An Insect's Perspective
Ginger Tyson
Students write a letter, from an insect's perspective, to an exterminator to convince him/her that the insect should not be exterminated.

Animal Hide and Seek
Ruthi Roche, Lynn Ryan
A second grade WebQuest on the study of animal camouflage. This unit integrates literacy, science, and technology by providing suggested literature related to the topic along with lots of kid-friendly web sites for research. Students then showcase their knowledge by writing a class camouflage book.

Arthur's Tooth
Lori Hughes
Students find out that Arthur is worried about his teeth in ARTHUR'S TOOTH by Marc Brown. They learn about teeth, so they can make a slide show that will help Arthur understand his teeth.

Family of Nations
Maggie Bower
Students will work in pairs to learn about a Nation. Having used their resources (the internet) to find information about their nation, the partners will assume the role of ambassadors and present what they have learned at a mock conference.

In Search of Stellaluna's Family
Danice VonFeldt
Explore Stellaluna’s world and become bat experts. Animals we fear can turn out to be the most wonderful creatures. See how important bats are in our world.

Meeting in the Mitten
Candy Szalay
After reading Jan Brett's book, The Mitten, students learn about the author, characters, and setting of the story. Students then create and perform a play based on the book.

Oceanography ABC Books
Lona Davies
Using the books, Swimming Through the Alphabet and The Ocean Alphabet, children research, author, illustrate, edit, publish, and create their own ABC books.

Schema
Maggie Bower
Students activate their background knowledge by making and explaining connections as they move their markers around an inspiration gameboard.

Shocking Sharks!
Laura Carlson, Pat Dobson
We are all fascinated with sharks! In this unit, students learn about sharks and then create a shark commercial or adventure story.

Splash into an Aquarium
Candy Szalay
Get ready for some fishy fun. You will learn about tide pool animals, visit aquariums and ocean habitats on the Web, write to a sea life expert, go on a sea hunt and write an aquarium book.

The Pilgrim Life Adventure
Jennifer Smart
First grade students learn about pilgrim life and compare it to their life. They design an adventure vehicle, and create a play about their life adventure.

Trekking the Tidepool
Lori Hughes
Students learn about characteristics of tidepool animals that could save sea stars from becoming endangered. They then write a story about a sea star that tries out one of those characteristics.