This is a series of provocations designed to provide resources for students to inquire into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. For more, click here.
The global goal of Life Below Water looks the way humans are treating our oceans, targeting issues such as marine pollution, over-exploited fish populations, and acidification of our oceans. And given the fact that 3 billion depend on the marine industry for their livelihoods, we need to find more sustainable use of these resources. Share these videos and books with your students to help them think about how these issues impact them!
Resource #1: Plastics Watch by BBC (see more clips here)
Resource #2: Henry – Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Resource #3: The Ocean Cleanup Technology, Explained via The Kid Should See This
Resource #4: Where Did the Oil Go? by NRDC via The Kid Should See This
Resource #5: Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne & Éric Puybaret; The Brilliant Deep by Kate Messner & Matthew Forsythe; Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola
Provocation Questions:
- What resources do the oceans provide that humans use?
- What is the relationship like between our oceans and humans?
- How might that relationship improve to help both our oceans and humans, and what is our responsibility to do so?
- What obstacles stand in the way of improving the way we care for our oceans?
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Great resources, Mary, on such an important topic.
It’s probably the global goal with the single most abundant amount of resources!