Technology-Rich Learning Experiences for Second Graders

Technology-Rich Learning Experiences
for Second Graders

The following resources are designed for second graders and their teachers.

Starters

Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
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Second Grade Language Arts

Publisher Language Arts Resources

Houghton Mifflin Reading - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/2/index.html
Links to activities.

Houghton Mifflin Power Proofreading
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html
Interactive proofreading activity.

Houghton Mifflin Wacky Web Tales
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Write Mad-Libs on a variety of topics. Includes parts of speech help and how to write a tale.

Houghton Mifflin KidViews
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/rdg/chall.html
Find and submit book reviews.

Language Arts Sequenced Lesson Plans

GLC from Georgia Department of Education
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/seqlps/sudisplay.asp?SUID=115
Daily plans for language arts

Interactive Activities

BBC Literacy Center Ages 4-8
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/literacy.shtml
Explore activities in literacy.

Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com/
Quizzes based on books

Grid Club Language Arts Games
http://www.gridclub.com/grown_ups/cont_eng.shtml
Lots of interactive games on English concepts.

Imaginator
http://www.gridclub.com/games/english/imaginator/index.html
Great online, story building tool.

Listen and Write Poetry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/
Explore the Rap Realm, Wonderwords, Simile Satellite, and Free Style.

Naturescapes - Tiered Reading
http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/
Building your own with the Video and Image Starter Resources.

Play Magnetic Poetry - regular or kid's poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/magnet/index.html
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Write poems, submit poems, read poems and evaluate poems

Print and Go from Grid Club
http://www.gridclub.com/games/dt/printandgo/home.shtml
Create a book, story, bookmark, poster, postcard, membership, paper, etc.

ReadWrite Think: Student Materials
http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Interactive tools that support national language arts standards.

ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plans K-2
http://readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp

ReviseWise English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/index.shtml
Explore activities in reading, writing, spealling, grammar, and games.

Teacher Tap: E-Books and Onling Reading for Early Readers
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm#1

Weekly Reader - Second Grade
http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/grade2/

Starters for Narrative, Persuasive, & Expository Writing

The following bullets are K-12 resources. Explore the following resources for writing project ideas:

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Second Grade Math

Math Resources

42explore: Charts and Graphs
http://www.42explore.com/graphs.htm

42explore: Geometric Shapes
http://www.42explore.com/geomet.htm

AAA Math - Grade 2
http://www.aaamath.com/B/grade2.htm

BBC ReviseWise Math - Ages 4-11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/index.shtml
Games about numbers, data handling, shape, mental math, and games.

GLC from Georgia Department of Education
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/seqlps/sudisplay.asp?SUID=122
Daily plans for math

Harcourt Math Games for Grade 2
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/13/3.html

Houghton Mifflin - Test Prep Practice - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testprep/gr2/index.html

Houghton Mifflin - Test Quest: Be a Better Test-Taker - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testquest/2/index.html
Ideas for test taking. Contains audio and examples.

Houghton Mifflin - Brain Teasers - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/brain/gr2/index.html
A dozen brain teasers related to math topics. Could be printed.

Houghton Mifflin - Math Games - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/egames/ega_2.html
Four great math review games.

Houghton Mifflin - E Math Manipulatives - Grade 2
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/manip/mn_2.html
A dozen eManipulatives for many areas including fractions and decimals.

Statistics & Probability from 42explore
http://www.42explore.com/statistics.htm

Teach 4 Kids Math - 2nd Grade
http://www.teachrkids.com/fronts/curr-2.htm

Math Sequenced Lesson Plans

GLC from Georgia Department of Education
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
Daily plans for math

Interactive Activities

Cat Math
http://www.mathcats.com/

Cool Math 4 Kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Create a Graph from NCES
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

Figure This: Take a Challenge
http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

Grid Club Math Games
http://www.gridclub.com/grown_ups/cont_mat.shtml
Lots of interactive games on math concepts.

Illuminations from NCTM (Grades PreK-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/pages/prek2.html
Many interactive activities to match national math standards.

ReviseWise Maths from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/
Activities on numbers, data handling, shape, space, measure, and mental math.

Second Grade Math! from KidPort
http://www.kidport.com/Grade2/Math/MathIndex.htm

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Second Grade Science

Overall

Grid Club Science Games
http://www.gridclub.com/grown_ups/cont_sci.shtml
Lots of interactive games on science concepts.

Harcourt Science Video Update
http://www.harcourtschool.com/articles/video_updates/
Lots of short video clips on a wide range of science topics.

