The Plastic-free Challenge
When the Room 5 students at Motueka South School saw a video about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they were inspired to take action.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Reading year level: 4
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: Coperation, environment, plastic, pollution, recycling, rubbish, sea creatures, social action, sustainability, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, inspiration, Motueka South School, Ocean Cleanup, Pacific Ocean, planning, boyan Slat, challenge, citizenship, plastic, pollution, recycling, rubbish, sea creatures, social action, sustainability.
The Plastic-free Challenge
Words by Deanna Ferguson
There’s a lot of media attention on how plastic is polluting the oceans, and it sometimes seems as if the problem is too big to tackle. These students show that it’s possible to make small changes that lead to big results.
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School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Inside this School Journal are two articles (The Plastic-free Challenge; Tafoe O!), two stories (A Waste of Space; Baskets of Fire), one poem (Plastic Planet).
1 of 5A Waste of Space
"Warning!” said the ship’s computer. “Impact in –” Bang! Something slammed into the ship. Mia and Tane were thrown across the flight deck."
2 of 5Baskets of Fire
“Baskets of Fire” is a pakiwaitara – a traditional Māori story that explains natural phenomena or why something is the way it is.
3 of 5Plastic Planet
"Plastic raincoats, plastic rain. Plastic in our hearts and brains. Long after we’ve come and gone, our plastic footprints will live on."
4 of 5Tafoe O!
Every Sunday, a group of Tokelau adults and children meet in Wellington to pass on cultural knowledge.
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