Micro Plastics Project notes and developing results.

ROLLING NOTES - project development

March 22, 2024

...based on what the year 8 classes have told us over the past week and my observations around school -- thinking that perhaps we could put together a video that documents the journey of plastics through our Rosmini environmen

show the 

--how plastic comes into Rosmini (from students/teachers homes, tuck shop, grocery store stops, mail, packets, etc) (perhaps just a focus on students)

--how plastic is used at school -- candy, energy bars, etc. 

--how disposed (in year 8 informal survey, an average of 10 students per class admitted dropping at least one piece of rubbish (identified as plastic) on the ground during that school day.

--show plastic wrapping on the ground, and what happens to it -- mown into small pieces, sun deterioration -- wound blow, water born down drains etc.

-- we could ask Ms Snowsill if the ECO club could do another rubbish inventory, and we do a drain inventory (there are filters that fit over the drains) 

--calculate how much plastic is put into our environment each day - week -- year

-- show what the outcomes are to human health, animal/plant health, oceans, etc.

Most students only see the plastic bag and 'turtles seabirds' link -- not in their backyard mindset.