YOUNG OCEAN EXPLORERS - PLASTIC POLLUTION
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Resources for the Young Ocean Explorers 21 Day Challenge.
PLASTIC POLLUTION
Students will:
- learn how plastic finds its way into the ocean
- understand the affects of plastic in the ocean.
Why is plastic so bad for sea creatures?
Young Ocean Explorers
YOUNG OCEAN EXPLORERS RESOURCES
RESOURCES FROM THE LESSON PLAN
Recycle.co.nz - Plastic container recycling
Recycle.co.nz - Identifying recyclable resources
TED-Ed - What really happens to the plastic you throw away?
National Library Topic Explorer set Environmental Issues
National Library Topic Explorer set Ocean Conservation
Shirley Horrocks - Science and the plastics problem
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Stop plastic!
Young Ocean Explorers
Dr Steph Borrelle on the impacts of plastics in our oceans
Forest and Bird
What food would a turtle serve you at dinner?
Young Ocean Explorers
Plastic Pollution
Radio New Zealand
New Zealand's ocean litter shame
Radio New Zealand
Marine wildlife suffers as plastic pollutes oceans
Radio New Zealand
Bag ban tip of the plastic iceberg
Radio New Zealand
'I've seen birds with glowsticks in their stomachs'
Radio New Zealand
Plastic-eating caterpillar could be used to munch waste
Radio New Zealand
Balloons most lethal type of plastic for seabirds
Radio New Zealand
Literacy online:
- The Plastic-free challenge, School Journal, Level 2, November 2018
- Plastic Planet, School Journal, Level 2, November 2018
- Sea Science, Connected, Level 2, 2019
- Accidental Plastics, Connected, Level 4, 2013
Radio New Zealand:
Science Learning Hub:
- Microplastics
- How harmful are microplastics?
- Rethinking plastics
- Plastics: innovations and impacts - timeline
- Tracking plastics in our ocean
National Geographic:
- Plastic pollution is a huge problem - and it's not too late to fix it
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Royal Society Te Apārangi - Plastics in the Environment, Understanding plastic waste in Aotearoa
Science Insider - How big the Great Pacific Garbage Patch really is
This story was curated and compiled by Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools staff, 2020.