1 / 4

Directions: Create a cover page. It should be neat and it should make sense. ____/5 points

Plastics. The Plastics Story ---- Photo Summary.

heard
Download Presentation

Directions: Create a cover page. It should be neat and it should make sense. ____/5 points

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Plastics The Plastics Story ---- Photo Summary Directions: recreate The Plastics Story with photos you get off the internet. 1 photo from each: of the categories: What is Plastic?/Where is it coming from?/How does it get there?/What can you do about it ? It should be neat and it should make sense also LABEL EACH PICTURE _________/10 points. Web-quest Directions: Create a cover page. It should be neat and it should make sense. ____/5 points Name___________________________________

  2. 1. __________________ 2.__________________ 3.__________________ 4.__________________ 5.__________________ 6.__________________ 7.__________________ 8.__________________ 9.__________________ 10._________________ 1 6 Caption:___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Create a one sentence caption for the photo below. Directions: Answer the questions below and create a caption for the picture. _______/5 points. Describe in detail what you see. __________________________ ______________________________________________________ 2. Is this photo real or has the original been photo-shopped? _______________________________________________________ 3. How do you know? ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 4. What message is the author of the photo sending to us? _______ ______________________________________________________ Directions: Use the Google search engine to help you research 10 ways YOU can help reduce the amount of plastic that is ending up in our oceans. _______/10 points Introduction: Is this for Real? What is a Credible Source? What can you do about the plastic problem?

  3. The Problem How does plastic get into the ocean? Directions: Watch the video and answer the questions. _______/10 1. Is the video credible or even real? Or has it been staged (as some of the comments below the video suggests) How do you know?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. What is the name of the island where the video is filmed? ______________________________________________________ 3. Find the island: Draw a red circle around the area of the island. Thought Experiment: Is it possible that, THAT exact water bottle could end up in the Pacific Ocean? ________How?_____________________________ On the map below: In red, trace the path your water bottle would take to the ocean. 4. List some of the items that are found in the baby Albatross' carcass. _________________________________________________________ 5. At 2:08 what does Chris Jordan say about : what the humans and the Albatross have in common? _____________ _________________________________________________________ 6. Chris Jordan, the narrator is deeply moved by this experience. What analogy does he draw for the viewer (2:29)? ______________________________________________________ 7. Knowing the location and population of the island hypothesize where the plastic is coming from that is killing the Albatross. _________________________________________________________ 8. Based on the information given, is this a big or a small problem? ________________________________________________________ 9. What text evidence do you have to support your answer _________ ________________________________________________________ 10. List other problems that plastics create:____________________ _________________________________________________________ 3. What is an ocean gyre (0:31)? ______________________________ _________________________________________________________ 4. How many ocean gyres are there (0:31)? _____________________ 5. What do the ocean gyres do to the plastic (0:50) ? ________________________________________________________ 6. How many scientists worked on this project (1:19)?____________ 7. How many metric tons of plastic do the scientists estimate is in our oceans (1:30)? ____________________________________________ 8. How many plastic bottles does that equal (1:50) _______________ _________________________________________________________ 9. What are the 3 solutions that the scientist recommends to solve the plastics problem(2:13)? ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 10. What is the most important of the three solutions (2:23)?_______ _________________________________________________________ Why?________________________________________ 2 5

  4. 3 4 Directions: Watch the video and answer the questions. _______/10 1. What is this "Pacific Garbage Patch" (0:24)? _________________ _______________________________________________________ 2. Why is this "Pacific Garbage Patch" so scary (0:57)? ___________ _______________________________________________________ 3. Scientists have taken samples of this ocean water and have discovered that there are _________times more pieces of plastic than phytoplankton (1:50) 4. This is a problem which is referred to as "Below the Surface" why? _______________________________________________________ 5. List the marine animals that scientists have found plastic particles in (5:25). _______________________________________________ 6. Chris Jordan mentions the Pacific Gyre (6:05), what is this? _____ _______________________________________________________ 7. At (7:35) Chris Jordan actually talks about the possibility of the original photographs (the ones he saw that motivated him to do his work) as being "enhanced" and how easy this would be to do. What does he go on to say about the topic? ________________________ _______________________________________________________ 8. Chris Jordan draws a comparison between plastics found in one of the most remote places on earth (Midway Island) and what disease (8:32)? _______________________________________________________ 9. Why does the artist Chris Jordan ask that the audience NOT clap after he shows his pictorial essay (10:05)? _____________________ _______________________________________________________ 10. What is your reaction to this problem? ____________________ _______________________________________________________ Directions: Follow the links and answer the questions. _____/10 1. What is plastic? (noun) _______________________________ 2. Where do the "raw" chemicals for making plastics come from? ____________________________________________________ 3. The "Law of Conservation of Matter/Mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed and that matter is constantly under going transformations. What was the oil before it became oil? _____________________________________________________ 4. What 3 things are necessary in the formation of crude oil? a)_________________b)________________c)_______________ 5. How long does it take to form crude oil? _________________ 6. What are the two major types of plastics mentioned in the “Heating Plastics” game? ________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 7. What is the major difference between the two? ___________ ____________________________________________________ 8. What was you score in the “Heating Plastics” game?_________ 9. How long does it take for a plastic bottle to degrade (breakdown)? ________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 10. Compare how long it takes to other substances to break down, what is the difference______________________________ What is Plastic? Where is All the Plastic Coming From?

More Related