Homework Help

Homework Help

Try these online resources for your next project or just for fun!  You may need your library card number (all numbers with no spaces) and PIN# (the last 4 digits of your phone number) to access them.

Barnum House - Learn at your own pace with engaging online presentations and supplementary take-home activities.  In partnership with the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and the Ontario Heritage Trust, McMurtry Creative offers visitors a glimpse into one of Ontario's oldest historic homes. Learn about community life in 19th century Canada through a multi-webisode exploration of Barnum House. 

CBC Kids Corner - CBC Corner has tons of safe, educational and entertaining content for children and youth of all ages including tv shows, free online games, fun quizzes and activities as well as news articles made by kids for kids. As a parent, you will also find cool and simple crafts ideas, healthy recipes, and easy ways to learn through play!

Primary Search Main Edition - Full-text magazines for grade school research

Frontier Life: a digital collection of primary sources including material from the Hudson Bay Archives and the Glenbow Archives. It is designed to enrich teaching and
research, examining settlement, existence and interactions at the edge of the
Anglophone world from 1650-1920.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia - A great place to start, you will find basic information on many topics

Just for Kids (Login - cobourgpl ; Password - digital)

A kid-safe, advertisement-free, media platform that is easily accessible, providing educational content with a focus on early literacy to the early learner.  Just for Kids has the educational videos that children want to watch.

These videos are sure to entertain, educate and inspire young patrons.  Games, songs and interactives will keep these early learners interested and engaged as they discover a learning environment that is fun, safe and entertaining.