Plastic in the ocean

Today we revisited the sea creatures that we read about last week and discussed that many of these animals have been classified as endangered or under threat. We watched a couple of short videos that Mrs Graham took while she was scuba diving and she said that she has been lucky enough to see some sea creatures that have been classified as 'under threat'. 
 
We brainstormed reasons why sea creatures may be under threat and then we looked at a book titled Plastic Ahoy! It was an information book about an area in the Pacific Ocean known as The Garbage Patch. It got its name because rubbish, especially plastic and plastic bags swirl around the Pacific Ocean and end up in one spot, which is harming and endangering sea creatures.

Cassidy thought it would be a good idea to make some posters so we could tell others about where rubbish will end up if we don't put it in the bin. We listed some words to describe what was happening to the creatures and how we felt about it, then created a poster to inform others and persuade them to put rubbish in the bin. Let's hope they listen!