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SCHOOLTEACHER’S GUIDE TO MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Example of coastal pollution and fish kills Facts about litter a) Litter is waste in the wrong place and is always caused by people, b) The beauty of an area is reduced by litter, and c) Litter is a health hazard and may attract pests (e.g. rats), birds (e.g. Indian crows) and insects (e.g. flies, mosquitoes) which can spread disease. Possible ways of controlling waste There are many ways through which people can control coastal littering and pollution: a) Make sure that all litter goes into bins for appropriate disposal. Don’t let it get washed down the drain as it eventually ends up in the sea. b) Use better methods to dispose of domestic waste (e.g. by recycling it or taking it to special dumping sites and landfills). c) Organise frequent clean-up of beaches. 34
COASTAL POLLUTION TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES The strategies proposed here include: Excursion/litter survey In the school grounds, take a collecting bag and a notebook with you. Each time you find a piece of litter: a) Identify and categorise it into broad categories such as ‘paper’, ‘metal’ and ‘plastic’, b) Put it in your collecting bag, c) Keep a tally of each piece of rubbish and the collection time, d) Weigh the bag of rubbish, e) Burn or bury the material collected. Beware of dangerous items like glass or syringes! Group discussion Having returned from the excursion around the school grounds: a) Suggest possible origins of the materials collected, and b) Plot a graph showing the number of items in each category. Provide an explanation for the trend observed. Newspaper article The students should prepare a half-page article entitled ‘City Council plans to develop a rubbish dump in a mangrove area’. 35
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Acknowledgement Foreword v
Page 7 and 8: FOREWORD The eastern African region
Page 9 and 10: INTRODUCTION The need to incorporat
Page 11 and 12: ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 1 ENVIRONME
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Page 17 and 18: OCEANS AND SEAS Reunion, Mauritius,
Page 19 and 20: OCEANS AND SEAS Ocean topography Th
Page 21 and 22: OCEANS AND SEAS Currents These are
Page 23 and 24: OCEANS AND SEAS Some common fishes
Page 25 and 26: OCEANS AND SEAS Minerals Salt is on
Page 27 and 28: THE SEASHORE 3 THE SEASHORE INTRODU
Page 29 and 30: THE SEASHORE Shorelines are both ec
Page 31 and 32: MANGROVES 4 MANGROVE FORESTS INTROD
Page 33 and 34: MANGROVES Mangrove forests also act
Page 35 and 36: CORAL REEFS 5 CORAL REEFS INTRODUCT
Page 37 and 38: CORAL REEFS Aerial view of the main
Page 39 and 40: CORAL REEFS A coral reef food web E
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