http://www.informationliteracy.org/searchNew plans http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/200The students will use an encyclopedia to locate information on a selected animal, then write a paragraph based on notes taken in the library media center and complete a drawing of the animal.This lesson is designed to build student confidence in achieving the learning requirements and provide satisfaction through the completion of a finished product. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/201This activity may be included in a study of the human body in a science or health unit. The students will use multiple formats and sources to select and illustrate separate structures in the brain. This lesson will establish the relevance of the learning content for students and build confidence in their ability to achieve the learning requirements. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/203This lesson is designed for 3rd grade students. It utilizes the school's OPAC, its print resources, and a high school science teacher, as a guest speaker. It is designed to inform and educate students on the topic of weather. The LMS' role will be to improve information seeking skills, as well as information literacy skills, and provide specific instruction for finding weather related materials in the library. This lesson will include two weather related stories that will introduce the student to weather related concepts. The high school science teacher will help enhance the topic by providing safe and fun examples of key weather concepts. He or she will also go into detail about the technology, and people who help to predict weather patterns. NOTE: This is a series of lessons occurring over a four-week period. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/205Students will work in groups studying one of the planets from the solar system. The students will be exposed to a variety of sources for their research, including print and non print material. The resulting project will be a powerpoint presentation. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/209In this game, students synthesize their role playing skills, love of literature (Junie B. Jones series, by Barbara Park), and knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System. One student reads a statement dramatically telling the class why they need a book, then asks another student for help. With the aide of a list of Dewey Decimal System subject groups, and lifelines like 50/50, phone-a-friend, and polling the audience, the second student will name the correct 100's group and physically go to the correct location in the library. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/211This lesson allows students to practice finding topics within an encyclopedia whle reinforcing facts learned in the classroom curriculum. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/215This lesson will enable the students to learn about "pattern books" and what it is like to create a pattern book of their own in collaboration with others in a group.This lesson can also be modified to use as a Family Literacy Event. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/221After reading and discussing the story "There's an Owl in the Shower" by Jean Craighead George, the third graders begin a research project on pre-selected animals. The research is directed by the LMS, but the classroom teachers assist and require a short descriptive report (2-3 paragraphs) with a picture at the end of the resarch.NOTE: This research project spans a number of sessions which are described in the procedures. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/223After reviewing the sections in the library (Easy, Fiction, and Non-fiction) and the components of a call number, this activity helps students practice using call numbers to locate books on library shelves. http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/226This lesson is designed to be used with students who are first being introduced to the Dewey Decimal System of classification for non-fiction books. It should be used after students have an understanding of the difference between fiction and non-fiction.