- How do we know about our place in space?
- What is our solar system and where do we fit in it?
The library has lots of resources, both print and digital, to help answer these questions. They are, as usual, gathered together on the library catalog's Visual Tab.
Print - We refreshed our astronomy print collection last year. The average year of publication for that particular section of the library was 1994. By weeding books that were older than 10 years, and purchasing lots of recent publications, we brought up that average to 2007.
Grade 2 students learned how to browse the shelves, using the information on book spines to locate titles of interest. They also reviewed how to use the shelf markers to return books to the correct place.
Click here for a list of solar system books that are good for grade 2 students. Most of the titles can be found in the 520s bookshelves in the non-fiction section of the library. The list itself is posted on the Visual Tab page for this unit.
Digital - We have many digital resources for grade 2, all accessible from the library catalog.
Visit the Visual Tab to see the collection of resources.
PebbleGo is a particularly good resource. The content has been developed specifically for young researchers, and includes topics in science and social studies, including the solar system. The link from the Visual Tab takes you directly to the solar system section, but you'll have to first log in. Grade 2 students can refer to their catalog login credential cards in their take home folders. All other CAC patrons can log in to the library catalog using the Quick Login to see the full list of databases we subscribe to, as well as the usernames and passwords for each.
Another excellent resource is BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. BrainPop has engaging animated video clips featuring a robot called Toby. In BP Jr., a little girl called Annie accompanies him. One of the buttons on the Visual Tab, called "Space", is a shortcut to various movies about bodies of the solar system. The other button is a movie on gravity. Interested, and advanced students, could also go to BrainPop, the older version and do a search for solar system. Both BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. will require username and password. As above, refer to the login credential card or log in to the library catalog using the Quick Login.
Other sites on the Visual Tab page for the solar system include links to several NASA (the US space agency) sites and ESA (the European Union space agency.) Also useful should be the link to the National Geographic Kids videos. These do not require logging in.
Last, but not least, the Blendspace button has a collection of links to videos that the students have used in class.
Digital - We have many digital resources for grade 2, all accessible from the library catalog.
Visit the Visual Tab to see the collection of resources.
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| To get to the Visual Tab, visit the library catalog, http://library.cacegypt.org. Choose the elementary school library link, and click on the tab marked Visual above the main search field. |
PebbleGo is a particularly good resource. The content has been developed specifically for young researchers, and includes topics in science and social studies, including the solar system. The link from the Visual Tab takes you directly to the solar system section, but you'll have to first log in. Grade 2 students can refer to their catalog login credential cards in their take home folders. All other CAC patrons can log in to the library catalog using the Quick Login to see the full list of databases we subscribe to, as well as the usernames and passwords for each.
Another excellent resource is BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. BrainPop has engaging animated video clips featuring a robot called Toby. In BP Jr., a little girl called Annie accompanies him. One of the buttons on the Visual Tab, called "Space", is a shortcut to various movies about bodies of the solar system. The other button is a movie on gravity. Interested, and advanced students, could also go to BrainPop, the older version and do a search for solar system. Both BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. will require username and password. As above, refer to the login credential card or log in to the library catalog using the Quick Login.
Other sites on the Visual Tab page for the solar system include links to several NASA (the US space agency) sites and ESA (the European Union space agency.) Also useful should be the link to the National Geographic Kids videos. These do not require logging in.
Last, but not least, the Blendspace button has a collection of links to videos that the students have used in class.
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