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Drowning in Plastic – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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    Updated:  17 Jun 2024

Teach your students facts about ocean pollution with this comprehensive article with accompanying comprehension activities.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  8 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

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teaching resource

Drowning in Plastic – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

  • Updated

    Updated:  17 Jun 2024

Teach your students facts about ocean pollution with this comprehensive article with accompanying comprehension activities.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  8 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

Teach your students facts about ocean pollution with this comprehensive article with accompanying comprehension activities.

Plastic in the Ocean Facts for Kids

The Earth’s oceans are home to an amazing variety of animal and plant life. Every year, more and more plastics end up in the oceans. As this continues, marine life will struggle to deal with the massive changes plastic pollution is causing.

Help your students learn more about this environmental catastrophe and what they can do to help the problem with Teach Starter’s printable reading comprehension passage and worksheets! Students will read a comprehensive article about microplastics and their effects on ocean wildlife, then explore what they have learned through supplementary activities. This resource download includes:

  • Drowning in Plastic Reading Passage
  • Vocabulary Building Worksheet
  • Reading Comprehension Activity
  • Answer Key

This resource downloads as an easy-print PDF (both full-colour and black-and-white) or an editable Google Slides document.

Download to Explore Ocean Pollution

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As this resource contains an answer key, we recommend printing one copy of the entire file before making copies for your students.

For sustainability purposes, please consider printing this resource double-sided. Alternatively, save even more paper by projecting their questions onto your interactive whiteboard and having the students write their answers into their workbooks.

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