Homework - Water bottles
1) Follow the below links
a. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/outdoored/program
s/waterbottlefactpages.pdf
i. Print out the about sheet and mark each location fossil fuel is produced in the
making of a water bottle.
ii. How many times are bottles transported in their life cycle
1. Trash vs recycled?
2) Watch the following video
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlG1Yd66_lI
i. How many barrels of oil are used each year to make bottles for water
ii. How much water does it take to produce 1 bottle, for bottled water
iii. How many bottles of water are being shipped a week in the U.S.
iv. Approximately (based on this video) How many plastic bottles are recycled
3) Ocean garbage patches
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qT-rOXB6NI
(I recommend this video on mute…..it is only music meant to make you feel bad)
i. How many garbage patches are there in the ocean
ii. Which is the largest garbage patch and about how big is it?
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6lkv1udb0
i. What is a gyre
ii. How many gyres are there
iii. How large is the largest gyre