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Information and Communication Technology - Rationale and Philosophy
LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
Telus Learn
Lashon - Website
Online Hebrew Keyboard
Acceptable Use Policy for Networked Information Resources
at The Calgary Jewish Academy

ECS

1. FunSchool.com
2.
PicassoHead.com
3.
PiratePete.com
4.
Starfall.com
5. Pbskids.org_pounce
6. Seussville.com
7. chabadalberta.org
8. Butterflies & Moths
9. Dinosaurs
10. Dinosaurs
11.
12 Scholastic

 
 

Grade 1

LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
To access http://www.LearnAlberta.ca from home please enter the following information:
 

User ID: LA285

Password: 2871

Listening Adventures
musiclab
Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
1.
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com
 

Grade 2

LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
To access http://www.LearnAlberta.ca from home please enter the following information:
 
Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
Language Arts
www.scholastic.ca
http://www.dcwasa.com/kids/activities/will_it_float/will_it_float.html - will it float- buoyancy
Judaic Studies
1.

http://www.akhlah.com/

2. http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/kids/
3. http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewforme/
4. http://www.babaganewz.com/
5. http://www.torahtots.com/home.htm
6. http://www.ualberta.ca/~yreshef/nurit.htm
Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com
Math
1. http://www.AAAMath.com
2. http://www.aplusmath.com
3. www.counton.org

4.

Math Playground
5. Hooda Math
6. Primary Games
  Science

1.

www.wonderville.ca
   

1.

Creepy Crawly
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/creepcrawlrp.htm
2. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.html
3. http://www.insecta-inspecta.com
4. http:yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/insects/
  KidZone
http://www.kidzone.ws
Social Studies
              Community Study
1. http://kativik.net/ulluriaq/Nunavik/inuitlife/
2.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssla/index.html

            
Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
 
 

Grade 3

LA Documents
Story
Spelling List 9
Make sentences (week 9)
List Wordsearch
Galileo Project Links
India Project
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
MovieMaker Tutorial
LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
French
  Picture Vocabulary
http://users.skynet.be/providence/vocabulaire/francais/menu.htm

French Games
  Math
http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/
http://www.ezschool.com/example/EZGames?Grade=3&Name=alienmultiplication
  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/virtualmedia/elementary/math/2-3math.htm
Science
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Divison1/grade3science.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
Read intro. Go to: Minerals By Name link. Topic - Physical Characteristics of Minerals.
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight1/spotlight1.html
Volcanoes
The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Information.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/volcanoes.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html
Skyscrapers
http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/
Israel Project
Tel-Aviv
www.insite.co.il/tour/telaviv.htm
wwwtel-aviv.gov.il/english/main.htm
Rehovot
www.jajz-ed.org.il/100/places/rehov.html
Be'er Sheva
www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Harbor/7883/
Massada
www.jajz-ed.org.il/near/sites/massada.htm
http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Israel/israel.htm
Jerusalem
http://mosaic.lk.net/g-wall.html
Jordan River
http://judaism.about.com/library/israel/tour/bl_tour_jordanriver.htm
Beer-Sheba
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/Beer-Sheba.htm
Hebron
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/hebron.htm
Tel-Aviv
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/Tel-Aviv.htm
Jerusalem
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/Jerusalem.htm
Jersulsalem
http://www.deadsea.co.il/factset.htm
Sedom
http://www.showcaves.com/english/il/caves/Sedom.html
Sedom
http://gaash.co.il^^gafri/ron/buckeye/nezada-sedom/
Arctic Animal Project
The Canadian Museum of Nature online
http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm

Arctic Studies Center, Arctic Wildlife
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html

Canadian Arctic Profiles
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/species/species.htm
National Geographic
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0211/articles/mainarticle.html
http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Awildlife.html
Places of Interest in Calgary
Calaway Amusement Park
http://www.calawaypark.com/home.html

