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Description
Ocean Confetti introduces students to microplastics and how our plastic trash gets broken down into minuscule bits of plastic and ends up in the ocean. The video sends a clear message about the harm of microplastics to marine animals and how we all need to do our part to stop plastic pollution.
General Assessment
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This video is an excellent introduction to microplastics and our responsibilities in protecting marine wildlife and the environment. The video describes the uses and features of plastic that make it so useful to us has affected life in marine ecosystems.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 4
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Exploring connections strengthens our understandings of relationships to help us make meaning of the world.
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- Science
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- Wetland Ecosystems
- British Columbia
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- Grade 2
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- Science
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- Science 2: Water is essential to all living things and it cycles through the environment
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- Science
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- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
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- Northwest Territories
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- Grade 2
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- Science
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- Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
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- Life Systems: Habitats & Communities
- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
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- Grade 2
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space Systems: Air & Water in the Environment
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- Quebec
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- Grade 5
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- Science & Technology
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- Living Things
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
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- Grade 2
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- Science
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- Science 2: Water is essential to all living things and it cycles through the environment
- Grade 4
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- Science
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- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (1)
- Appreciating the Natural World
Waste Management (2)
- Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Source Reduction
Water (2)
- Marine Environments
- Water Quality
