Teachers and students

Environmental education is relatively new for microplastics, compared to other pollutants and contaminants. These materials were developed and tested during 2019 2021 in Southeast Michigan and are ready to use in the classroom.

Videos

The Kashian Aquatic Ecology Lab at Wayne State University developed a variety of teaching videos about plastic and microplastic pollution.

Classroom activity slides

The facts and images in these slides (print only) provide key information that may be useful for younger students' understanding of microplastics pollution.

Infographics

These highlight key concepts together or individually.

• Risks posed by microplastics (print only)
• Microplastics: A growing environmental concern (print only)
• Solutions for microplastics pollution (print only)
• Take action! Microplastics (print only)

General information about microplastics

Presentation of general information about microplastics (print only) - this presentation at the high school level and above may be useful for understanding microplastics pollution. Covers topics such as:

• What are the sources and causes of microplastic pollution?
• What are its effects?
• What is being done about it?
• What can we, as individuals, do