Climate Change Quiz

Use Getting Started: Climate Change Quiz (download link below). Have students take the quiz in groups, with a quizmaster for each group. After the quiz, have a class discussion about what students want to learn from this study and what their biggest concerns about...

Setting Boundaries for Safe Discussion

Introduce the book and your goals for studying it, and briefly outline the issues the book explores. Tell students that issues-based study raises varied opinions, and that, as a class, you will set some ground rules for maintaining a respectful and safe classroom...

The Constellations

As a creative prompt you might read or tell a myth about the constellations to emphasize how people have always been intrigued by what they see in the sky.

The Space Race

Find out what your students already know about the Space Race and the first Moon landing.

Thought-Provoking Science

Talk about Arno as a young scientist. Ask your students to consider how much imagination-teasing and thought-provoking science there is in Clear Skies.