Elementary Library

Unit 5 K - 2

Week 2 What is the best place to find information?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will identify different types of sources and create citations for information. (5.1, 8.1))

I can identify and cite if information comes from a book, a video, or a database.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS Simple Citations Graphic Organizer Resource set per grade:

Kindergarten Guiding Question: How does weather affect our behavior? ●​ Rain School by James Rumford OR Otis and the Tornado by Loren Long ●​ The World’s Wildest Weather by Laura K. Murray ●​ World Book Online, “Tornado” article, images, or video OR World Book Online, “Monsoon” article, images, or video 1st Grade Guiding Question: How do the sun, moon, and stars move across the sky? ●​ A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin ●​ Let’s Explore Phases of the Moon by Laura Hamilton Waxman ●​ Video: Let's Look at Constellations! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids (Watch from 1:35 - 3:00) 2nd Grade Guiding Question: How have animals inspired technology? ●​ What if you had animal eyes!? by Sandra Markle ●​ Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature by Kristen Nordstrom OR Nature Did it First: Engineering Through Biomimicry by Karen Ansberry ○​ Video: Learning from Nature – Biomimicry ●​ Database: World Book Online, “Velcro” article

CROSS-CURRICULAR INTEGRATIONS USBE Science with Engineering Education Standards

Standard K.1.2 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on the effect of forecasted weather patterns on human behavior. Examples could include how humans respond to local forecasts of typical and severe weather such as extreme heat, high winds, flash floods, thunderstorms, or snowstorms. (ESS3.B)

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