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Second graders will be creating a poster and PowerPoint slide, as well as give a presentation, about a particular type of weather. They will be researching either fog, snow, lightning, clouds, wind, rain, hurricanes, tornadoes, or rainbows. They will take their notes using the Weather Research Booklet.
 
Weather Research
Books
Weather books are found in 551 of the nonfiction section of the library.
  The Best Book of Weather
Living with the Weather series
Nature's Fury series
Pebble Books' Weather series
Weather from Science Fact Files series
Online Resources
Weather: A First Look video from United Streaming- click on the link to watch this 17 minute video which provides a general introduction to weather.
World Book Kids- Click on this link, and then click on the World Book Kids logo. Search for your weather.
Web Sites
  Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page- Look for your weather on the left. (Hint: Fog researchers need to look under "Humidity." Rain and snow researchers need to look under "Precipitation.")
  The Disaster Area- A web site that covers disastrous weather.
  Fact Monster- Type your weather in the white box and click "go." 
  Web Weather for Kids- This site covers thunderstorms, hurricanes, winter weather, and clouds.
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TEKS and Library Skills

TEKS
§112.4. Science, Grade 2 TEKS
  (2) A, E, F  
  (3) A, C
  (7) D
  (10) A
§110.4. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 2
  (4) A, B, C
  (7) B
  (12) A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
  (14)  A, B, C, D
  (20)  A, B, C, D
§126.2. Technology Applications, Kindergarten-Grade 2
  (4) A, B
  (5) A
  (10) A, B
  (11) A, B
Library Skills
Information Acquisition
  D, E, F, G
Information Literacy
  A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
Technology Applications
  A, C, D, E

 

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