Duration
2 hours

Dimension of the advised group of students
10-30

Specific objectives
To explain the phenomenon and provide solutions To develop positive learning habits (organisational and ecological and problem-solving skills).

Link Source
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happens-to-the-plastic-you-throw-away-emma-bryce

Needed Materials
Computer &internet connection

Software
To interact online with students use: -online communication platform, such us: zoom, google meets, etc -tools to deliver the training and working in groups: mentimenter, jamboard, slido, kahoot, etc.

Description
The TED-Ed website offers free, engaging videos about theories and research that appeal to students all across the world. TED-Ed seeks to support and stimulate knowledge- and idea-sharing among educators and students worldwide. Every TED Talk is the result of the collaboration of academic researchers, scientific writers, historians, journalists, editors, designers, animators, screenwriters, directors, and educators. The animated videos that make up the TED-Ed Lessons include questions and resources to encourage further research. TED-Ed fosters learning through the creation of a growing video lesson library, a global platform for teachers to design their own interactive lesson plans, assisting inquisitive students all over the world in bringing TED to their schools and developing presentation literacy, or by recognizing innovative leadership within TED-global Ed's network of over 250,000 teachers. The strengths of the video lie in: - clear accessible explanations - Illustrative examples This web site is scientifically reliable and can be recommended to students. It is well-organised and accessible. Students can also watch it at home, at their pace and play it as many times as they need. The layout highlights the most important points. The resource can be used as support for a range of learning activities (self- study, project work). The site could be used with students at risk of demotivation because the activities are completely adapted to this kind of students using non formal education methodology and its activities could be adapted to fully virtual or blended.

Procedure on how to put in practice
Duration: 50 min
No of Participants: 10-50
Methods used: discussion, presentation
Communication in mother tongue.

Step-by-step description:
1. Teacher initiates a class discussion on plastic bottles and invites students to explore the origins of plastic bottles.
2. After eliciting from students the class watches the first part of the video and compares and comments on their findings.
3. The teacher sets class into three groups which will follow three different journeys of discarded bottles. While watching the video, students take notes on the key words/phrases given by the teacher before watching the video: 1. First group: landfill, leachate, how long it takes a bottle to decompose 2. Second group: ocean, plastic debris, food chain 3. Third group: shredded, raw materials, reborn. The teacher gives students the above key words in advance so they know what to look for when watching the video.
4. Class discussion follows. Debate Solutions: Recycling or reduction?
5. Follow up activity: students watch theTED lesson at home and do the embedded tasks (Watch, the Big Deeper and Discuss). They can go in depth and read the texts suggested at The Big Deeper section and in class share their reading findings with peers. Students can also discuss on the topic provided by the Discuss section in class.

Debriefing question: What advice would you give teens to live a sustainable life and maintain a healthy environment?