ReviseWise Science from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/

Science from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2science.shtml

Life Science

Scott Foresman: Life Science
http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_2/unit_A/index.htm

Build a Fish & Squish the Fish
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.cfm?id=7
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.cfm?id=8

Exploring Biomes - with Illinois Standards (for Teachers)
http://ilsi.ltc1c.k12.il.us/biomes/student.html

42explore: Animal Homes
http://www.42explore.com/animhom.htm

42explore: Animal Tracks
http://www.42explore.com/animaltracks.htm

42explore: Bats
http://www.42explore.com/bats.htm

42explore: Bears
http://42explore.com/bears.htm

42explore: Bees
http://www.42explore.com/bees.htm

42explore: Birds
http://www.42explore.com/birds.htm

42explore: Coral Reefs
http://www.42explore.com/reef.htm

42explore: Creatures of the Night
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/night.htm

42explore: Deserts
http://www.42explore.com/deserts.htm

42explore: Dinosaurs
http://www.42explore.com/dinos.htm

42explore: Frogs and Toads
http://42explore.com/frogs.htm

42explore: Hedgehog
http://42explore.com/hedghog.htm

42explore: Insects
http://www.42explore.com/insects.htm

42explore: Marsupials
http://www.42explore.com/marsupial.htm

42explore: Mountains
http://www.42explore.com/mountain.htm

42explore: Owls
http://www.42explore.com/owls.htm

42explore: Penguins
http://www.42explore.com/penguin.htm

42explore: Polar Regions
http://www.42explore.com/polar.htm

42explore: Pond Life
http://www.42explore.com/pond.htm

42explore: Prairies
http://www.42explore.com/prairie.htm

42explore: Rabbits
http://42explore.com/rabbits.htm

42explore: Rivers
http://www.42explore.com/rivers.htm

42explore: Sharks
http://www.42explore.com/shark.htm

42explore: Snakes
http://www.42explore.com/snake.htm

42explore: Tidepools
http://www.42explore.com/tidepool.htm

42explore: Trees and Forests
http://www.42explore.com/treesforests.htm

42explore: Turtles and Tortoises
http://42explore.com/turtle.htm

42explore: Wetlands
http://www.42explore.com/wetland.htm

42explore: Whales and Dolphins
http://www.42explore.com/whale.htm

42explore: Wolves
http://www.42explore.com/wolves.htm

42explore: Worms
http://www.42explore.com/worms.htm

Exploring Biomes - with Illinois Standards (for Teachers)
http://ilsi.ltc1c.k12.il.us/biomes/student.html

Frog WebQuest
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq107/

Habitat Adventure WebQuest
http://www2.lhric.org/course/irvingtn/rothchan/habitat1.htm

Illinois Wetlands
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Wetlands/Wetlands.html

Life Cycles from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
Plant part game and quiz

National Geographics - Fantastic Forest
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/forest/index.html

Plant Process WebQuest
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/plants/plants1.htm

Tracking the Jaguar
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/jaguar/intro_flash.html

Physical Science

Scott Foresman: Physical Science
http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_2/unit_B/index.htm

42explore: Electricity
http://www.42explore.com/electric.htm

42explore: Light
http://www.42explore.com/light.htm

Atom's Family - including light
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/index.html

BBC Physical Processes Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/

Changing Sounds from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_sounds.shtml
Game and quiz

Kidport Light
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Light/Light.htm

Magic Factory - light games
http://www.magic-factory.co.uk/

Optics for Kids
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html#LightBasics

Sound - by fifth graders
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundindex.html

Earth Science

Scott Foresman: Earth Science
http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_2/unit_C/index.htm

42explore: Recycle Reduce Reuse
http://www.42explore.com/recycle.htm

Natural Resources Kid's Page
http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/

Paper or Plastic WebQuest
http://www.schools.nt.edu.au/stuartpk/webquests/Paper%20or%20plastic/TMPbew68v1z7h.htm

Plant Protectors Page
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/

Recycling and Beyond
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/index.htm

The Air Around Us
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/index.htm

Recycle City
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

Talking Trash
http://whyfiles.org/063recycle/index.html

Human Body

Scott Foresman: Human Body
http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_2/unit_D/index.htm

42explore: Brain
http://42explore.com/brain.htm

The Nervous System Activity - Shockwave
http://www.scottforesman.com/resources/health/index.html

Infection, Detection, Protection
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/
Lots of readings and activities.

Keeping Health from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/keeping_healthy.shtml

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Second Grade Social Studies

General

GLC from Georgia Department of Education
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/seqlps/sudisplay.asp?SUID=279
Daily plans for social studies

Community

Citizenship from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2/id_citizenship_ks2.shtml
An interactive site for learning about making decisions, communities and recycling

42explore: Bullying
http://www.42explore2.com/bully.htm

42explore: Money
http://www.42explore2.com/money.htm

42explore: Patriotism
http://www.42explore2.com/patriot.htm

History

42explore: Native Americans
http://www.42explore2.com/native.htm

42explore: Storytelling
http://www.42explore.com/story.htm

42explore: Tall Tales
http://www.42explore.com/talltale.htm

Learn about Native Americans
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html

Social Studies Sequenced Lesson Plans

GLC from Georgia Department of Education
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
Daily plans for social studies

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