Julie+Ramsay+-+Grade+2+Social+Studies+Inquiry+Lesson

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 //__Abstract:__// ** The following discovery lessons will engage grade two students in initial Internet research experiences which will assist them in a long term research inquiry project. Prior to commencing their research, students will be asked to explore web awareness sites geared for their particular age group. These discovery lessons will promote strategies which will help students understand the issues surrounding safety and security on the Internet through fun and engaging hands on experiences. They will also guide students in making good choices while researching their inquiry question.
 * __Grade Two – Researching an Inquiry Question __**
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As part of a grade two integrated Social Studies and Science inquiry, students will be asked to investigate the following topics: Canada's Dynamic Communities & Hot and Cold Temperatures. These topics will be explored through a structured inquiry approach. Students will be using a variety of resources including the Internet to research an Arctic community and learn about its geographical, cultural and social features. They will be addressing the following inquiry question: 
 * What effect is global warming having on communities in the Arctic? **
 * //NOTE: The following lesson plans will guide the __beginning__ of this research project with the expectation that further work will be done to compile, analyze and present conclusions. //**



 
 * __Inquiry Project Guidelines __**
 * //__Inquiry Question:__//** What effect is global warming having on the communities in the Arctic?

Students will identify geographical, cultural and social issues associated with global warming in the Arctic. Students will be able to define global warming. Students will be able to find examples of adverse changes in animal and human behaviour and physical changes to the arctic environment.
 * //__Essential Understandings:__//**


 * //__Subject Areas & Curriculum Standards:__//**


 * Social Studies **

__<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Canada's Dynamic Communities __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> 2.1.2 investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a prairie community in Canada by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry: • Where are the Inuit, Acadian and Prairie communities located in Canada? (LPP) • How are the geographic regions different from where we live? (LPP) • What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in each community? (LPP) • What are the main differences in climate among these communities? (LPP) • What geographic factors determined the establishment of each community (e.g., soil, water and climate)? (LPP, TCC) • How does the physical geography of each community shape its identity? (CC, I) • What is daily life like for children in Inuit, Acadian and prairie communities (e.g.,recreation, school)? (CC, I, LPP)


 * Science**

__Hot and Cold Temperatures__ 2 - 9 Recognize the effects of heating and cooling, and identify methods for heating and cooling. 1. Describe temperature in relative terms, using expressions such as hotter than, colder than. 3. Describe how heating and cooling materials can often change them. 9. Identify materials that insulate animals from the cold. 11. Describe ways in which temperature changes affect us in our daily lives. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> C.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies. 1.1 - access and retrieve appropriate information from electronic sources for a specific inquiry 1.2 - process information from more than one source to retell what has been discovered
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">ICT **

C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning. 1.2 - summarize data by picking key words from gathered information and by using jottings, point form or retelling 1.3 - draw conclusions from organized information

F.4 - Students will become discerning consumers of mass media and electronic information 1.1 - compare similar types of information from two different electronic sources

P.5 - Students will navigate and create hyperlinked resources. 1.1 - navigate within a document, compact disc or other software program that contains links 1.2 - access hyperlinked sites on an intranet or the Internet

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 * __<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; msofareastlanguage: EN-CAmso-fareast-font-family;">Lesson Plans – Part 1 __**
 * Part 1: Web Awareness**

<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">- SMARTboard for orientation to websites - Website Links <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[] <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[]
 * //Objective://** Students will access web awareness websites designed for their age group and engage in multiple activities and games that will help them understand Internet safety and security issues.
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Resources: //**
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson 1: //**<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Large Group Dialogue & Website Orientation

- Students will be asked the following guiding questions and answers will be recorded as the discussion occurs: Do you access the Internet at home? Do you use IM or chat features on your computer or video game machine? What safety or security issues do you already know about? What rules are in place at home to guide their explorations? How can we protect ourselves online?

- Using the SMARTboard in a large group setting, students will be guided through how to access and navigate the websites listed above. Questions will be addressed as students and teachers explore together. It would be great to start with the following site as a group <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[] Then move to this site. [] - to narrow down some useful activities to go through as a group on this site click on: Webville Outlaws What 2 do on the Web Who's your friend on the Internet? - as a wrap up for this site: Clicky's Challenge
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson 2 - 3 : //**<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-fareast-language;"> Small Group or Lab Setting Explorations

- Students will navigate to the previously introduced websites to discover and explore the hazards and issues that they may encounter when using the internet and researching online. - this would be a great opportuinity for the students to review the information from lesson 1 and start playing some of the games on []
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson 4: //**<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Small and Large Group Sharing & Recording

- Students will be asked to break into their research groups and brainstorm safe ways to find information related to their inquiry question. These ideas will then be shared with the large group where they will be recorded. - make a list of key words that students may want to search for regarding their inquiry question. (It may be useful to write these key words somewhere near where the students will be working so that students have multiple places to refer to in order to spell specific, topic related words correctly when searching.) **//<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Assessment: //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> - Anecdotal notes during lab exploration - Student recordings of ideas <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;">

**__<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Inquiry Study: __** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">After the initial web awareness explorations, students will be divided into groups of two or three and asked to chose a research focus pertaining to the Inquiry question. These topics will be those which the students have deemed to be critical to the project and have been developed through large group discussion. These focus topics could include: Global Warming and its effect on: - Arctic plants - Arctic animals - Geographical Landmarks - Cultural Traditions <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">

**__<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson Plans – Part 2 __** <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Part 2: Introduction to Web Research **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">

**//<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">NOTE: The information gathered from the Internet and other resources such as books and videos will then be further compiled, analyzed and presented in later lessons. //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">- SMARTboard for orientation - Websites <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">[] [] [] <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">[] [] []
 * //Objective://** Students will access pre-screened and filtered websites designed for their age group to begin their research in small groups. Students will be asked to record their findings in their research journals and encouraged to record questions that they have along the way.
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Resources: //**
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson 1: //**<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Website Orientation & Guided Exploration

- Using the SMARTboard in a large group setting, students will be guided through how to access and navigate the websites listed above. Questions will be addressed as students and teachers explore together. - Students will then be given an opportunity to work with their research group and begin their initial explorations guided by their research focus ie. Plants, animals, culture, etc. - If you do not have a SMARTboard, this lesson may also be effective if made into a webquest. Then students could follow along at their own individual computers. **//<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lesson 2 – 3: //**<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Small group exploration in lab setting

- Students will be asked to continue their exploration and information recording as the teacher monitors, trouble shoots and guided each group as needed. If further large group clarification is required, the teacher may need to demonstrate using the SMARTboard as was done in Lesson 1. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> - Anecdotal notes regarding research skill development - Student/Teacher developed rubric regarding research and data gathering expectations.
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Once students have demonstrated proficiency in navigating and gathering information, the teacher may want to encourage small group exploration during other times of the day within the classroom. **
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Assessment: //**

This is a great lesson! I love how you were able to incorporate the SMARTboard into an interactive experience that would allow students to explore web awareness and research. Since not every school comes equipt with SMARTboards this lesson could easily be modified into either a webquest for grade 2s, or your goals could easily be accomplished with a computer and projector.

For recording information, you may want to include a graphic organizer so that students can easily organize their information from the websites into point form. Other wise the research information may prove to be too overwhelming for some of the students. You could easily assess student learning and on task behaviour by collecting their graphic organizers at the end of each class. These graphic organizers could also help analyze any information that the students are missing and help you address unverbalized questions.

I noticed that some of the websites listed for part 2 of your lesson contain challenging vocabulary, and at grade two level there may be many students who have a difficult time reading the information. It may be useful to give the students a link to an on-line children's dictionary. [] []