Positives

• The teacher resource PDF includes links to additional videos, fact sheets, worksheets, and games.
• The video presentation of the workshop is a convenient resource for virtual learning days.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers will need internet access and access to a color printer.
• Since the workshop is titled "A Million Bottles A Minute," teachers may wish to provide a visual representation of a million.
• If you are having students extend their learning with the My Little Plastic Footprint app, note that it may only work on tablets and smartphones, not computers or Chromebooks.

Differentiation

• Teachers can extend this workshop in cross-curricular contexts and across multiple days.
• Teachers wishing to use this workshop as a cross-curricular unit can begin with English teachers having students read the introduction, science teachers presenting Slides 1-22, social studies teachers showing Slides 23-40, and ending with English students and completing the culminating Commitment To Action worksheet.
• Students can research more examples of a circular economy and research life-cycle analyses of products that interest them.
• After this workshop, teachers can discuss how circular economies can reduce the effects of climate change.