This is the first module for the Geography section of Unplastic. It focuses on Physical Geography and includes an in-class activity. The guide and activity are designed to be used in tandem with the slides available on this website. The slides include ample supplemental information for each section in the presenter’s notes.

Plastics are found everywhere in our oceans, but they do accumulate in certain regions. Where in our oceans is most of the plastic accumulated? And how does plastic find its way to the most remote parts of the world? We will also look into initiatives that are trying to remove plastics from these systems: what ways are there and what complexities arise during removal?

Students will learn about important geophysical processes that take part in the ocean by tracing a bottle from its source to a garbage patch, and then looking into three different methods that can be used in water bodies in order to address the plastic pollution in our oceans.