Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Plastic Planet
Did You Know?
Plastic is an amazing man-made material. It’s cheap to produce and has many uses. However, each year, millions of tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans. This is disastrous for wildlife. Seabirds, especially fulmars, mistake plastic for food, causing injury and starvation. Shockingly, 93% of fulmars have plastic in their stomachs. We can all help by reducing our plastic use, recycling and picking up litter.
Word Challenge
Identify the missing letters to create words that rhyme with ‘plastic’:
d r _ _ t i c
g y _ n _ s t i c
e l _ _ _ i c
f _ n _ _ s _ i c
Grammar Challenge
Copy the sentence below, adding the necessary commas.
After swallowing a piece of plastic which it had mistaken for food the fulmar struggled to fly.
Number Challenge
Fact: 700 different species of animals are believed to be severely threatened because of plastic pollution in the ocean.
Write the 700 times table, using your knowledge of the 7 times table.
Example:
700 x 1 = 700
700 x 2 = 1400
Critical Thinking
List all of the things that you have used today that have contained plastic, either in their design and/or packaging.