Forever Filth: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
In Forever Filth: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Go Jetters learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ubercorn shares facts about how garbage gets into the ocean and how large the garbage patches are. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
Lesson Express
Q: What happens when plastic is dumped into the ocean?
A: It never goes away. It collects into a garbage patch in the ocean.
Q: How large is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
A: It is larger than a country.
Q: What did you already know about the problem of plastic waste? What was new from this video?
A: Student responses will vary.
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