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This page contains links to reputable websites that relate to topics and subjects from the videos in the Educational Media Library. If you have websites that you would like us to include, send them along in an email to: media@hwdsb.on.ca

AIDS: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dc-ma/aids-sida/index_e.html; http://sexualityandu.ca/teachers/index.aspx; http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
Alcohol see Drugs and Alcohol
Amazonia: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/g200/g147.html; http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html; http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/river_profiles/Amazon2.html
L'Anse aux Meadows: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
Animals: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/; http://www.orangutan.org/; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6284902.stm; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(polar_bear); http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/visit/visit12_E.asp; http://www.bearsmart.com/; http://www.koko.org/index.php; http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/giant_panda/index.cfm; http://www.crywild.com/; http://www.mnh.si.edu/mammals/
Animals in winter: http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1ARTJ0000222; http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/animals.html#ANIMALS
Anthropology: http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html; http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/index.html
Appalachian region: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/land/appalachian_region.html
Arctic and Antarctic: http://www.antarctica.org/; http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/; http://classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/; http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/; http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/
Art history: http://www.smarthistory.org/site
Authors: http://www.online-literature.com/; http://members.shaw.ca/ericwilsonweb/
Baby and child care (pregnancy to preschool): http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/; http://www.parentscanada.com; http://www.babycenter.ca/baby
Babysitting: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting
Bicycle safety: http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/bicycle.htm; http://www.safecanada.ca/link_e.asp?category=7&topic=155; http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/bike_safety.html
Biodiversity: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/; http://www.cbif.gc.ca/home_e.php; http://www.idrc.ca/biodiversity/
Biomes: http://www.worldbiomes.com/
Birth control: http://www.sexualityandu.ca/teens/contraception-choosing.aspx; http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/std-mts-res/workshop/bc/index.html; http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/centres/sex/birthcontrol/index.html; http://www.cfpc.ca/English/cfpc/programs/patient%20education/birth%20control/default.asp?s=1
Body image: http://www.education- medias.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/men_and_masculinity/masculinity_stereotypes.cfm; http://www.education-medias.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/index.cfm
Body systems: http://www.innerbody.com; http://www.sickkids.ca/childphysiology/
Business dictionary: http://www.businessdictionary.com/
Business: http://www.canadaone.com/ezine/nov00/business_plan1.html; http://www.royalbank.com/sme/bigidea/index.html; http://www.scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID10328_LIDen,00.html; http://www.canadabusiness.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1081945275379&pagename=CBSC_ON%2Fdisplay&lang=en&c=GuideFactSheet; http://www.entrepreneurship.com/; http://www.entre-ed.org/; http://www.businessballs.com
Caldicott, Dr. Helen: http://www.helencaldicott.com/index.htm
Canada's food guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
Canadian government: http://www.parl.gc.ca/; http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/home_e.html; http://www.culture.ca/explore-explorez-e/Society/Government/Political-Process&page=E1; http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Canadian heritage (citizenship and multiculturalism): http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/index_e.cfm
Canadian shield: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/land/arm_physio_shield/1
Chemistry: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/pirelli/index.html; http://www.moleday.org/; https://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/memberapp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_EDUCATION&node_id=89&use_sec=false; http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/
Child abuse: http://www.lfcc.on.ca/calinks.html
Child safety (all aspects): http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/children.htm; http://www.sickkids.ca/safekidscanada/; http://www.osl.org/elmer.asp?flash=yes; http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/backpack.html; http://www.backpacksafe.com/topic.asp?pid=1
Chomsky, Noam: http://www.chomsky.info/
Climate change: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change; http://www.climatehotmap.org/; http://www.climatecrisis.net/; http://www.paxnatura.org/; http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-overview.html
Colour and light: http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/color/index.html
Constellations: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Consumer education: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/cons/index_e.html; http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/
Continents: http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contnent.htm
Countries: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html; http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/; http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html
