Program
Mitigating Microplastics
University of Waterloo
- Date: Ongoing
- Time: By request; 120 minutes
- Ages: Ages 14-18
- Price: Free
- Location: University of Waterloo
Learn about microplastics and their impact on the environment, animals, and us. Discuss plastic as a resource and how microplastic pollution affects and disrupts sustainable ecosystems. With a tour of the Ecohydrology lab and hands-on activities, experience what researchers here in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department are doing to mitigate microplastics. Connects to curriculum in the following courses: SNC1W, CGC1D, and SVN3M Museum (120 min) or classroom (70 min).
