This learning module explores the effects trash, toxins, oil and sound pollution are having on our oceans. Includes two short videos along with a brief exploration and two interactives. A brief assessment follows each interactive.

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment: pollution. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it...

This article discusses Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its impact upon environmentalism and pesticide use in the United States.

Students think like environmental engineers as they review a mural of a small American community, noting possible sources of pollution and suggesting ways to clean up or eliminate the source of the pollution. [11:08]

David de Rothschild and his boat, the Plastiki, sets sail across the Pacific. Find out how a boat made entirely of plastic hopes to rid the oceans of the stuff. [2:46]

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and...

Plastic is an important and durable material. However, because it is so inexpensive and easy to make, it is creating a big problem for the world's oceans. In this video you will learn how when the sun breaks down our plastic debris, it...

Urban areas often expand around estuaries. Industrial development often leaves a legacy of pollution in these areas. This video looks at what kind of long-term pollution is found in the Duwamish estuary in Seattle, and how estuary life...

Nature Cat and friends visited the marsh in the story segment Muck Amok. Learn along with them as they discover more about marshes and conservation. Discover the challenges of pollution with Daisy, explore the muck beneath the surface...

Pollution in urban estuaries is a serious problem. Cleaning up this toxic legacy is a long-term and expensive proposition. [7:05]

In this video, mechanical engineer Amy Smith explains the design process for an innovation that enables people in isolated villages to determine whether their water supplies are free of dangerous bacteria. Included are teaching tips and...

By 2050, the World Economic Forum predicts that the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh ALL the fish. When you hear "plastic" pollution, you might picture six-pack rings wrapped around seagulls or beaches littered with plastic...

Take a trip to the Planet Earth Museum to visit the different zones on earth and how they are affected by pollution. Included is a printable activity to reinforce the learning.

Scientists are trying to understand what goes on in and around floating patches of plastic debris in the world's oceans.Scientists are trying to understand what goes on in and around floating patches of plastic debris in the world's oceans.

Flooding and runoff along the Mississippi may be combining to produce a bad year for the water in the Gulf of Mexico, enlarging a patch of oxygen-starved water. Nancy Rabelais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine...

Plastics are surfacing in our oceans. What's the solution? [3:30]

Can journalists be citizen scientists? That was the heart of the piece we did about toxic emissions close to schools from a report by "USA Today." For the news investigation, "USA Today" reporters compiled existing information from the...

What if stormwater pollution was rubber duckies? Be informed by this humorous PSA on the importance of keeping toxins out of our stormwater. [0:48]

In this video, Paul Andersen explains how humans are impacting the Earth through farming, mining, pollution and climate change. According to the NGSS wise management can reduce impacts on the planet. This will become more important as...

In this video, students read and recite a rap song about pollution and recycling. [2:12]

Climate, pollution, loss of habitat -- what are the leading causes of modern extinctions?