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MELTDOWN 3D
Short Title: Metldown 3D Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=405 Meltdown 3D: Global Warning is a new, multiple media, informal science education project in support of the Education and Outreach mission of the International Polar Year. Driven by a giant screen (IMAX-format) 3D and 2D film and enriched by outreach, Meltdown will advance public understanding of polar science and the importance of the Poles to the global climate system; inspire greater confidence in the results of scientific study; and advance an appreciation for science, not as something separate and remote, but as vital and relevant to everyday life. The film itself is wholly unconventional: a fast-moving, always surprising cinematic experience that weaves back and forth between live-action sequences shot in Earth's most extreme environments the Poles and stunning 3D animation depicting future conditions of our planet as modeled by the world's leading climatologists. It's a scientifically credible disaster film, designed to show the public exactly where our planet may be headed in larger-than-life pictures, and in ways words alone can't describe. Meltdown 3D will feature scientists at work in the field and will explore issues relating to polar melting, sea level rise, disruption of the thermohaline cycle, and coral bleaching, among others. The impact of the film will be enriched by extensive paper and web-based educational materials and activities, and further enhanced by a professional development programs for teachers, museum educators, and after-school program leaders. Meltdown 3D is currently in development, and is targeted to release in the final quarter of 2008 or the final quarter of 2009, coinciding with the second half of IPY (pending funding).