Lesson Title: Animal Research
Subject: Library/Computer Lesson
Grade: 2
Time: 2 Library Days, 2 Computer Lab Days – 30 minutes each
Materials Needed:
Computer w/projector in lab for demonstration purposes.
Pencils for each day
Copies of Data sheets and Research Wheels
Paper Fasteners for Research Wheel Assembly
Books:
Look Once, Look Again – Tales by David M. Schwartz (or any book that gives clues about animals for the students to figure out)
Look Once, Look Again – Mouths by David M. Schwartz
Books at the correct reading level about specific animals – enough for 1 for each student with some extra so they have a choice
Vocabulary: Research, Observation, Internet, Search, Data,
The Point: Students learn research skills both in the library and on the computer. Students are learning about what resources can be used and where they are located in both the library and on the Internet. In the computer lab, students learn more about using the Internet and also how to save a photo from the Internet to their desktop. They learn how to put the picture in a document and practice typing skills by putting the information they have gathered into a document.
Day 1 – Library- 30 minutes
Read aloud Look Once, Look Again Tales. Give students a change to guess the animals as you read. Encourage them to look at the picture AND listen to the clues.
After reading discussion:
Who is the author?
Was the author born knowing all the information?
How did the author learn the information? (looking at the animals/observation , reading about them, looking them up on the computer. All this is called Research!)
What is research? Finding out about things using the methods you have available to you. (in second grade, can I just go to the jungle and study the bugs there?)
Inform students that they will be doing a research project. Explain Data Sheet 1, Treasure Words, etc. Show them what the finished riddle wheel looks like. Demonstrate filling out the data sheet using a book about any animal you want (whales or elephants is a good place to start). Pass out papers and books. Give student 10-20 minutes to complete the data sheet. Students should return papers and books to teacher.
Day 2 – Computer Class
Websites: kidsbiology.com kids.nationalgeographic.com
Explain to students that they will be working on the animal project that they started in library class. Tell them that they will need to pay attention and follow directions. Remind them that if they have a question or get behind, they should raise their hand so that they will be able to stay caught up.
Students log into computers and follow along with directions/demonstration on screen
Everyone needs to go to the Internet and type in kidsbiology.com
Write the website on Data Sheet 2
Then click on animals
Find the animal you have been researching and click on it
Save a photo of the animal
right click, choose save image as, change location to desktop, change file name to animal name, click save
Each student should fill in the information on Data Sheet 2 from the website. Collect the Data Sheets as they finish
Day 3 – Library Class (20 minutes)
Read Aloud Look Once, Look Again – Mouths
Review the meaning of Research.
Pass back Data Sheet 1. Give students the opportunity to share one Treasure Word Fact from their data sheet.
Explain/Demonstrate putting facts on wheels, drawing pictures, and wheel assembly
Students add facts and assemble wheel.
Day 4 – Computer Class (30 minutes)
Give students both of their completed Data Sheets.
Remind students that they will be continuing on the animal projects they started before. Remind them that they will need to pay attention and follow directions. Remind them that if they have a question or get behind, they should raise their hand so that they will be able to stay caught up.
Students log into computers and follow along with directions/demonstration on screen
Open up OpenOffice (applications – office – openoffice spreadsheet)
Students should type their name and the name of the animal they researched. Save document to with animal name.
Enter to next line.
Students type this: I have learned a lot of interesting things about _______. I found out that they live ______________. Some of the things that ______ eat are_____, ______ and _________. One of the most interesting things I learned is_________. Another interesting fact is___________. Did you know that____________?
save
Instruct students that they can type in any other information that they would like.
Format: Title the Report, underline and center. Save
Add picture to document (insert, picture, from file. File is on desktop). Save
Type in sources at the bottom – Sources: Book Title, author; Website
save
Print
The original idea for the first part of this lesson came from a lesson I adapted off of this website http://teacher.neisd.net/library/public/lessonplan/ This website is a great place for ideas by the way.
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