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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yU s e d a s a n e d u c a t i o n a l t o o l , a g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t c a n b e h e l p f u l i n n o t o n l y t e a c h i n g t h e f a c t s s u r r o u n d i n g t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e , b u t a l s o h e l p d e v e l o p a n o p i n i o n o n t h e f a c t o r f a l l a c y o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g . W i t h t h e h o t l y d i v i d e d i s s u e b e i n g d e b a t e d o n t w o m a i n f r o n t s , u s i n g a g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t t o h e l p f o r m u l a t e a n e d u c a t e d o p i n i o n c a n h e l p s e p a r a t e t h e f a c t s f r o m t h e o r y .
W h e n m a n y n a t i o n s s i g n e d w h a t i s c a l l e d t h e K y o t o P r o t o c o l , a n a g r e e m e n t b y m a n y c o u n t r i e s t o r e d u c e t h e e m i s s i o n o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s , t h r e e m a i n c o u n t r i e s , t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , C h i n a a n d I n d i a h a v e s t e a d f a s t l y r e f u s e d o n t h e b e l i e f t h a t t h e c o s t s o f r e d u c i n g t h e e m i s s i o n s f a r o u t w e i g h t h e r e s u l t s , w h i c h a r e b a s e d o n w h a t t h e y t e r m q u e s t i o n a b l e a n d u n p r o v e n t h e o r i e s . T h e s e c o u n t r i e s , g u i d e d b y m a n y i n d u s t r i e s s u p p o s e d l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e e m i s s i o n s , u s e g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o s u p p o r t t h e i r o p i n i o n t h a t t h e f a c t s d o n o t s u p p o r t t h e t h e o r y e n o u g h t o j u s t i f y t h e c o s t .
D e v e l o p e d b y e d u c a t o r s a n d s c i e n t i s t s , a g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t c a n h e l p s t u d e n t s a n d o t h e r s s o r t t h r o u g h t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e i n o r d e r t o d e t e r m i n e w h i c h s i d e o f t h e d e b a t e a p p e a r s t o b e t h e m o s t r i g h t . F a c t s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n o r d e r t o p r e s e n t a m o r e i n f o r m e d r e a s o n i n g b e h i n d t h e i r p r e s e n t a t i o n .
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B y h a v i n g s t u d e n t s a s y o u n g a s i n t h e f o u r t h g r a d e b e g i n l o o k i n g a t t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s s u e s , p r o p o n e n t s h o p e t h e y c a n r a i s e t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f t h e y o u t h . S o m e s c i e n t i s t s , h o w e v e r s a y t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i n c l u d e d i n t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t i s t i l t e d t o w a r d o n e v i e w a n d l e a v e s o u t i n f o r m a t i o n n e e d e d f o r a n h o n e s t o p i n i o n t o b e d e v e l o p e d . B y s l a n t i n g t h e i n f o r m a t i o n , a n o n - j u d g m e n t a l t h e o r y c a n n o t b e r e a c h e d , i s t h e i r a c c u s a t i o n .
O n e o f t h e m o s t r e c e n t g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t p r o j e c t s s e l e c t s p l a y e r s f o r a g a m e o f p o l i t i c a l a d v i s e r s , a s k e d f o r i n f o r m a t i o n o n g l o b a l w a r m i n g b y a n e w l y e l e c t e d f a n t a s y p r e s i d e n t . T h e i r c h a r g e i s t o r e v i e w a v a i l a b l e r e s e a r c h o n g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d o f f e r t h e p r e s i d e n t a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o n h o w t o m o v e o n t h e i s s u e . P a r t o f t h e g a m e a l s o i n v o l v e s t h e g r o u p w r i t i n g a s h o r t p r e s s r e l e a s e o u t l i n i n g t h e o p i n i o n a n d o f f e r f a c t s a s t o h o w t h e o p i n i o n w a s r e a c h e d .
I n t h e i r p r e s e n t a t i o n t o t h e p r e s i d e n t , t h e y m u s t n o t o n l y o f f e r a n o p i n i o n , b u t a l s o m u s t p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n o n w h y a n d h a v e s u p p o r t i n g d o c u m e n t a t i o n f o r e a c h p o i n t o f t h e o p i n i o n . T h i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e b q u e s t c a n n o t o n l y h e l p i n d i v i d u a l s d e t e r m i n e t h e i r p o s i t i o n o n t h e d e b a t e , b u t m a y a l s o o p e n d o o r s t o p r e v i o u s l y u n t h o u g h t - o f o f t h e o r i e s .
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