World Oceans Day (June the 8th)

How can we solve the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans? Watch this video to find out how a giant ocean 'snake' could help. 

Do the preparation exercise on the next slide first!

 a. a current

b. to drift

c. a device

d. to break down

e. to fish something out 

f.  a barrier

g a tweak

 

1. an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose

2. a movement of water (or air or electricity) in a particular direction

3 to move slowly, with no control over direction 

4. a long object that stops something or someone from going somewhere

5. to separate into smaller parts

6. a small change to something in order to make it work better

7. to pull something out of water

Preparation

1. c

2. a

3. b

4. f

5. d

6. g

7. e

The tube is 600 metres long.

1. True
2. False

The Great Garbage Patch is in the Atlantic Ocean.

1. True
2. False

Boyan first had the idea for his invention when he was at university

1. True
2. False

Scientists think that there are 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the Great
Garbage Patch.

1. True
2. False

The plastic that the device collects will be recycled.

1. True
2. False

Boyan’s organisation wants to put 16 ‘snakes’ in the Pacific Ocean by 2020.

1. True
2. False

1. The tube looks like a giant _______________.

2. The device’s _______________ is to catch the ocean’s rubbish.

3. Water _______________ make lots of plastic rubbish drift together.

4. For a school project, Boyan designed a system of floating _______________.

5. Plastic takes a very long time to _______________.

6. The plastic in our oceans is killing our _______________.

7. Boyan hopes to _______________ the problem of plastic pollution.

8. Boats will fish out the collected _______________ every few months.

mission               currents                 snake               barriers

plastic                break down            tackle           marine life

2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill

1. snake

2. mission

3. currents

4. barriers

5. break down

6. marine life

7. tackle

8. plastic

What can we do in our everyday lives to stop plastic pollution?

List three things you have learnt in today's lesson