Marine Pollution

What happens to your plastic bags when you are finished with them? Plastic bags take hundreds of years to decompose because they are made from oil, a natural resource. They cause marine pollution (rubbish in the sea) and damage sea life. Some of our rubbish is carelessly dumped by roadsides and on beaches which could end up in the sea.

Ocean currents carry plastic bags to feeding grounds. Plastic bags look like Jelly fish in the water which are turtles main source of food. Turtles eat the bags because they think they are their food. Consequently it causes their stomach to become blocked resulting in them starving to death .

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse

This morning Alex from Devon Recycling came in to talk about RRR. Plastics that we have in our houses could be Recycled or Reused. DON'T PUT IT IN A BROWN BIN!
Sand is turned into glass and the glass is really strong for glass because if you hold it about 10cm off the ground and drop it, it won't smash. The bauxite is turned into Aliminium which is a kind of metal. Trees are turned into paper that we use to write on and draw on. Oil is turned into plastic. Dont keep cutting down trees use the paper you have already you are killing habitats respect your environment and others!
We Recycle because if we dont it damages the Earth because the atmosphere of the Earth makes a hole in the atmosphere and the bad gas goes into the air to the sun and makes the sun hotter and kills ice creatures because it melts the ice. Did you know disposible nappies can make roof tiles. These are habitats trees sand oil. Oil is at the bottom of the sea bed

Plastic Soup @ NMA

Yesterday at the NMA in the science lab we were looking at the things inside fishes stomach. Our sea creature was the Giant Trevally. These were the things inside it : 2 Squid, 3 little fish, 4 pieces of wood, 4 lolly pop sticks, Lots of plastic, 3 tooth paste lids, 2 bits of rope, 1 pen lid. We thought this creature would eat : Shrimp, Plankton, Plaice, Crab, Eel. We must not drop litter at home school or anywhere!!!!!!!!!