Positives

• This video uncovers an enormous environmental challenge that is not always visibly apparent to individuals, especially those who live far from coastlines.
• The video provides nice graphs and images to help students understand the marine plastic debris problem.
• Scientific methods for measuring ocean plastic are described, and solutions to mitigate plastic pollution are discussed.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the concepts of macro- and micro- to understand the plastic pollution issue.
• Students should be reminded that plastic production and use is a recent phenomenon of the past century.

Differentiation

• Even if students do not live near a coastline, they could consider how their plastic may end up in the ocean. Having students complete a plastic use audit can be helpful for them to understand their individual impact.
• Consider having students make predictions before watching the video about where and in what form oceanic plastic is found.
• Additional resources that may be helpful include Why We Need to Stop Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans for Good and Coke: The World's Worst Plastic Polluter?