Wave of Plastic: The Lessons
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Unit driving question:
How do human choices regarding the consumption and disposal of plastics impact ecosystems and our communities and what actions can we take to minimize those impacts?
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- How do we describe, quantify, and communicate about issues related to plastic waste?
- What is per-capita consumption and how do our choices and activities regarding the consumption and disposal of materials contribute to plastic waste?
- What choices are available for reducing our own personal plastic waste? What are the effects of those choices?
- How can we communicate our ideas, inform perspectives, and inspire action?
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- How do we describe, quantify, and communicate about the issue of plastic waste?
- What are some of the consequences of the manufacture, use, and disposal of plastic?
- What happens to plastic over time?
- What are some of the alternatives to plastic?
- What properties of plastic influence our everyday choices to use plastic?
- How can we communicate our ideas, inform perspectives, and inspire action?
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- How do we describe, quantify, and communicate about issues related to plastic waste?
- What are the causes and effects of pollution?
- What are the sources of plastic pollution?
- How and why does plastic pollution enter our waterways?
- How can we communicate our ideas, inform perspectives, and inspire action?
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- How do we describe, quantify, and communicate about issues related to plastic waste?
- What causes disruptions to the stability of ecosystems?
- How can we use models to make predictions about the impacts of plastic pollution on ecosystems?
- How can personal choices and behaviors reduce the impacts of plastic pollution on ecosystems?
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- How do we describe, quantify, and communicate about issues related to plastic waste?
- What is environmental stewardship?
- How are students and other citizens engaging in informed action to address issues of plastic pollution?
- What can we do?