Make a Difference Project: Resources for 6th grade Literature project: Bottled Water

Follow a team of researchers as they explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have collected. You'll learn about how scientists studied the Garbage Patch--and what alarming discoveries they made. **READ ENTIRE BOOK ONLINE THROUGH FOLLETTSHELF, Log in with your network username and password.

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Millions of tons of plastic enter the world's fragile oceans and ecosystems every year. This informative book examines the globally significant plastic pollution problem, how it became so bad, and the steps that governments, activists, and young people are taking to demand change. Offers SOLUTIONS to the problem of Bottle Water and Plastic in the Ocean

Learn about the creative solutions that visionary people across the planet are using to curb plastic waste. Good for SOLUTIONS to the problems caused by Plastic in the Oceans and Bottled Water

Tells the story of 45 young heroes who have discovered issues that concerned them and they did something about it. With skills ranging from singing, drawing, and painting to fund-raising, public demonstrations, and events, these are the stories of individuals who have fought climate change and pollution, and worked to protect animals and their natural habitats.

This book presents 10 to 14 readings from a variety of perspectives that allow readers to better understand the topic, covers bottled water, drought, water crisis.

Contains articles from different viewpoints on e-waste, plastic bottles, the effectiveness of recycling and burning garbage, and more. Read this entire eBook online on FollettShelf--log in with your network username and password.

This book awesome book describes the problems of ocean pollution and dumping (p. 6, 10), the portion of landfills taken up by bottles and convenience-food packaging (p. 12), and how recycling plastics is sometimes not worth the effort (p. 29-30).

Facts about Bottled Water on p. 96.

Pages 58-63 discuss the amount of time and energy that is wasted by people having to clean, sort, and return stuff to recycling centers. This book presents different viewpoints on recycling, garbage, and pollution.

the risks of herbicides and pesticides, and the risks of mercury pollution.

Pages 23-24 discuss the harmful environmental effects of producing packaging such as bottled water. CLICK ON COVER TO PREVIEW THE BOOK ONLINE.

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**SEE p. 99-101, "Bottled Water" section, and p. 85, "Targeting Kids" section**

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. From the producers of 'Who Killed the Electric Car' and 'I.O.U.S.A.,' this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table.