Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley
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Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes. But what happens when it ends up where it doesn't belong—like in the Pacific Ocean? How does it affect ocean life? Is it dangerous? And exactly how much is out there?
A team of researchers went on a scientific expedition to find out. They explored the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have collected. The plastic has drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. Most of it has broken down into tiny pieces the size of confetti.
For nearly three weeks at sea, researchers gathered bits of plastic and ocean organisms. These samples helped them learn more about the effects of plastic in the ocean. Follow along on the expedition to find out how scientists studied the Garbage Patch—and what alarming discoveries they made.
Patricia Newman
Patricia Newman wants us all to know we are part of nature. As a Robert F. Sibert Honor recipient, she shows us how our actions ripple around the world, empowers us to find our own connections to nature, and encourages us to use our imaginations to act on behalf of our communities. Patricia likes to think of her books as a contribution that helps make the world a better place for the next generation. Her nonfiction titles have received multiple starred reviews, Orbis Pictus Recommended Awards (NCTE), Green Earth Book Awards, several Eureka! Awards from the California Reading Association, and most have been included in the Bank Street College's Best Books of the Year lists. To learn more, visit her website at patriciamnewman.com or connect with her on social media.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A good book on the subject for readers not yet ready for Loree Griffin Burns' Tracking Trash.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"Offers a wake-up call for the way we leave our footprint even on remote places of the Earth."Join a scientific expedition in the Pacific Ocean! Follow scientists on a three week journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; a gyre in the in Pacific Ocean where a lot of human waste especially plastics have gathered.The scientific method will guide kids through the process of asking questions, forming a hypothesis, experimenting and processing data to form conclusions. Plastic, Ahoy! researchers ask questions about how all the plastic in the ocean is affecting marine ecology, habitat, food chains and marine life. We get to see exactly how their research is carried out, along with tools they use and experiments that they carried out. All of this is documented with great photography. A good addition for any science classroom or any child interested in science. This book offers a good way to explore a current environmental issue that they can follow along with and affect with their actions in real life.This book was received for free in return for an honest review.