Dating violence: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/datingfs.html; http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/html/femdatfreq_e.html; http://www.lfcc.on.ca/teendate.htm; http://sexualityandu.ca/teachers/index.aspx
Dental health: http://www.healthyteeth.org/; http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.html
Depression: http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-86-87; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/depression.html
Divorce: http://www.familieschange.ca; http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/pad/resources/divorce/; http://www.gov.on.ca/ont/portal/!ut/p/.cmd/cs/.ce/7_0_A/.s/7_0_252/_s.7_0_A/7_0_252/_l/en?docid=004445
Donato, Andy: http://www.canadiancartoonists.com/cartoonist _donato.html
Drinking and driving: http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/tp/tp1535/menu.htm; http://www.madd.ca/
Drugs and alcohol: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html; http://www.thecoolspot.gov; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/alcohol.html; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/coping_alcoholic.html; http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/question/get_help/quit_smoking.html
Earth Day: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm; http://www.earthday.ca/pub/index.php
Eating right: http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp? dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&article_set=42970&cat_id=119&; http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/lose_weight_safely.html
Ecosystems: http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/ecosystems/index.en.html; http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/Audience/students- teachers_e.htm; http://www.coastalscience.noaa.gov/ecosystems/welcome.html; http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/Story/maritimes/oceanecosystem_e.htm; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/intro.html; http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/interdependence.shtml; http://www.mo15.nrcs.usda.gov/features/wissoil/sld001.htm; http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=FD65DFE5-1; http://www.rainforestweb.org/; http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/zebra.html; http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/; http://www.burnsbog.org/
Egypt: http://www.eternalegypt.org
Electoral process: http://www.elections.ca/content_youth.asp?section=yth&document=index&lang=e; http://www.studentvote.ca/; http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_Process.asp?Language=E; http://www.youthlinks.org/students/index.do?moduleID=6
Emotions: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/question/emotions/deal_with_anger.html
Endangered species: http://www.iucnredlist.org/; http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/
Energy (science): http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Energy.cfm; http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaID=3
Entrepreneurship see Business
Evolution: http://www.becominghuman.org/; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/#; http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/; http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/itsawesome/cosmiccalendar/page2.html
Family violence: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/index.html
Farms: http://www.oafe.org/; http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/haykids/index.html; http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/index.html
Fetal alcohol syndrome: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/fas.html
Fetal development: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/
Food allergies: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/allergiesimmune/food_allergies.html
Frank, Anne: http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2; http://www.annefrank.com/
Gambling: http://www.responsiblegambling.com/en/index.cfm
Gangs: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~crilf/publications/Youth_Gang_Report.pdf
Genes see Nature vs. nurture
Genetic engineering: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/genetics_modification/; http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/gmf-agm/index_e.html
Geography: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/; http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/land; http://www.greatestplaces.org; http://www.geographia.com/index.html; http://www.pc.gc.ca
Global warming see Climate change
Groundhog Day: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/; http://www.groundhog.org/
Habitat see Ecosystem
Halloween: http://people.howstuffworks.com/halloween.htm
Health issues: http://www.kidshealth.org; http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/index.cfm; http://www.cfpc.ca/English/cfpc/programs/patient%20education/; http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/whensick/HeadLice.htm; http://www.healthyontario.com/
History: http://www.canadiana.org/citm
Home-alone safety: http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/alone.html
Human rights: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/default-en.asp; http://www.hri.ca/index.aspx; http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en
Hydrologic cycle see Water cycle: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8b.html; http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclehi.html
Internet safety: http://www.safecanada.ca/link_e.asp?category=3&topic=94
Kepler, Johannes: http://kepler.nasa.gov/johannes/
Kitchen safety: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/youth/restaurant/equipment_foodprep.html; http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/tipcon/kitchene.shtml
Legal system in Canada: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/just/; http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/jl/index.html
Live 8: http://www.live8live.com
Living things: http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/Six_Kingdoms/Index.htm
