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Teaching and curriculum m3b environment 10.18.2015 (1)
- 1. Trash and its Effect on our lives
- 2. What is Trash? Defined: any matter that is no longer wanted, worthless, useless and discarded. Give some examples of trash? What Happens to trash after it is discarded? If trash is not disposed of properly were does it end up?
- 3. Trash that is not disposed of properly ultimately ends up as marine debris Even if you do not live in a coastal community all trash makes its way to waterways that lead eventually into oceans
- 4. Marine Debris Defined as human-created waste that is deliberately or accidentally released into lakes, stream and oceans.
- 5. The final resting place for this debris is our oceans!
- 6. The debris get collected in patches These patches are filled with many types of hazardous material that is dangerous to the health of the oceans , marine life, land animals and humans around the globe. The most famous patch is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
- 8. Trash in the Ocean The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is created by two separate patches that converge on each other as gyre’s or a massive whirlpool that is created by the undersea currents and the movement of the earth.
- 9. The size in comparison to the USA!!
- 11. Why should this concern me? *Won’t the debris just decay and become absorbed by the environment? From your list of what is litter or trash list what you think is the amount of time the piece of garbage will biodegrade?
- 12. References education. national geographic.com/encyclopedia/great pacific-garbage- patch. Llewellyn, D. (2013) “Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry and Argumentation” Corwin a Sage Company, Thousand Oaks, CA USA. www.NOAA.gov https://youtu.be/uCQMZfnM-a4 “Trash Talk”.
Editor's Notes
- The following lecture will be provided in week 29/30 on Healthy Environment as stated in my yearly planner. Elizabeth Kissam-Horaz
- In the beginning of the lecture, which will be very brief, I will ask and define what is trash and each student groups of 3 will further elaborate on the 3 questions asked and place their answers on the board. After this exercise 3 handouts will be distributed 2 from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on marine debris and one scholarly article for review.
- Students will have a few minutes to review the material and prepare for further instruction.
- Marine debris will be defined. This is the engage part of the 5e’s to science education. Students are given reading material and visuals from the power points to address the issue of marine debris which is beyond there knowledge and adds to what they already know about trash and recycling.
- This slide with the prior slide will give graphic visuals and an up close view of garbage patches which is the outcome of not disposing of trash correctly.
- Briefly lecture on the hazards of garbage patches to all living beings in the ocean and the earth and an introduction is made to describe the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (allowing for the explore stage to be introduced)
- Explore stage
- Briefly the phenomenon of why this happens in the ocean is introduced (explore stage)
- To bring to scale the garbage patch is compared to the United States so students may connect to the shear magnitude of the problem. (explore)
- watch this video from NOAA on marine debris
- Students will explain what they have learned by answering the questions on the worksheet that pertains to the video and the above questions will be discussed in class and students will elaborate on what they have learned. Further discussion will incur (engage, explore) and they will need to address biodegradability of trash.