill it with numerals 1 – 10 in random order (one number will be left out). Then use the virtual activity to draw the cards and listen to the pronunciation of each word. Play 3 in a row or full house to win!
Discover the Universe is an astronomy training program offered by Canadian astronomers to supportteachers and educators. It offers free online workshops and webinars, as well as downloadable educational resources in English and in French.
Personal safety skills, online safety, friendships/relationships, through games, booklets, and activities.
Astronauts in the International Space Station read stories.
Children’s story books read by actors (Kevin Costner, Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis)
Student’s and teachers can access audio books, digital books and magazines and more.
Live interactive visits to the zoo and videos to learn about animals.
Coding activities from beginner to advanced.
Check out the 3 Act Tasks created by Graham Fletcher. They are a great way to engage students in active problem solving.
A great collection of estimation activities that are offered in an engaging and interactive way.
Lessons for teachers and students on digital literacy and safety online.
Find a variety of lessons and games for students K-12.
Check out the amazing resources that the BCAMT has up on their website. Lesson ideas and rich tasks for K-12. There are even lessons aligned with books that are available to download right off the BCAMT website!
Have students start a conversation and see if they can figure out a reason why each of the images doesn’t belong. K-12
A collection of interactive simulation activities for science and math K-12.
This site has many open middle problems. An open middle meaning that there are multiple ways to approach and ultimately solve the problem.
Lots of tasks, activities and videos for teachers, students and families building on research to teach math differently and to increase student engagement and achievement.
Activities range K-12.
The CEMC courseware materials feature grade 7 to 12 lessons, interactive activities, enrichment challenges, and unlimited opportunity for practice with feedback. The courseware is online, free to use, and does not require registration.
The Problem of the Week provides grade 3 and ups with an ongoing opportunity to solve mathematical problems.
Includes also resources for home (4-12).
Students can now explore this idea in new and unique ways and can manipulate their creations to represent their thinking in multiple ways.
These videos have been collected over the past couple of years to support teachers with their ongoing learning. These videos have been created by NLPS teachers for NLPS teachers.
If you have an idea for a video, want to offer feedback or ask questions, email: thelearningline@sd68.bc.ca.
Many different types of technology are being used by the innovative teachers in Nanaimo Ladysmith. Below are a collection of our most popular videos:
Coast Salish Snuneymuxw artist Joel Good creates kerfs, then steams and and bends a yellow cedar plank in preparation for creating a bentwood box. He is one of the relatively few bringing back the art of bending boxes.
A Coast Salish story told by Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ language teacher Squtxulenuxw (George Seymour) from Stz’uminus First Nation.
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