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Ocean Today premiered this 15-minute TRASH TALK webinar for World Ocean Day in 2016. It is specially designed to be part of any World Ocean Day festivities and beyond.

Watch the TRASH TALK Webinar for Educators

In addition to the special feature video, this webinar provides fun activities that you can organize after the film! It's a perfect event for museums, zoos, aquariums, learning centers and schools.

Featuring NOAA Marine Debris Program Educational Specialist Leah Henry, this fun and informative ten minute webinar provides a quick demonstration of hands on activities you can easily offer after you show the TRASH TALK special feature for your World Ocean Day event. Each activity requires props found at home or office and is easy to prepare.

ACTIVITIES 

Details of the highlighted activities discussed in the webinar are available below:

Ties That Bind - See Page 20

Eating Plastic is a Deadly Meal - See Page 7

Recycling Relay (PDF, 84 Kbs)

Trash Toss (self explanatory)

Top 10 Items Collected

Additional teaching resources can be found on the NOAA Marine Debris website.

PROMOTE YOUR World Ocean Day EVENT

If you want artwork to promote your World Ocean Day premiere of TRASH TALK you can download a high resolution jpeg of the image below (1.0 Mbs) and insert it into your World Ocean Day Event Promotion. Promotional TRASH TALK JPEG image