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Second Grade

Second Grade

Tomie dePaola Communication   Government 
Animals Dinosaurs    
Penguins    

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=380
great website with three lessons involving humans and animals in conflict…includes some really great literature connections!! “Keystone Species,” food webs, etc. for grades 3-5  

http://www.wildeducation.org/programs/hab_2000/migration_hab2000_newbook.pdf
lesson on migration of animals and the value of preserving & protecting habitats…could be adapted to include
Connecticut ’s migrants for many grade levels (K-12)  

http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/forestry.htm
several forestry lesson plans  

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/
national geographic habitats website  

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/book.html 
books about camouflage  

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/s_seedier/index.html
plants adaptations…seed production and survival

 ***GREAT interactive WEB SITE on building food webs

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Lessons and resources from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/science.shtml

Fun clips for a variety of science topics (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

FANTASTIC website with links to the footprints (and natural history) of various animals
http://www.bear-tracker.com/mammals.html

Water resources http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/14.html

Biodiversity links http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/resources/sciencelinks/grade3.html

Video Link www.learner.org

Penguins
http://www.penguinscience.com
http://www.penguinscience.com/classroom_home.php


Math Sites http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd.htm

MISC
Click here for
Thanksgiving Games and Activities
Interactive Books @ Starfall.com
SurfNet Kids
 HarperCollins Children's Books
Plimoth 

Nutrition
Kids Health Food Pyramid
My Pyramid - USDA

MATH SITES
A+ Math

 FunBrain Math
KidsDomainGames
AAA Math


TOMIE dEPAOLA
Tomie dePaola www.tomie.com
Meet Authors and Illustrators: http://www.childrenslit.com/f_depaola.html
Interview with Tomie: http://www.bookpage.com/0003bp/tomie_depaola.html


COMMUNICATION
US Post Office http://www.usps.gov

GOVERNMENT
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids:
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
U.S. Mint http://www.usmint.gov/kids
White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
BarneyCam: http://www.whitehouse.gov/barney/index.html

ANIMALS
National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/
Zoobooks Pictures: http://www.zoobooks.com/hch/picture/series/lilly
The Electronic Zoo - http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Animal Planet - http://animal.discovery.com
Franklin Institute Hotlist of Animal Links: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html
KidsWeb Animals Links: http://mel.lib.mi.us/children/animals.html
Animaland: http://www.animaland.org/abc/
Kratt's Creatures: http://www.pbs.org/kratts/
Animal Search: http://AnimalSearch.Net/

 

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