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Imagine if we gave kids the conflicting data and causes and positions of scientists who are debating this issue and had them work to figure it out.  Help them critically analyze the author of the article for validity.  Help them find bias in research.  Let them engage scientific disciplines of thought as they work to understand the complex nature of nature.  Move the conversation to social studies to let them examine the political ramifications of the arguments and proposed solutions.

All this information is out there.  There's an amazing opportunity to teach kids to be critical, if we're willing to let things get messy and difficult and not be scared to take on hot topics, again, so to speak.

Give Ben's post a read and...

1. Be sure to read the article he links with the post and...

2. Don't get political, be self-critical.