Lobbying government: http://www.orl-bdl.gc.ca/epic/site/lobbyist-lobbyiste.nsf/en/home; http://lobbyist.oico.on.ca/Integrity/RegistrationGeneral.nsf/MainFramesWeb?OpenPage
Marriage in Canada: http://www43.statcan.ca/02/02d/02d_001a_e.htm; http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005120
Marshall, Donald: http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/marshall.html; http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-2068-12858-10/on_this_day/disasters_tragedies/twt
Mathematics: http://illuminations.nctm.org/; http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/; http://www.shodor.org/; http://www.figurethis.org/; http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html; http://www.archimedes-lab.org/; http://www.algebrahelp.com/; http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/home.html; http://sportsfigures.espn.com/sportsfigures/index.htm
Media literacy: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm; http://www.factchecked.org/Welcome.aspx
Medieval manuscripts: http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/
Museums: http://www.civilization.ca/; http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca/; http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/
Natural disasters: http://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldisasters/0,,422669,00.html; http://volcano.und.edu/
Natural resources: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/statistics/factsheet.htm; http://ontariosforests.mnr.gov.on.ca/spectrasites/internet/ontarioforests/ontariosforests.cfm; http://www.oma.on.ca/; http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/mines/ims/facts/default_e.asp; http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/; http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/nf-fish/index.htm; http://gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/digmap/index_e.php
Nature vs. nurture: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome; http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/naturenurture/; http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050254
Northern lights: http://www.northern-lights.no/
Oceans: http://www.mos.org/oceans/; http://www.oceansatlas.com/index.jsp; http://www.livescience.com/oceans/
Peace-Athabasca Delta: http://www.ec.gc.ca/science/sandesept99/article4_e.html; http://www.international.gc.ca/peacekeeping/menu-en.asp
Peer helping: http://www.peer.ca/broch.html
Peer pressure: http://www.thecoolspot.gov/pressures.asp; http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/peer_pressure.html
Physical activity: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/guide/at-ta_e.html#blank
Planets see The universe
Prescription drugs: http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp? dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&article_set=22441&cat_id=112&
Pyramids: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html; http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/070391.html
Respiratory system: http://lung.ca/children/index_kids.html; http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/ HowTheBodyWorks/Article.aspx? categoryID=XH&articleID=7606&title=Introduction+to+the+HeartRiver systems; http://www.chrs.ca/Main_e.htm
Robotics: http://www.thetech.org/robotics/
Royal Botanical Gardens: http://www.rbg.ca/
Science (all aspects): http://www.livescience.com/; http://www.mos.org/; http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/; http://www.plos.org/; http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/resources/links.asp; http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/tellmeabout.cfm; http://www.science.gc.ca/Videos/Earthtones-WS42DA8B84-1_En.htm; http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Sexuality (all aspects): http://sexualityandu.ca/teachers/index.aspx
Smoking see Drugs and alcohol
Social justice: http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/
Solar system see The universe
Stress: http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/stress.html; http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6869054,00.html
Study skills: http://www.how-to-study.com; http://www.studygs.net/; http://www.howtostudy.org/; http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/study-t.html
Teen pregnancy: http://sexualityandu.ca/teachers/index.aspx
Tide pools: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/tidepool.html
Time travel: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/
Toffler, Alvin: http://www.alvintoffler.net/
Underground railroad: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/; http://www2.parkscanada.gc.ca/canada/proj/cfc-ugrr/index_E.asp; http://www.freedomtrail.ca/home.html
United Nations: http://www.un.org/english/
United States regions: http://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm
The universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/; http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/act2/cosmic.html; http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/default.asp
Volcanoes see Natural disasters
Water cycle: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8b.html; http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclehi.html
Women entrepreneurs: http://www.cobsc.org/nwe/en//; http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/RBC:Rp5EDI71A8UAAlAWR54/sme/women/profiles/index.html; http://www.bdc.ca/en/i_am/woman_entrepreneur/profile/default.htm
Women inventors: http://www.women-inventors.com/; http://inventors.about.com/library/blwomeninventors.htm
Workplace safety: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/whmis-simdut/index_e.html; http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/site/youngworkers/index.html; http://www.whsc.on.ca/ywap/ywap_main.cfm; http://www.ofl.ca/
World population: http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop; http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
Zoos: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/; http://www.zoo-berlin.de; http://www.torontozoo.com/; http://www2.philadelphiazoo.org/ http://survival-international.org/news.php?id=222