Looking for a way to use the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) in your classroom? Use this presentation to show your students the step-by-step procedure for finding an article on the database. The slideshow would work for secondary grade...

Third graders examine the role of the library media specialist in the school by listening to a read aloud of The Library Dragon and visiting Carmen Agra Deedy's website. They talk about respect for the books and the others using the...

Third graders explore the library media center using the characters and story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by James Marshall. They discuss what rules Goldilocks would need to follow in the library, complete a sequence chain for...

Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...

Making the transition to a higher-tech school library or computer lab? This plan suggests 5th graders undertake a scavenger hunt and make a PowerPoint to educate younger schoolmates about how to use information resources in an...

High schoolers design a library orientation that would be helpful for a new student. They explain the organization of their school library and demonstrate how to access information.

Fourth graders learn how to find books in the library. In this library lesson plan, 4th graders observe how to use an online system to search for a book by title, author and subject. Students practice searching for books.

Students use the Library of Congress Website to locate information for a world cultures project. They select countries to research, investigate visa information, currency, climate, and accommodations. Students follow the directions on...

Give your junior high researchers a clear concept of how to go about starting their research paper with the resources available in this exercise. Middle schoolers develop an idea to research, and spend time in the library or computer lab...

Help young researchers find credible sources online. Modeling with a Google search for information about Shakespeare’s Macbeth, use a computer projector or Smart Board to show class members how weak the top three search results are....

Explore the basic PowerPoint commands and options. They research information (including the WWW) related to an approved topic for presentation development. They create a presentation defined by specific criteria. They document research...

Students explore collections of materials and pointers to other related materials to help them to quickly and easily find and retrieve information needed. This lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.

Start your own virtual library with this JavaScript programming project. Create arrays of book objects, and fill the shelves with different books, different colors, titles, authors, etc. Let coders create their own unique display. 

If you are taking your class on a library tour, use this scavenger hunt activity to spice it up. Although this hunt isn't actually attached (like the lesson says it is), you will get a good idea of how to implement a task like this....

Meet with the school library specialist and work together to plan a visit and presentation on figurative language. After defining and examining examples of targeted terms, the class travels to the library where the SL has collected...

Young scholars participate in a scavenger hunt to locate various sections and items in the library media center. Using a "Media Center Hunt" worksheet, they locate letters that correspond with items and sections in the library and match...

In this research activity worksheet, students use a research library or the Internet to find the answer to the quiz. Students answer 15 questions.

Students research endangered animal in the library and on the Internet for information on its description, habitat, forces causing its decline, and programs to help it; students create slide show about the animal that contains a clay...

First graders visit the library or media center to research sea creatures using encyclopedia. They find two facts and research the Internet to find a picture of the sea creature. They create a class sea creature booklet.

In this physics research worksheet, students read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students must then write a report about this topic: Albert ____, German physicist...

In this science research worksheet, students read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students must then write a report about this topic: what is the layer of air that...

In this science research worksheet, students read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students must then write a report about this topic: the largest frog in the world is the...

In this chemistry research activity, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: a solid substance...

In this inventions research worksheet, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: Charles _____,...