Make Predictions

Review the book with students showing them the front and back covers, endpapers, copyright and title pages. Tell them the names of the author, illustrator and publisher. Ask students what they think the book is about.

The Last Paragraph

What do you think about the last paragraph in Climate Change? How did you feel when you read it?

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...

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.

How Does the New Kid Feel?

Ask students to discuss how the “new kid” felt at the beginning of the story. How did they feel at the end of the story? Why?