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    The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism

    Posted on 8 December 2010 by John Cook

    Scientific skepticism is healthy. In fact, science by its very nature is skeptical. Genuine skepticism means considering the full body of evidence before coming to a conclusion. However, when you take a close look at arguments expressing climate ‘skepticism’, what you often observe is cherry-picking of pieces of evidence while rejecting any data that don’t fit the desired picture. This isn’t skepticism. It is ignoring facts and the science.

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    This website addresses most of the common criticism of Global Warming, followed by scientific evidence to the contrary:

    www.skepticalscience.com


     
     
    WISE Tutorial:
    For today's activity, we will complete an interactive tutorial to gain a better understanding of climate factors contributing the the warming of our planet.
    1. Click Here to get started. You may work with a partner, but every student will need to create an account. Use this Access Code: Finch412. Each of you is responsible to remember your username/password.
    2. Once everyone has created an account, one of you will sign in and click on the "Run Project" button to the right of Global Climate Change. You can add your team members on the following page.
    3. I will give a brief tour on the navigation once everyone has signed in, but you will essentially work your way down the list of sections on the left-hand side of the page. You can skip around and go back to previous sections at any time, and you can click on "My Work" at the top of the page to see a summary of all your answers.

    If you finish this activity before the rest of the class, you can explore these professional resources:

    http://eeweek.org/resources/climate_change.htm
    National Environmental Education Foundation

    COSEE    - Antarctica Melting

    San Francisco Exploratorium     - Climate Change

    Union of Concerned Scientists - Human Causes

    Google Earth - Rising Sea Levels

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    GLOBE Climate Video Competition:
    http://globe.gov/scrc/scrc_1
    CoolCalifornia-ClimateGeneration:
    http://www.coolcalifornia.org/
     
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