Marine Debris and its Impacts on Wildlife
by Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Grade: 5th Grade
Length: 1.5 Hours
NGSS: 5-PS3-1; 5-LS1-1; 5-LS2-1
Location: AK Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Teacher's Classroom: School must be within 50 miles of Homer, AK
Description: Students experience the challenges marine wildlife face with entanglement, ingestion, and inhalation caused by ocean trash. They will engage in lab-based activities that demonstrate the negative impacts of marine debris on wildlife and brainstorm ways to keep it from ending up in the ocean.

OfferingsOfferings
  • Classroom volunteers/presenters, Field trips
AudiencesAudiences
  • 5th Grade Students / Youth
LocationLocation
    On K-12 school campus
  • Other Location
TimingTiming
    During school day
ThemesThemes
  • Conservation (Wildlife/Habitat)
  • Marine & Coastal
Academic AlignmentAcademic Alignment
    Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
LanguagesLanguages
    English
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