Ocean Garbage Patches | Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions

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Learning about ocean garbage patches is important because they highlight the environmental impact of human activities, particularly plastic pollution. These massive concentrations of debris, such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, harm marine ecosystems, endanger wildlife, and affect global food chains. Understanding how ocean currents and human behavior contribute to the formation of ocean garbage patches is crucial for developing strategies to reduce waste, clean up existing pollution, and prevent further damage. Studying this topic raises awareness about sustainability and the urgent need to protect our oceans for future generations. With this in mind, let's engage with this excellent learning resource!

This ocean garbage patches article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about ocean garbage patches. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this ocean garbage patches article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this ocean garbage patches article covers that foundational knowledge for the standards: MS-ESS3-3 | HS-ESS3-2

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Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase scientific literacy in your class
A weekly reading task
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students on a particular topic
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3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
3 page PDF teacher version with answers
2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.

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