Around 8 million tons of plastic bottles, bags, toys and other plastic rubbish ends up in the world’s oceans each year, scientists claim. Because of the difficulties in working out the exact amount, since much of it may have sunk, the scientists said the true figure could be as much as 12.7 million tons polluting the ocean each year
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Human Impact On Systems
Guiding Questions:
1. In what ways do humans impact the natural systems of our earth?
2. What systems are most effected by humans?
Learning Tasks:
1. One person's trash...is another person's.....???
- Experiment: How long does it take for our trash to break down?
2. Carbon Footprint
3. Where does our "stuff" come from?
4. Looking at the Big Picture: Creating Interactive Impact Maps!
Step 1: Choose a topic:
- Garbage
- Deforestation
- Ocean Pollution
- Fresh Water Pollution
- Air Pollution
- Factory Farming
- Green House Gasses
- Soil erosion
Step 2: Fill out the initial research form using the following resource:
Research Resource 1:
http://www.listofenvironmentalissues.com/list-of-environmental-issues/
Final Product: ThingLinks! Interactive, Environmental Impact Maps
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1014924116710391810
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1015654959040954370
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1016024749609844738
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1015296608591413249
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1015341648697098241
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1015294422859907074
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1017218824161722371
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1015654231350181891
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1015339897323520003
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1015650194462605314
https://www.thinglink.com/video/1016014659095887874