Marine Debris Curriculum:

Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum - Environmental Protection Agency

Marine Debris Teaching Modules - Sandy Webb


Multi-media resources:

New "battle at Midway" over plastic - BBC, 26 March 2008
Affects of plastic on Albatrosses.

Eco-Negligence Kills Albatross - Palatable Plastic Pollution (VIDEO)

Message in the Waves
Additional video footage from the filming of the BBC documentary "Message in the Waves" about how plastic marine debris is creating environmental challenges for the people and wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands.

Altered Oceans Los Angeles Times
A five part series on the crisis of the seas.
Part 4 "Seas Preserve Plastic Plague" is a multimedia
presentation which includes:
*Article: "Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas" (August 2, 2006)
*Videos: "Trading Our Oceans" and "The Plastic Diet"
*Photos: "Plastic Sea"
*Graphics: "The Trash Latitudes" and "Garbage Gyres"


Handouts:

Plastics in the Environment - Algalita Marine Research Foundation
12 single page handouts on plastic pollution

Facts about Marine Litter


Charts and Graphs:

Educational Materials (Charts and Graphics) - Ocean Conservancy


Further information on Marine Debris:

NOAA Marine Debris program - educational resources

Stemming the Rising Tide of Marine Debris - Californians Against Waste


Recycling Plastics

Understanding the Resin Identification Code


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Coral Photograph Credit to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce and Dr. James P. McVey