Out Cold

After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.

Snowboarding includes some inherent risks as demonstrated in the film’s bloopers. How does the use of drugs or alcohol increase those risks not only to the snowboarder but also to others on the mountain? What are other dangers associated with drinking and boarding?

One character in the film hasn’t mastered the art of snowboarding. How does he compensate for his failures? How do the others help and encourage him? What are ways you can positively help someone who is learning a new skill?