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A Grade 2 Project |
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The
World Around Us!
Our
School Day
At
the Post Office
Mapping
our Neighbourhood
Buildings
in our Community
Canadian
Animals and Waterfowl
Communities
Around the World
Pioneer
Life
Wanna
Be a Canadian!
Welcome
to our Community
Our
Government
Stuffed
Animals, Sweaters and Sweat Shops
Community
Design Challenge
Researching
Natural Resources and Migration
We decided to learn more about different types of animals. To do this research, we had to decide on five questions that we would want to answer about our animal. The questions had to begin with Who? What? Where? When? and Why? The questions asked about the physical and behavioural characteristics of the animals. We printed our questions in on a page (you can use it, too, by clicking on 5 W's.
Next we planned our key words for searching on the internet. We each chose 5 possible key words that would help with our search. For example, if Sarah wanted to learn more about Canadian Geese, she would make a list of five key words like, "Canadian Goose", goose, geese, "Canadian Geese", and Waterfowl. Then we were ready to start searching. We used the children's search directory Yahooligans and the Canadian search directory Yahoo Canada and typed the first key word in the search box. We also found out about another great directory called KidsClick!
This search made a list of different web sites that matched our key word. If there were no matches, then we knew to try the next key word on our list and type it in the search box to Search.
There was a lot of reading to do in order to sort through the web site's information and find the answers to the questions. We printed our answers on our sheets and later edited them into a paragraph.
Next we used The New Kid Pix to make pictures, type our paragraphs and record our voices about each of our animals. We even made it into a slideshow to teach each other about our animals. (Click on How to Create a Kid Pix Slideshow to get detailed instructions.)
Common
Loon Great Blue
Heron Mallard
Duck Snow
Goose Tundra Swan White Pelican Whooping
Crane
Canada
Goose
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Atlantic Salmon |
Coyote |
Deer |
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Pink Star |
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Polar Bear |
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White-Tailed Deer |
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Rainbow Trout |
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The Overall Expectations for the Ontario Science Curriculum for Grade Two in "Life Systems" strand include:
Students must:
2s1 • demonstrate an understanding of the similarities
and differences among various types of animals and the ways
in which animals adapt to different environmental
conditions;
2s2• investigate physical and behavioural
characteristics and the process of growth of different types
of animals;
2s3• identify ways in which humans can affect other
animals.
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Criteria |
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Performance and creative work |
- performs and creates only in limited and incomplete ways - uses tools, equipment, materials, and instruments correctly only with assistance |
- occasionally performs and creates in complete ways - uses tools, equipment, materials, and instruments correctly with frequent assistance |
- usually performs and creates in complete ways - uses tools, equipment, materials, and instruments correctly with only occasional assistance |
- consistently performs and creates in well-developed ways - uses tools, equipment, materials, and instruments with little or no assistance |
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Inquiry/research skills using the internet to locate key information |
- applies few of the required skills and strategies |
- applies some of the required skills and strategies |
- applies most of the required skills and strategies |
- applies all (or almost all) of the required skills and strategies |
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Communication of required knowledge |
- rarely communicates with clarity and precision - rarely uses appropriate terminology, vocabulary, and symbols |
- sometimes communicates with clarity and precision - sometimes uses appropriate terminology, vocabulary, and symbols |
- usually communicates with clarity and precision - usually uses appropriate terminology, vocabulary, and symbols |
- consistently communicates with clarity and precision - consistently uses appropriate terminology, vocabulary, and symbols |
