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For Kids
- CrashCourse
YouTube channel started by John and Hank Green. Videos cover topics such as chemistry, history, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and study skills. - Extra Cedits - YouTube
An educational YouTube channel that creates short-form animated video essays every week about game design, world history, mythology, and other subjects. - HSBC Family First Literacy: Resources
Access a variety of free online learning activities for families with children of all ages.
Available in English, French, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog and Arabic. - Just For KidsHomework resources and games.
- Let's Talk Science: Video Channels
Videos covering a variety of science topics, such as STEM, space, biology, chemistry, math, physics, and technology. - My Learning At Home
"My Learning At Home" is the Manitoba Government site that provides information for parents/caregivers to help students continue learning during COVID-19 school closures. - Physics Girl
Dianna Cowern adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries - Prodigy Game
Learning math has never been more fun! Math games for students grades 1-8. - Reading Rockets: Resources to Keep Kids Learning at Home
Immerse kids in language and stories, build background knowledge, and inspire creative play. - SciShow Kids - YouTube
SciShow Kids explores all those curious topics that make us ask "why?" Jessi and her robot rat, Squeaks, answer questions and explain fun, complex science concepts for young, curious minds.
General eLearning Resources
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Learn about business, software, technology and gain creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Free with your library card. - Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service that provides library customers access to a large collection of films and courses.
- 1,500 Free Online University Courses - Open Culture
Take online courses from the world's top universities for free. You can learn everything you want--from history, philosophy and literature, to physics, biology, psychology, and computer science. - Class Central
Free online courses from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale universities. - edX
Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere. - Free Language Lessons - Open CultureThis collection features lessons in 48 languages, including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian, Russian and more. Download audio lessons to your computer or mp3 player and you're good to go.
- Khan Academy
Short, free lessons on a wide variety of topics for different ages and levels of study. - University of Alberta - Indigenous Canada course
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada from an Indigenous perspective.
