"Bearly Over the Mountain"

• In this illustrated book, students will learn about the benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources and the need for multiple solutions and collaboration to fight climate change. 
• The book is available as a read-aloud video and a digital text.
  

Positives

• The story will help young children understand several important ideas about fighting climate change.
• The story is available in multiple formats.

Additional Prerequisites 

• Teachers may want to provide students with basic information about solar, wind, nuclear, and coal energy before using this resource. 
• Teachers could show students where Venice and Paris are on a map or globe.

Differentiation ideas

• Students can listen to the story as they read along if they are struggling with independent reading.
• After the story, teachers could ask students the following questions to help them make the connection to climate change:
  • What was the main problem in the story?
  • How did the children solve the problem?
  • Do you think that we could use the children's solution to solve other energy problems?
• Classes could make a chart to show the pros and cons of using each of the four trains.
• Other resources on this topic include this video on understanding climate change and this ClimateScience digital picture book on sea level rise.