
Home Classroom Study Hall Teacher's Desk College & Career Planning Girl Scouts Nature Bowl Photo Gallery	Global Warming Theory Pro: The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David & Cambria Gordon Gr. 3 and up A kid-friendly hands-on guide to help children understand why global warming happens, how it affects the planet, and the simple steps they can take - at home, in the classroom, and in the community - to get involved in protecting the environment. Full-color photos and illustrations throughout. A Clean Sky: The Global Warming Story by Robyn C. Friend & Judith Love Cohen Gr. 4-6 Tells the story of global warming in a way that will not scare children, but instead will inspire them to come up with solutions. 17 illustrations An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming by Al Gore Gr. 6-8 Gore's effective and clear writing explains global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it. Young people will gain a better understanding global warming and, hopefully, become inspired to help change the course of history. Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore Gr. 9 and up Al Gore presents the theory of global warming and the supporting scientific evidence in book form. This is the same material found in his multimedia presentation from his documentary film of the same name. Con: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism, Christopher C. Horner, Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007. Gr. 9 and up Provides arguments against the global warming theory by presenting political issues and discussing the validity of the scientific evidence Al Gore and his followers use to support the global warming theory. A must read just to understand that scientific theories are not absolute truths. They are the most widely accepted beliefs at that time, until another theory becomes the scientific mainstream.
Last updated: 8/23/07 Composed with care by: caffeinesuperhero

Global Warming Theory

Pro:

The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
by Laurie David & Cambria Gordon
Gr. 3 and up
A kid-friendly hands-on guide to help children understand why global warming happens, how it affects the planet, and the simple steps they can take - at home, in the classroom, and in the community - to get involved in protecting the environment. Full-color photos and illustrations throughout.
A Clean Sky: The Global Warming Story by Robyn C. Friend & Judith Love Cohen
Gr. 4-6
Tells the story of global warming in a way that will not scare children, but instead will inspire them to come up with solutions. 17 illustrations
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
by Al Gore
Gr. 6-8
Gore's effective and clear writing explains global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it. Young people will gain a better understanding global warming and, hopefully, become inspired to help change the course of history. Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs.
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by Al Gore
Gr. 9 and up
Al Gore presents the theory of global warming and the supporting scientific evidence in book form. This is the same material found in his multimedia presentation from his documentary film of the same name.

Con:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism,
Christopher C. Horner, Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007.
Gr. 9 and up
Provides arguments against the global warming theory by presenting political issues and discussing the validity of the scientific evidence Al Gore and his followers use to support the global warming theory. A must read just to understand that scientific theories are not absolute truths. They are the most widely accepted beliefs at that time, until another theory becomes the scientific mainstream.

Last updated: 8/23/07
Composed with care by: caffeinesuperhero