Elementary Library Media (K-5)
Lesson Plans

Strand 4

Defining an information problem and identifying information needed

Standard 2

Identify the information needed

• First Grade Animal Research Lesson Plan
  This is a lesson plan was created to help librarians and first grade teachers teach their students about research. The format is note taking and a Power Point presentation. cover page photo credit = File:Mammal Diversity (Placentalia).png - Wikimedia Commons
• Informational Website: As Easy as 1, 2, 3...
  This unit walks students through the research process from pre-writing to publishing using cars as the topic, but it could be adapted for any basic research subject. The final project allows them to publish to the world creating an Adobe Express web page.Diagram of an Internal Combustion Piston Engine, By User:Wapcaplet - Own work, made with Blender, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=182044A modern assembly-line, By Marek Slusarczyk, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116381370
• Learning about polar bears (or any topic)
  With guidance and support students will explore using various research tools to help them access information about a specific topic. In this lesson we are learning about bears but you could choose another animal or topic as well.

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