When Queenie McBear gets a crush on her new art teacher, her boyfriend gets jealous, and learns how to paint in the process.

When Bear Country School is allowed to run a television station, the cubs become very involved and neglect their studies.

When Brother Bear and his classmates get laptop computers as a school experiment, they become lost in cyberspace, cruising chat rooms, exchanging email, clicking onto web sites, and neglecting their friends and family.

Sister Bear dislikes gym class so much that she takes advantage of a minor injury and sits on the sidelines instead.

When Brother's class studies birds, the citizens of Bear Country end up choosing sides in a battle between environmentalists and those who want to cut down the trees in Birder's Woods to build houses.