Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Is Wind?
The purpose of the instructional activity is to introduce students to what causes wind and how it can be measured. Students will create a wind gauge and collect data on "wind speed". Detailed instructions are included as well as examples...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
Other
Little Inventors: Ingenious Ideas!
Here you will find examples of inventions created by children. They submit their ideas along with drawings and plans. Many of these are made into real objects and posted for the inventors to see what they would look like in real life....
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: That's Private!
[Free Registration/Login Required] Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. By helping a Digital Citizen sign up for a new app, 2nd graders learn about the kinds of information they should keep to themselves when...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop in Rhyme
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Aesop in Rhyme by Marmaduke Park, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Caleb in the Country
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Caleb in the Country by Jacob Abbott, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Cherry Stones
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Cherry-Stones by William Adams, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Child's Gem and Other Stories
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Child's Gem and Other Stories by Pamela Chandler Colman, a book of stories for children.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: 4 Square! More Sounds of Ou
This printable "ou" worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will write "ou" vowel digraph words into 4 Square game squares. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Beautiful Butterfly
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring the canopy. Using the online tools, students will draw a picture of birdwing butterflies, living things that live in the canopy.
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Everyday Math
Students will work as a class to solve word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions. To culminate the lesson, students will create their own word problems.
New York Times
New York Times: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow
If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Evolution: Changes in the Environment
This activity places the control of the environment under the student's control. A field starts off with a uniform light level, and thus capable of growing plants with medium-sized leaves. Students can alter the environment by growing a...
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Ice Exploration
Provides fun ideas for exploring how to transform ice using shapes, light, and color.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Cuba
Learn about Cuba's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Germany
Find information about Germany on this site. Find all about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Germany.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Greece
Visit this site to learn about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Greece.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Iraq
Kids learn about the geography, history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Iraq on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Ireland
Explore Ireland's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Russia History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Russia including early civilizations, the empire, Tsars, the Russian Revolution, communism, Soviet Union, cold war, and current events.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: South Africa
The history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of South Africa is on this site.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Spain History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Spain including Roman rule, the Moors, the Renconquista, kings and queens, explorers, war with Britain, and the Spanish Revolution.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Sweden
On this site, learn about Sweden's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
