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Agreed that Gore's film is slanted slightly (by not giving a time 
frame for inundation of coastal population centers by rising oceans, 
eg) it can be used to highlight the issues as it does present the 
science behind what scientists believe to be causes of Global warming.

The real problem is how many teachers will use it and how will they 
use it? Will it become just one more "thing" they receive and never 
get to use?

Maybe we should be the one using the DVD in programs with teachers 
have about global warming- model the lesson and the use of the DVD.

I have heard that the New Yorker magazine send out DVD's to select 
subscribers in select markets (I was not select enough). Anyone get 
one?



Martin


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>>>>>>  It says that there are thousands of DVDs sitting in a warehouse. Why
>don't we, ASTC and science centers, see if we can get them and distribute
>them? We are also leading advocates for balanced science in this country. We
>should discuss the position of the NSTA as a leading science education
>organization, but we should also take action as another leading science
>education group. This is one way for us to remain relevant and important
>resources for our communities. What do you think?
>
>I have some concerns about this.  I love to give away free educational
>materials, I recognize that global warming is a real scientific problem, and
>hey, I'm a bleeding-heart liberal.  But I also recognize that Gore's film
>is, in fact, slanted to one side of the story.  Science centers, nor science
>teachers, nor governments, nor any other group that exists by and for "the
>people" should be distributing anything but purely objective materials.  So
>if we accept and distribute this film, doesn't that make us just as
>hypocritical (or at least, open to controvery) as the NTSA?
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