Teacher’s pack and lesson plans
‘Plastic Not Fantastic: The Story of Plastic Pollution in our Oceans’ is a great teacher resource pack for KS1 and 2 from Global Ocean.
The pack encourages children to engage in a number of fun and thought-provoking activities. Through these they’ll learn more about the growing problem of plastic pollution.
Children will learn:
- How plastic reaches the oceans and affects marine habitats
- The impact of plastic pollution on marine species
- The dangers of plastic entering the marine food chain
- The negative implications on human health
The activities in this pack include various arts and craft ideas that can be adapted to your own school’s curriculum or initiatives, or even to your local council regulations on recycling.
Plastic pollution posters
This download features two PDF informational posters on plastics and recycling. The first features ten simple ways we can help fight plastic pollution. The second covers the journey of plastics from being our waste to ending in the oceans.
Art activity worksheet
The worksheet, titled ‘A toxic journey from our rivers to our oceans’, asks children to draw three plastic items they use every day.
It then tasks them with drawing three non-plastic alternatives they could use instead. Can pupils think about what they can do with plastics besides recycling?
Ocean pledge colouring sheet
This printable PDF features an ocean scene for children to colour in. It includes a pledge for children to use plastics responsibly to help save the oceans.
Recycling Rangers ambassador pack
If you want to appoint a student (or some students) in your class to take the lead in recycling, then this Recycling Rangers ambassador pack is just the thing.
The Recycling Rangers programme gives children advice on how they can educate and inform friends, families and classmates on how they can recycle.
This resource pack also features a plastic bottle infographic.
Global Ocean is a marine conservation charity based in London. Follow on Twitter at @GlobalOcean1. Browse more World Ocean Day activities.
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