Online Learning

E-learning & Online Courses 

https://www.khanacademy.org/ — a free educational platform with various lessons and modules on science and mathematics (requires the creation of a free account) for all ages 

https://codeclub.ca/virtual-club.html — Code Club will be offering virtual coding sessions where students will be working on a different coding project each week, best suited for students aged 7-12

https://nearpod.com/t/free-C491 — free educational lessons on various curricular concepts — *Please Note: Nearpod also offers some of their lessons at a cost

https://studio.code.org/courses — a free educational coding platform with coding lessons for students in grades K-12

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html — free educational lessons that incorporate cross-curricular learning with some STEM components for students in grades K-9  

https://www.tynker.com/ — a free educational coding platform that has self-paced coding lessons for kids aged 5+  

https://www.hp.com/ca-en/shop/Offer.aspx?p=computer-science-fun-for-kids — a compilation of computer science online and offline activities to develop coding skills compiled by HP

Online Interactive Activities  

https://www.brainpop.com/stem/ — an online platform with supplemental STEM information and activities to boost learning and understanding (requires the creation of a free account) 

https://www.e-learningforkids.org/ — a free educational platform with short games relating to math, science and technology concepts for grades K-6 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ — an online platform that has a variety of information for students to explore along with games, videos and activities  

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/ — a free educational platform where students can learn about ecology & data science along with projects that can be done at home

 http://www.kineticcity.com/ — a collection of STEM activities, games and experiments (requires the creation of a free account)  

http://calculationnation.nctm.org/ — an online platform that allows students to develop their numerous skills with individual challenges as well as playing against other students in Canada & the US (requires the creation of a free account) 

https://www.neok12.com/ — an online platform with various STEM games and videos along with other subjects taught in the BC curriculum

 https://www.k12videos.mit.edu/videos — an educational platform created by MIT to teach basic concepts of science and technology to students in grades K-12 

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html — an online platform curated by NASA with articles and videos about the universe and our solar system 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm — a collection of math games to encourage math sense  

https://tryengineering.org/students/games/ — a compilation of various engineering games and activities for students in grades K-12 to explore 

https://wonderville.org/studentAudience — a compilation of interactive STEM activates for kids including videos, games and experiments (requires the creation of a free account)  

Unplugged STEM Activities 

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/ — a collection of at-home activities put together by NASA for students in grades K-12

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities — a collection of STEM activities that can be done at home, many activities only require common household supplies   

https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/category/activities/ — a collection of STEM activities and projects for students to try at home

https://thestemlaboratory.com/stem-activities-for-kids/ — a collection of STEM activities and projects that can be done at home

Last Updated: November 16, 2021