The purpose of this lesson is to explore doing a research project.
Included:

YouTube video to support DLC ELA Grade 2: Unit 3 Lesson 2 - Research
Handouts:
HO-3 KWL Chart on Beavers
HO-4 Research Sources
HO-5 Animal Research Graphic Organizer

Students explore the genre of posters, review informational writing and visual design, and then design poster presentations to share in class or at a school-wide fair.

Learn about Greek gods, heroes, and creatures through digital storytelling produced by students who have learned research techniques.

After researching nutrition and analyzing food advertisements, students work in cooperative groups to create their own advertisements for food products.

Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.

Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.

Students explore a variety of resources as they learn about the Holocaust. Working collaboratively, they investigate the materials, prepare oral responses, and produce a topic-based newspaper to complete their research.

Students across the board will get a kick out of researching a historical figure from the American Revolution to create an acrostic poem.

Students learn about organic gardening by developing their own research questions, conducting research, gardening at their school, creating signs about their plants, and presenting their research to the class.

Students use text sets to research a topic inspired by a fiction book they have read. A text set is a collection of multiple text genres with a single focus.

By exploring myths and truths surrounding Independence Day, students think critically about commonly believed stories regarding the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the Independence Day holiday.

People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.

Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.

This lesson invites students to create a ŇDriverŐs LicenseÓ for characters that have made a contribution to western expansion in the United States.