Essential Question
How can we clean the Atlantic Ocean and prevent people in the U.S.A from its further destruction?
Identify the problem
Marine debris is almost everywhere in the ocean. Marine debris is a global problem that hurts human health, wildlife, and marine habitats.
identify criteria and constraints
Can you think of any safety hazards we should be aware of before we conduct our cleanup? What watershed would this cleanup spot be located within? What is upstream from this location? What’s downstream? Where would trash in this location end up? • How would trash in this area affect the surrounding environment?
Brainstorm possible solutions
- Create a better reusable shopping bag
- Create a better reusable container
- Create a reusable product that needs less packaging
- Create an easy to carry mini recycle bin
- Tell people about beach clean-ups
- Lobby politicians on environmental issues
- Find an organization that protects the ocean and donate
- Stricter government regulations on industry and manufacturing
- help contain landfills
- Create a website to inform people
Select an approAch
- create a reusable shopping bag
- tell people about beach clean-ups
- create a website
- help contain landfills
List the cons and pros
PROS
CONS
- create a reusable shopping bag
- reusability
- less damage during manufacturing
- flexible
- create a website
- no technical skills needed
- affordable
- beginner guide included
- contain landfills
- preserves original item
- saves resources
- saves space in landfills
CONS
- create a reusable shopping bag
- can contain harmful chemicals
- germs
- only suppose to carry dry items
- create a website
- not everyone can see it
- limitations on some elements to build the site
- sometimes there are internet problems
- help contain landfills
- decontamination to make sure item is clean
- have to verify to see if item is clean
- might increase the risk of getting sick to public
Model of reusable shopping bag
MATErials
- paper towel
- tape
- velcro
- paint
- markers
- chip bags with no chips inside
- Used plastic bags
Create
I created my reusable shopping just like my plan but I made it 3 Dimensional.
Improve
I improved my bag by adding a handle.