Calgary Jewish Community Centre
http://www.cjcc.ca/centre.html

Calgary Science Centre
http://www.calgaryscience.ca/index.html
Calgary Tower
http://www.calgarytower.com/
and for picture
http://www4.airnet.ne.jp/yasuharu/Calgary/siteseen/downtown/tour3.html
Canada Olympic Park
http://www.coda.ab.ca/COP/
Calgary Zoo
http://www.calgaryzoo.ab.ca/home.shtml
Chinese Cultural Centre, Calgary
http://www.calgarypost.com/calccc.html
Firefighter's museum
http://www.nucleus.com/~fms/museum.html
Fort Calgary
http://www.fortcalgary.com/home.shtml
Glenbow Museum
http://www.glenbow.org/index.html
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
http://tis.gov.ab.ca/publictis/item/inglewood_bird_sanctuary_.htm
and for picture http://www.bsc-eoc.org/national/ibs.html
Museum of the Regiments
http://www.nucleus.com/~regiments/home.html
Naval Museum of Alberta
http://www.navalmuseum.ab.ca/
Pengrowth Saddledome
http://www.sfo.com/~csuppes/NHL/misc/index.htm?../CalgaryFlames/index.htm
Spruce Meadows
http://www.sprucemeadows.com/index.html
  Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/samlivingston.cfm
Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
  Social
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/tundra/index.htm
 
 

Grade 4

Grade 4 Workload Calendar
Galileo Project Links
LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
To access http://www.LearnAlberta.ca from home please enter the following information:

User ID: LA285

Password: 2871

Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
Science
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
http://www.wonderville.ca
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm
  http://www.sortitout.ca/home.html - science waste and our world unit
 
  http://www.watchyourwaste.co.uk/kids.html - science waste and our world unit
  http://www.mathplayground.com/ - math
  Grade 4 Human Body-
http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestion/index.weml
  Simple Machines
Great site with examples of 6 simple machines and how they help us.
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
  How Car Engines Work (from HowStuffWorks.com)
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
  The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html
  Owls
Official Alberta Government site-Owls of Alberta.
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/watch/owls.html
  Water Cycle
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html
  http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/cycle.html
  Math Practice
  http://www.multiplication.com/interactive/quickflash/flash/index.html
  http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Homework_Helper/mtable
  http://www.aaamath.com/B/grade4.htm#topic7
  http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html
  Comic Creator
  http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
  Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
 
 

Grade 5

Grade 5 Workload Calendar
Math
Digital Classroom Resources
Hebrew Grammar
Language Arts
 
  LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
  To access http://www.LearnAlberta.ca from home please enter the following information:

User ID: LA285

Password: 2871

 
  Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
  To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
 
  http://www.chias.org/
  http://www.sciencehunt.com/hunthow.nsf/
  http://www.scifair.org/ideas/index.shtml
  French
 
Quel Temps -Il?
  Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
 
 

Grade 6

Grade 6 Workload Calendar
Quest A+ - Site for on line Provincial Achievement Testing
Galileo Project Links
Babaganewz: a fun site for students grade 1-6
LearnAlberta.ca (http://www.LearnAlberta.ca)
An excellent set of learning resources created for Alberta students by Alberta Education.
To access http://www.LearnAlberta.ca from home please enter the following information:
 

User ID: LA285

Password: 2871

Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th.htm
  6 Bible
http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/ark/ark.html
  Ancient Greece Links
Created by CJA Computer Option students these links are a great first step in finding
key information about Ancient Greece.
http://www.cja.ab.ca/AncientGreeceLinks.htm
  Greek Mythology
Informative, easy to navigate site. Compare Roman and Greek God names.
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/names.html
  China
http://www.chinasite.com/
  Sky Science Unit
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
  Canadian Government
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/index.html#home
  Federal Election 2004
http://www.nodice.ca/election2004/
  Hebrew Language
  Grammar
  Tenach
 
  French Comprehension Quizzes
  http://www.quia.com/shared/search
 
Expressions avec AVOIR!
  http://www.secsd.org/teachers/hs_teach/baysj_web/avoir_expressions/avoir_expressions.htm
 

Grade 7

Grade 7 Workload Calendar
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Hebrew Language

Grammar Templates
        קישור לאתר מוסיקה
   
Vocabulary and templates

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Jewish Social Studies

Midterm: 4 Questions | Midterm review Letter | Table of specifications | Timeline for connections
The Silent Centuries
Wikipedia: History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah-Babylonian_captivity_of_the_Judaeans
THE DINUR CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN JEWISH HISTORY
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Important Documents

