7-8 New Teaching Ideashttp://www.informationliteracy.org/searchNew Teaching Ideas Builder: AWESOME OPAChttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/181This lesson is important because it will help students to have an understanding of how to search materials in their school library using the OPAC, online public access catalog. Students will review and practice steps and procedures for using the OPAC. This is a good preparatory lesson for a research project. Builder: Discovering Great Peoplehttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/192Students research a notable person from the past or present who has made a positive contribution to society. As a culminating event, students "become" their chosen person. Builder: Would you ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)?http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/203Students are given the task of researching a chemical compound, dihydrogen monoxide, and deciding whether or not they would ban it as one town in the given scenario is considering doing. In the process, students will learn about Web site evaluation. Builder: Heart Searchhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/204In this lesson students will learn about the Internet, the cool kinds of information available, and how to find that information. Students will do so through research about the heart. Created by Cindy Buerkle Builder: Journey to the Center of the Earthhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/207Students will explore the earth's composition from the perspective of an explorer who must journey to the center of the earth. Variation Helps Maintain Attentionhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/242To gain and sustain attention, remember to vary the format of your information literacy lesson. All lecture or all one format generally results in losing some or all of your audience at some point. In addition to breaking up lectures with instructional conversations (discussions), group work, and the old standby PowerPoint presentation, consider varying the media you use. A relevant brief video clip can regain lost attention, or an audio clip featuring an individual critical to the content area (e.g., in a civics class, listening to the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King can be a powerful attention grabber and sustainer). Enter "motivational strategies" into a keyword search to find other strategies for motivating your learners. http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/261 Builder: Graveyard Stories: Rochester's Mt. Hope Cemetery.http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/319Engages students in research, including Web evaluation, about famous individuals from Rochester, NY. Students will work in groups and present and discuss their findings at the end. Creator: Diane Luce. Builder: Nat Field: A Tour Guide to Shakespeare's Londonhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/320After reading a selected historical fiction book set in Shakespeare's time, students will research one aspect of it that has piqued their curiosity. Through research using nonfiction sources, students will determine the truth of the "facts" used in the novel. Builder: How Dangerous is Dihydrogen Monoxide?http://www.informationliteracy.org/ideas/view/322Students will use a given scenario to engage in evaluation of Web resources using various criteria. Included in the lesson are sites which appear truthful but aren't.