Ocean Soup Research Links

Learn more about the State Bowl topic, “Ocean Soup.”  Do some research to learn facts about current challenges and solutions associated with the topic.

Invisible Plastic Ocean Soup is Harming Ocean Animals – Newswire article

Pacific Plastic Soup 100-fold Increase – Discovery article

Our Oceans: A Plastic Soup – an Earth Institute Blog post

Find out the current size of the plastic waste in our global oceans – amiiko project website

“Plastic Soup” Found in Atlantic Ocean –  CBS News article

YouTube Videos:

• TEDx Talk: Boyan Slat   – How the Oceans Can Clean Themselves
• Ocean of Plastic: A student-made video
• Plastic Pollution: 39 videos that highlight pollution by plastic products

For even more Ocean Soup resources, see the Suggested Readings list.

Your coach can also order a Research Unit or Topic Activity Unit from FPSPI Mart.