Homework Help

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Feeling frustrated?  Need some extra help??  Don't despair!  You can. . .

  • ask your teacher for extra help at lunch or before or after school

  • go to the Guidance office and ask about getting a tutor

  • check out one of the online help sites below . . . 
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Ask a Teacher 

Looking for homework help?  Have a question about your science project, English essay or math homework?  Ontario's Independent Learning Centre (ILC) offers an online help chat service Sunday - Thursday, 5:30pm - 9:30pm.  It is free but you do need to register. 
  • Choose "tools and resources" for a science calculator, a periodic table, and a glossary (definitions) of science, math and English terms

  • Choose "virtual seminars" to watch sessions on the research process, genes and heredity, and the exponent rules among others.
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Ontario Educational Resource Bank





Classroom activites and lessons (you need login/password info to access this resource); you can search for activites yourself or you teacher may give you an ID# which you can put into the search box to find a particular activity.

You will need to log in to this website.  Use the ONE PASSWORD from your student agenda to open the "Password" link on the menu on the top of the page for all the password info you will need.
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Need math help in particular?

Ontario's Independent Learning Center's Math Help for Grades 7-10 offers live, online tutors ready to answer questions on Sunday to Thursday, 5:30-9:30 pm; you can also find 300+ pre-recorded sessions, lots of animated tutorials as well as "listen and learn" lessons that review key math concepts, all of which are available 24/7. It's free, but you do need to set up a personal account the first time you log in.
Dictionaries, fun "word" sites, language related resources, etc.

Lexipedia - a fun site to for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, etc. all displayed in a very visual way.

Wordle - fun with words - paste in text and create some art!

Wordsift - paste in text and find out which words are used the most and get links to visual definitions example

Miriam Webster - online dictionary and thesaurus
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InfoPlease - encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, biographies, etc.