Second graders demonstrate how to use reference materials. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders are introduced to the encyclopedia and are shown how to use the encyclopedia as a reference. Students use encyclopedias to complete a...

Fifth graders play a game in which they list as many environmental issues or terms in alphabetical order. They brainstorm ways they can save the environment and create a mural that displayed research found from the internet and Encarta.

Students research background information on the role of Native American women. They then participate in a four station center which enables the students to view pictures, investigate new vocabulary, and research Native American recipies.

Students create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. For this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on...

Students use events and biographies from their state's history and U.S. history, to create a dictionary of terms for citizens of a democracy.