K2 New Teaching Ideashttp://www.informationliteracy.org/searchNew Teaching Ideas Builder: Noisy animal funhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/182Learn how to detect various animals and their noises! Check out some animals as they eat, play, and run! 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. 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. Builder: **We are all a Flutter**http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/349Butterflies are fascinating insects. Have you ever watched them? What do you know about their life cycles? Students will discover some amazing facts about butterflies by searching web sites and engaging in related activities. Builder: Welcome To Seussville!http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/350During their multi-day visit to Seussville on the Web, students will work in pairs on computers to complete some fun activities! Builder: Animal Crackershttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/359Students will choose an animal from an animal cracker box to research. Working in pairs, students will use selected Web resources to fill in a fact sheet, type the information into the computer, and present the research to the class. Builder: Learning Vocabulary for ESL Classeshttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/376This vocabulary research game helps ESL classes and students learn and / or review new vocabulary that may be learned during a unit, or a given period of time such as a week or a semester. Builder: Winter Holiday Adventurehttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/380Students will go on "an adventure" to learn about the different holidays celebrated during the winter month of December. After visiting selected Web sites, students will work in groups to answer related questions.