3-4 New Teaching Ideashttp://www.informationliteracy.org/searchNew Teaching Ideas Builder: Creepy crawlies: out of this world!http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/178Students are presented with an imaginary scenario which requires them to research three insects and choose the most interesting one, which they must present and "defend" to their class. Builder: Astronauts Wantedhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/187An exploration of outer space: the moon, planets and stars. Students will explore those three topics by navigating this buILder and reading its content. The activity culminates with the students writing three sentences about one of those topics and drawing an accompanying picture. Builder: Mammals of the Oceanhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/198Students will work cooperatively to research mammals of the ocean using various resources. Students will make use of a graphic organizer to write an excellent second grade paragraph as well as a simple PowerPoint presentation. Builder: Let's Look It UP!http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/199This lesson introduces students to a dictionary and how its used, giving students the opportunity to practice their alphabet skills as well. Variation Helps Maintain Attentionhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/242To gain and sustain attention, remember to vary the format of your information literacy lesson. All lecture or all one format generally results in losing some or all of your audience at some point. In addition to breaking up lectures with instructional conversations (discussions), group work, and the old standby PowerPoint presentation, consider varying the media you use. A relevant brief video clip can regain lost attention, or an audio clip featuring an individual critical to the content area (e.g., in a civics class, listening to the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King can be a powerful attention grabber and sustainer). Enter "motivational strategies" into a keyword search to find other strategies for motivating your learners. Information Literacy Gameshttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/259Take a popular game show like Jeopardy or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and develop questions related to information literacy skills projects. This is particularly powerful for students who enjoy competitive activities. Submitted by: The S.O.S. Team Credit: Small & Arnone, "Turning Kids On to Research: The Power of Motivation," Libraries Unlimited, 2000. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/261 Builder: Searching for Castleshttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/293Students will be guided in conducting research on the Internet, learning basic techniques that will help with an associated "Castle in the Attic" project. Builder: Feeling Froggy? The differences and similarities of frogs and toadshttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/316In this lesson, students will explore the similarities and differences between frogs and toads. Students will conduct online research and then organize the research using Venn diagrams. Builder: Dewey Decimal Detectiveshttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/324The purpose of this lesson is to teach 2nd and 3rd grade students how to independently find the non-fiction book they want using the Dewey Decimal call number.