Global warming counter-indoctrination resources for children?

Question

What are some good resources for counter-indoctrination of public-school-educated children with respect to global warming propaganda? The goal is to get children to consider global warming theories on their merits rather than being influenced by emotionally charged anecdotes, peer pressure, etc.

Answer 1

Very good question. Much of the peer-reviewed science that indicates global warming dangers are greatly exaggerated is too technical for children. I would try to address the children's fears on a point by point basis.

Melting Arctic Sea Ice
They need to know the Antarctic Ocean Ice is not melting and the Antarctic land ice is growing. When the Arctic sea ice is melting, it doing so from dynamic forcings (wind and ocean currents) not thermal forcings from global warming. The melting of the Arctic Sea is part of a natural cycle. The Northwest Passage opened up twice before, in 1905 and 1944. Both times the sea ice came back the next year or two.
http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/nwpassage.aspx
http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/amundsen.aspx

Endangered Polar Bears
Actually polar bear population was down to 5,000 in the 1950s. The population is now up to 20,000 and doing fine. The alarmists take a picture of a bear on floating ice and make terrible predictions of extinction, but the facts do not bear this out.
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=051806J

Poor quality surface stations
The alarmists claim the global temperature rose .74C in the last century, but is that accurate? Anthony Watts is leading an effort to photograph and document the quality of surface stations around the globe. He began in the US and now 1/3 of US stations have been photographed and graded for quality. Only 15% of them meet the minimum standards set by NOAA. It appears that up to half of the observed warming is not even real but is an artifact of these poorly sited stations. Some of them are on top of parking lots! Students could actually get involved in this scientific project. All they need is a digital camera, a handheld GPS device and a little guidance from a parent or teacher.
http://surfacestations.org/
http://surfacestations.org/get_involved.htm
http://gallery.surfacestations.org/UCAR-slides/index.html

A General Website written by a high school student
Kristen Byrnes is a rather remarkable high school student who has written a website on global warming. She is quite well informed and her website might be more accessible to children. She has also photographed and documented some weather stations for the website above.
http://home.earthlink.net/~ponderthemaundercf/id12.html

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By the way, the websites provided by Amy above are all pro-global warming websites - kind of the opposite of what you asked for. Some of them may provide basic information that would be okay but you should use them with caution.

Answer 2

See the source below. It is really good if you want to refute Al Gore's book An Incovenient Truth.

Answer 3

Gvmt schools are gvmt indoctrination centers.

I'm sure all good parents will take their children on nature trips and explain how the world is better today than it was when we were children, and show them the wonders and beauty that nature offers.

Answer 4

well it was nice knowing you......the PC police will be by to pick you up any minute. You will be tried for crimes against humanity. You will be reported. Major thumbs down for you.

While you're waiting though.....

Answer 5

Why don't you quit asking made up inflammatory questions and just home school your kids so they can turn out as myopic and distorted as you.

Answer 6

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/intro/index.cfm

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Climatechange.html

http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/kidspage.cfm

http://www.unep.org/tunza/children/climatechange/default.asp

http://coe.mse.ac.in/kidscc.asp

God bless the children, seems like they have the opportunity to become pretty well informed nowadays.