Contributor lessons: Plastic Planet
Challenge Level ⭐⭐⭐
(designed for children with prior knowledge of the Year 5 and Year 6 programme of study)
Learning Objective
We are learning how to solve a natural world problem by using and applying our skills and knowledge of number, fractions and division.
Useful Prior Knowledge:
- To read and write numbers into the millions
- find a fraction of an amount
Credit: BBC One - Blue Planet Live
Clip Description
Dolphins are intelligent, playful and curious creatures. They are considered to be one of the world’s most intelligent animals – especially when it comes to problem-solving!
The pod in this clip have been studied over the last ten years, interacting with a coral reef, but now they have found something more deadly to play with – plastic. What can we do to stop marine life swallowing plastic? Watch the clip to find out.
Quick Whiteboard Challenge
Around 8 million metric tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans each year.
- There are 1000 kg in a tonne.
How many kilograms are there in 10 tonnes?
5 tonnes?
2.5 tonnes?
1.25 tones?
What might be the next question?