Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
2024
Series
VA SEA 2024 Lesson Plans
Abstract
Grades: 9-12. Subjects: Earth Science | Environmental Science | Oceanography
Students will carry out a cleanup of their school campus, collecting and graphing data about the trash they find and learning about problems associated with plastic pollution along the way. Then, based on their observations from the cleanup, students will have the opportunity to complete an action project by planning and implementing a behavior change campaign to reduce plastic waste at their school.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25773/1hd9-hb93
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Funding
VA SEA is a collaborative project between the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's Marine Advisory Program, and Virginia Sea Grant. The VA SEA project is made possible through funding from the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative, which supports collaborative research that addresses coastal management problems important to the reserves. The Science Collaborative is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and managed by the University of Michigan Water Center.
Recommended Citation
Walters, M. (2024) Trash Talk: How to Tackle Plastic Pollution. VA SEA 2024 Lesson Plans. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/1hd9-hb93
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