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Title: Pacific Garbage


1
Pacific Garbage?
  • A web quest for 6th grade GATE science
  • By
  • Nancy Chatteinier
  • North Davis Elementary
  • Davis Joint Unified School District

2
Introduction
  • Good Morning America reported on August 6th that
    a 3.5 million ton trash heap lies in the Pacific
    Ocean.
  • You are the Presidents science advisor and he
    has asked you to explain the problem to him.

ABC News Hidden, a 3.5 Million Trash Heap Lies
in the Ocean
3
THE TASK
  • Answer the Presidents questions
  • Where did all this trash come from?
  • How did it get to its present location?
  • Why is it not leaving the area?
  • If things continue unchanged predict what the
    area will be like in 2025?
  • What are possible solutions?

4
The Process
  • Prepare a 2-3 page typed report that answers all
    the Presidents questions.
  • Be sure to include a Bibliography in case the
    Presidents wishes more information.
  • Prepare a 2-3 minute oral presentation with
    visual aids
  • Present your findings to the President (the
    class).

5
Resources
  • Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas - Los Angeles
    Times
  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free
    encyclopedia
  • Rubbish dump found floating in Pacific Ocean is
    twice the size of America Mail Online
  • Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash
    fouling swath of Pacific Ocean
  • Floating, Texas-sized garbage patch threatens
    Pacific marine sanctuary
  • Return of the Dead Zone

6
Oral Presentation Evaluation
7
Research Paper Evaluation
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