#Trashtag: The Online Challenge Cleaning Places Up
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Provided by: BBC|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This article introduces students to the #Trashtag challenge, where people go to a place, clean it up, and post before and after pictures on social media.
- The article conveys an important message that we need to get to the root of the problem by first refusing to purchase disposable items, then reduce, reuse, and (as a last resort) recycle.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: BBC News
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The social media component of this challenge will be engaging for teenage students.
- The article provides nice images to accompany the text and includes examples of posts from around the world.
- The challenge encourages students to help keep the environment clean.
Prerequisites
- It may be beneficial to explain to students that many plastics are not able to be recycled and that disposable items are primarily made from new materials, not recycled materials.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can encourage students to participate in the challenge and share their before and after pictures with the class.
- Students can create their own hashtag challenge to encourage their community members to participate in a particular activity related to the environment.
- Teachers can design a campaign for waste management and divide students into teams, with each team having a specific task such as designing the logo, creating a hashtag, and choosing activities.
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