Earth Day 2024! | Twig Science Reporter

Healthy Oceans: Preventing Plastic Pollution

Learn the vocabulary from this lesson.

Discuss two of these questions with a family member. (or a friend on the phone)

Read these 10 tips.

Diagnosing Diseases with Origami Microscopes #EngineeringForGood

We will watch this video as we begin thinking about our own designs to help with plastic pollution.

Bringing Fish Up from the Deep #EngineeringForGood

We will be examining the criteria and constraints in this video as part of our ongoing engineering process about plastic pollution.

You can review prior information we have learned about plastic here.

People are currently thinking about how to deal with plastic:

• https://interestingengineering.com/how-to-eliminate-plastic-waste-and-plastic-pollution-with-science-and-engineering
• https://www.greenbiz.com/article/5-innovations-could-end-plastic-waste
• https://www.fastcompany.com/3060571/10-clever-student-inventions-that-could-reduce-our-waste

The Reality of Plastic -- Part 2

1. Watch the videos.
2. Read about the pros and cons of plastic.  What do you think?
3. Here is a second page dealing with the pros and cons of plastic.
4. Here is a website from England called Kids Against Plastic.
5. Here is an article from plastic makers telling you why they believe plastic is a good thing.
6. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch from National Geographic.

The Reality of Plastic

Once you have watched the video above, read this article:
Plastic: The Popular Pollutant
Then watch this next video and see what new information you can get.