The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Video Lesson, Handout, Worksheets | Earth

Description

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of floating trash in the Pacific Ocean. The garbage patch is not a solid mass, but a dispersed concentration of plastic particles influenced by ocean currents. The detrimental effects of the garbage patch on marine animals, such as entanglement and ingestion of plastic, are discussed. The lesson also explores potential solutions, including ocean cleanup technologies, beach cleanups, prevention strategies, and policy changes. It emphasizes the importance of collective efforts and human determination in addressing the issue of ocean pollution.

In this environmental earth science lesson, students watch a short video, read an article, and then complete worksheets that prompt them to consider the effect that humans have on their environment.

Formats:

- Video mp4 file

- Handout PDF file

- Worksheets in 3 formats: Google, fillable PDF, and fully editable

- Link to blog with embedded video (in worksheet)

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Video Lesson, Handout, Worksheets | Earth

Name: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Video Lesson, Handout, Worksheets | Earth
Brand: Dynamic Earth Learning
SKU: 6778236
Price: 5.00 USD
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Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)

Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 6 reviews

4.8 (6 ratings)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

Google Apps, PDF

Grades

6th - 12th

Subjects

Environment, Other (Science)

Standards

NGSSMS-ESS3-3

NGSSHS-ESS3-4

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Description

In this environmental earth science lesson, students watch a short video, read an article, and then complete worksheets that prompt them to consider the effect that humans have on their environment.

Formats:

- Video mp4 file

- Handout PDF file

- Worksheets in 3 formats: Google, fillable PDF, and fully editable

- Link to blog with embedded video (in worksheet)

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Rated 5 out of 5

August 6, 2024

Engaging activity for students during Earth week. Thanks!

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1,576 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Rated 5 out of 5

March 19, 2024

This was a perfect unit to use with my Nature and Conservation classes! The video was a great way to introduce the concept of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the packet engaged my students in using a variety of skills and interacting with the material in numerous ways. I used this lesson as a precursor to a research project about current efforts to address this problem. Some of my students struggled with creating the graphs but with a bit of guidance they figured it out okay. I think they mostly appreciated the change of pace that this resource provided from what they had been doing in our class.

Jennifer B.

6 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th

Rated 5 out of 5

February 7, 2024

This resource worked well with my on-level 9th-grade environmental science students.

Angela M L.

607 reviews

Grades taught: 9th

Rated 5 out of 5

January 21, 2024

I left this assignment for my sub and it was executed perfectly. This hit my social studies and science outcomes in grade 7 and the students were captivated by the information. Great resource!

Curtis B.

33 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Rated 5 out of 5

September 17, 2023

My students really enjoyed watching about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They were shocked that something like this exsists.

Christy Banks

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889 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 4 out of 5

December 6, 2022

I gave this as an extra reading assignment and kids could choose which article to read. The students really enjoyed this article.

Lindsay W.

946 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Questions & Answers

Standards

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NGSSMS-ESS3-3

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts can include water usage (such as the withdrawal of water from streams and aquifers or the construction of dams and levees), land usage (such as urban development, agriculture, or the removal of wetlands), and pollution (such as of the air, water, or land).

NGSSHS-ESS3-4

Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems. Examples of data on the impacts of human activities could include the quantities and types of pollutants released, changes to biomass and species diversity, or areal changes in land surface use (such as for urban development, agriculture and livestock, or surface mining). Examples for limiting future impacts could range from local efforts (such as reducing, reusing, and recycling resources) to large-scale geoengineering design solutions (such as altering global temperatures by making large changes to the atmosphere or ocean).