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Author

ClimateScience

Grades

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Subjects

Science, English Language Arts

Resource Type

  • Ebooks

Regional Focus

Global, Europe

"Sven's Search for Clean Energy"

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Synopsis
  • This is an illustrated online storybook about the adventures of Sven and Earthly as they learn about fossil fuels, their negative impacts on the environment, and clean energy sources such as wind, water, solar, and nuclear.

Teaching Tips

Positives

  • The book provides graphics that will help students better understand the story.
  • Key terms are highlighted using different colors and fonts.

Additional Prerequisites

  • Students should be familiar with the basics of climate change and energy. Teachers can use the book "Saving Planet Earthly" to build this context if necessary.
  • There is a glossary of key terms at the end of the book.

Differentiation

  • This book can be used as a class read-aloud for younger students, while older students can be challenged to read the story independently.
  • The teacher can provide students with guiding questions before reading the story.
  • Students can complete a graphic organizer such as "I Wonder" where they write what they wonder before, during, and after reading the story. Students can share their ideas with a partner or the class.
Scientist Notes
This is a climate storytelling on coal divestment and the need to reduce energy consumption from non-renewable sources and deploy clean technology to produce energy from renewable sources. This is recommended for teaching.
Standards

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

  • Science
    • ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • K-ESS3-3. Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of climate change and humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
      • 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.
      • 5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
    • ETS1: Engineering Design
      • K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
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