Plastic bag mockumentary — a perfect way to kick off an ocean unit
Are you a Planet Earth fan? Richard Attenborough’s clipped English voice? Fantastic video footage? Then you’re in...
News and resources related to marine debris
Rally students to take action against ocean plastic
Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not simply a children’s nonfiction book, it’s...
10 plastic waste facts to curl your hair
Did you know: 32 million tons of plastic waste were generated in 2012 (EPA). Only 9...
One man might free the world from new plastic. Forever.
What if we could manufacture new products out of recycled plastic? Mike Biddle, the CEO...
Kids care for polar bears to learn to be eco-friendly
For the last several weeks on this blog, we’ve discussed plastic debris floating in the...
“Devil” creatures riding plastic. Are they killing coral reefs? #scichat #STEM #enviroed
If you’ve read Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Millbrook Press) you know that...
“Science is getting to poke at cool things.” An interview w/ocean plastic trash detective
Watch the trailer To celebrate World Ocean Day, I caught up with Miriam Goldstein, head...
Become a virtual trash detective. Join @Algalita’s Ship-2-Shore program to ask scientists your plastic questions
One of the goals I established for myself when writing Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great...
Clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch? Not as easy as it sounds! #STEM #eco #ocean #plastic
When I first read about the Pacific Garbage Patch, my knee-jerk reaction was, “Why can’t...
10 ways to reduce ocean plastic this #EarthDay2014 (& everyday)
Several million tons of plastic trash floats in the ocean. Chemical additives on the plastic...
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