Global JSS Plan
Timeline - Project Outline
* French
 
Adjectifs Possessifs
Health and Life Skills _Alcohol and Tobacco Term Projects
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/lifestyles/index.html
http://www.imperialtobaccocanada.com/e/index.html
http://www.schoolfile.com/hctrp2.htm
http://www.schoolfile.com/hctrp2.htm
http://tobacco.aadac.com/
http://www.madd.ca/library/maddusa_underage.htm
http://www.stayingalive.ca/alcohol_drugs.html
* Language Arts
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
* Math
http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/transform/mainpage.html
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?co=m7&tp=9.12&id=867
* Bible
Arei Miklat / Cities of Refuge
 
 

Grade 8

Grade 8 Work load Calendar

Holocaust Project Resources:
The Florida Holocaust Museum An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust
through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature
Hebrew Language
  French
  French Games
  http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
   
  Washington Option
  Darfur

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/05/darfur8536.htm


www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sudan/facts.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
   
 

Grade 9

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Social Studies
Social Studies Workload Calendar

Assignments - 2009-10

Term 1
The Corporation - About the Film * Game board Project Rubric
* News Story
Quest A+ - Site for on line Provincial Achievement Testing * Immigration
Term 2
Lifeline Communications Group * Immigration
School Library * Blogging Assignment
2learn.ca

Term 3
learnalberta (Choose e-library) Taxation and Social Programs - Policy Assignment
Photo Journalism
Israel Experience Links

 

http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/israel.pdf
Enyclopedia Judaica (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/calg88176)
To access Encyclopedia Judaica Online from home please enter the following information:

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French
 
Adjectives::Les Adjectifs Qualificatifs
Adjective Word Search:Les Adjectifs Qualificatifs
French Games
http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
Language Arts
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Math
  Algebra
http://www.coe.tamu.edu/~strader/Mathematics/Algebra/AlgebraTiles/AlgebraTiles2.html
  For online, marked when you finish, polynomial quizzes go to:
http://www.kencole.org/alg_mcta.html
Science
  Acid Titration
http://www.cc.edu/~jtowell/Titration/titrate.html
Social Studies
  Stock Market Challenge
Globe & Mail's Business & Investor Information Website
http://www.globeinvestor.com/
  Stock Market Challenge
Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
  CIA World Factbook-
US government profiles of countries and territories around the world.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
  Statistics (Calgary Public Library)
http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/links/library.htm
  OFFStats-(Official Statistics on the Web-by University of Auckland, New Zealand)
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
T
Interactive Map of USA
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm
http://www.jayzeebear.com/map/usa.html
Supply & Demand
http://www.bized.ac.uk/stafsup/options/supply/interactive_markets_1.htm
http://www.citysun.ac.uk/vlc/faculty/artscience/economics/alevel/study/demand.htm
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Economics_SupplyDemand.htm
  Great Depression Photo Study- Gr 9 Social Studies. Thousands of original and dramatic photographs taken during the Great Depression in the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
  Great Depression. Many charts, maps, visuals...good overview.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/about.htm
  Great Depression-Canada
Causes, events, and impacts on Canada

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/depression/depression.html
  Canadian Economy Online
http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/
  Canadian Heritage
http://www.pch.gc.ca/index_e.cfm
  Manufacturing - How Things Are Made
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
  Media Literacy & Web Awareness
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons
/secondary/internet/online_kids_strategies.cfm
   
   
 
 

French Langauage

TRAVEL AND IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH!
Summer Study Programs for Canadian Citizens
 
 
 
Work Programs for Canadian Citizens
 
 
 
 
Volunteer Programs for Canadian Citizens

 

   
   
   
 
 

Hebrew Language

Hebrew Language 8/9
  http://www.maariv.co.il/channels/HP_0.html?17932736
  http://glz.msn.co.il/glz/default.htm
  http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-8,00.html
  http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuznews/
 
 

Electives

   
  Jewish Law
http://www.yutorah.org/showShiur.cfm/718563/Rabbi__Kenneth__Brander/Are_You_My_Mother?_Surrogate_Motherhood_and_Jewish_Law

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261249,00.html

http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/maternity3.html

http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/

http://www.adoption-surrogacy.com/article-2.htm

http://www.schechter.edu/askrabbi/marriage_nonjewish_surrogate.htm

http://www.obgyn.net/women/women.asp?page=/eago/art13

http://eubios.info/EJ94/ej94d.htm
 
 
 

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