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Plastic Pollution

Provided by: Earth Cubs |Published on: April 25, 2025

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Synopsis

These slides from Earth Cubs explain what plastic pollution is, how plastic ends up in the ocean, and its impact on wildlife and the environment.
The slides prompt students to take on a role of a community member to debate the pros and cons of using plastic, conduct research on plastic pollution, and encourage less plastic use at their school.

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Subjects: Science, English Language Arts

Authors: Earth Cubs

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

The slides end with encouraging students to take action around plastic use at their school.
The slides are colorful, with images and student-friendly language.

Prerequisites

Slide 15 mentions the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). This video can be used to introduce the goals if needed.
These slides use vocabulary and spellings from U.K. English, which some students may need help understanding.

Differentiation & Implementation

The debate can be structured as a collaborative discussion for younger students.
For the research challenge, students can get started by watching this video for older students or this video for younger students.
This persuasive writing activity can be used to provide scaffolding for students to share what they have learned.
This reusable bag project can be used as a follow-up action to these slides.
To learn more about plastic pollution and climate change, Ocean Wise has related units for grades 3-5 and 6-8.
For older students, this high school biology lesson can be used for teaching about plastic pollution and climate change.

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Earth Cubs

Earth Cubs is award-winning content about the environment, sustainability and climate change. Inspired by the Global Goals, Earth Cubs covers important global topics. Entertaining and educating kids with videos, bookazines, podcasts, socials and learning resources.

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