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Plastic pollution in the oceans

Our throw away society is polluting large areas of the world's oceans with plastics, threatening marine life and food chains

  • Online lecture,
  • Interview,
  • Module,
  • The carbon and water cycles, climate and change,
  • Environmental interactions and management,
  • Natural resources and energy,
  • Key Stage Five

Our throw away society is polluting large areas of the world's oceans with plastics, threatening marine life and food chains. How did it get there? What are the practical solutions? Is it time to re-evaluate waste as a resource?

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  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Challenge Overview Sheet (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Challenge Overview Sheet (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 1 Plan (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 1 Plan (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Fact Sheet and Teachers' Notes (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Fact Sheet and Teachers' Notes (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 1 Presentations: Plastic Pollution in Earth's Oceans (.ppt)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Powerpoint (.jpg)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 1 Student Assignment (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 1 Student Assignment (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Plan (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Plan (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Fact Sheet and Teachers' Notes (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Fact Sheet and Teachers' Notes (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Starter Activity (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Starter Activity (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Article The Plastic Global Challenge (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Article The Plastic Global Challenge (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Group Discussion Activity (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Lesson 2 Group Discussion Activity (.pdf)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Exam Specification Overview (.doc)
  • Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Exam Specification Overview (.pdf)
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