Office of Instructional Technology

Multi-disciplinary Inquiry-based Projects for the 21st Century Collaborative Classroom

iSite: Second Grade Global Communication and Collaboration Science Research and Publishing Project

Project Links

Overview Pacing MiniLessons and Activities Resources and Materials Differentiated Learning 21st Century Technology Learning Standards Assessment Next Steps: Going Global Professional Development and Support

Resources and Materials

Save the Honey Bees! - A webquest to save honey bees for 3rd-5th grade students. Can be used for 2nd grade as a whole class activity. Additional web resources are provided.

Learning Electric: PowerPoint - Online Software Training Videos to Learn PowerPoint.

Learn PowerPoint from Actden - Tutorials for using PowerPoint.

Internet4Classrooms - Step-by-step lessons on how to use PowerPoint and other applications used in K-12 classrooms.

Bee Basics - This website is easy to understand with good graphics. All information is presented on one page.

Bee Activities - This website has activity sheets on bees for the students to complete.

Honey - Pictorial information about Honey Bees. Perfect website to project and read as a whole class when introducing this project.

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) - Information on Honey Bees and images also.

Enchanted Forest - Activities and facts about bees.

Honey - Fact, recipes, activities and a virtual tour of a hive.

The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons (Fountas and Pinnel level R)

The Bee by S. Crewe (Fountas and Pinnel level N)

The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive by Joanna Cole (Fountas and Pinnel level P)

My Mom is a Beekeeper by Sarah Hughes (Fountas and Pinnel level E)

Honey Bees and Honey by Lola M. Schaefer (Fountas and Pinnel level F)

Honey Bees by Lola M. Schaefer (Fountas and Pinnel level I)

Honey Bees and Flowers by Lola M. Schaefer (Fountas and Pinnel level G)

Honey Bees and Hives by Lola M. Schaefer (Fountas and Pinnel level E)

Busy Buzzy Bee by Wallace (Fountas and Pinnel level K)

Honeybees by James Rowan (Fountas and Pinnel level S)

Beekeepers by Linda Oatman High (Fountas and Pinnel level O)

Honey Bees by Sharon Kahkonen (Fountas and Pinnel level L)

Chart Paper

Computers/ laptops

Internet Access

LCD projector

Various trade books
Power Point Template
Scanner
Student artwork
Printed template
Lintor publishing materials

Lintor How to bind video
Famis Information for Lintor Books
50 Sheets Binding Paper famis # 971456658 Price $22
50 9x12 Landscape Binding Material (includes covers) famis # 971456666 Price $200

Parent consent form - permission to publish on the web

Powerpoint template wide

Powerpoint template tall

Sample Book (wide)

Sample Book (tall)

Sample Book (tall 2)

Sample Book - Spanish (tall)