by boot | Mar 5, 2025
How worried are you about climate change? How does reading this book affect your thinking about it?
by boot | Mar 3, 2025
Ask each student to write down a BIG thought/question/idea/observation they have in relation to the universe, the solar system and our place within it. Direct students to make a drawing to illustrate what they wrote down. Organize students to work in small groups to...
by boot | Mar 3, 2025
Arno’s passion for space, his “Deep Thoughts” and the fun facts scattered throughout the book are excellent creative prompts for engaging student interest in learning about space and its impact on human history. Encourage students to pay attention to Arno’s “Deep...
by boot | Mar 3, 2025
As you introduce the book to your class, have some initial discussion about how the book is set in a time when many of the students’ grandparents were young. Offer any personal perspectives you might have on the 1960s as well as some concrete examples of differences...
by boot | Mar 3, 2025
Discuss the questions that the kids in the story felt were annoying. Next, talk about the questions that the kids would have rather been asked. Why? Finally, create a list of positive questions to ask others to find out more about them.
