Before posting to this discussion, please review all sections below. Click on the blue title to expand the selection. Click again on the blue title to close the selection. Objectives1-Hour Litter Collection1-Hour Litter Collection
First, download the Ocean Conservancy’s Clean Swell app onto your mobile device, and create an account. If you don’t have a mobile device or prefer not to use the app, you can create an itemized written tally and keep track of your collection manually (be sure to categorize the pieces of litter into categories such as plastic bags, food containers, wrappers, plastic bottles, masks, gloves, cigarette butts, etc).
Plan your 1-hour litter collection. The location is up to you! It can be a park, beach, river, neighborhood, campus, roadside, hiking trail, or anywhere else that you have observed trash. Please choose a location that has lots of trash to increase your sample size (and your impact!)!
Conduct a litter collection for a minimum of one hour. Collect all trash items you encounter (big and small), and keep track of the items you collect.If you are using a written tally, take a picture of your completed tally to show the types of trash collected.
If you are using Clean Swell, open the app and choose “Start Collecting” when you are ready to begin. For the Group, please write “Pierce College Oceanography.” As you pick up trash, click on the appropriate icon. When finished, take a screenshot of your tally (showing the types of trash collected), and click “Done Collecting” and your data will be shared with the Ocean Conservancy to help them track litter collection data.
When finished, take a picture of yourself* with your collected trash at your litter collection location. *Your image must show your face. Any posts without this image will receive a zero. Video Tutorial on Clean Swell AppDirections for Initial Post
Directions for Initial Post
In a new reply to the discussion board:
Describe the location where you collected trash; and exactly how much time you spent collecting trash. Embed the screenshot or image of your itemized litter tally.
Embed the photograph of yourself with your collected trash at your selected location. Objectives
In this discussion, you will conduct a one-hour litter cleanup. You will then share the results of your litter collection, compare them to your peers’ findings, and reflect on the problem of (and solutions to) marine pollution. This assignment addresses: Course Objective 10: Identify and describe human impacts on marine ecosystems, including pollution and climate change.
Student Learning Outcome 3. Students will be able to describe some of the effects that human activity has on marine ecosystems, including marine pollution and climate change.