Category Archives: Microplastics (B)
How Microplastics Can Affect Everything Around Us – Fieldwork to NYC Aquarium
On Febuary 6th 2025, the Microplastics group and the Ocean Pollution group went to the NYC Aquarium to learn more about marine life and plas [...]
Pier Cleanup
On January 27th, my group and I decided to take action and clean up the pier. We gathered early in the morning with gloves and trash bags, r [...]
Composting Awareness In Washington Square Park
On January 10th my group and I visited Washington Square Park to see how many people knew about composting. We talked to 16 people: 10 knew [...]
Valorie Tovar: Protecting Our Oceans From Microplastics
On January 8th we interviewed Valorie Tovar who is a marine biologist who works hard to protect sea life and restore ocean habitats. She gr [...]
Interview with CEO, David Jones
On January, 29th, our team decided to interview marine biologist David Jones, CEO of Just One Ocean. He first introduced himself and how he [...]
NYC Pier Beach Cleanup
On January 27th 2025, we planned on going to the Rockaways, Queens to do a beach cleanup. But since we are in the middle of January, and how [...]
Interview With Daivd – How Microplastics Affect Our Planet
On January 29th, 2025 we went on a Zoom with David Jones, who is in charge of an organization called Just One Ocean, where they focus on mar [...]
Interview With Valorie Tovar
Yesterday at lunch we interviewed marine biologist Valorie Tovar over zoom. Tovar works with the Loggerhead Marine Life Center Education loc [...]
Tiny Plastics, Big Problems: How Microplastics Affect Our Food And Health
On December 13th, we interviewed Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, a chef and food system expert. She discussed the impact of microplastics and the [...]
How Many People In NYC Know About Composting?
On January 10th, 2025, Eliza, our science teacher who was our chaperone, Audrey, Xander, Fox, Taiyo, and I went to Washington Square Park to [...]
A Marine Biologists Perspective On Microplastics
On January 8th, 2025 we got on a zoom call with a marine biologist who works with Loggerhead Marine Life Center, Valerie Tovar. She is the c [...]
Microplastics: How it Affects Animals and Humans
On December 13th 2024 we interviewed Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, who works in the food industry, to help us fill in the blanks about micropla [...]
Microplastics: The Truth Behind Fast Fashion
On December 11th our group met with Eliza Zygmutowicz, our science teacher and an expert on our environment. We talked to her about various [...]
Microplastics And Their Affect On The Human Body
We learned many things from our interview with Eliza. Microplastics have been pushed to the side, even though they have shocking consequence [...]
Digging Deep Into The Dangers of Microplastics
On December 11th 2024, we interviewed Eliza Zygmuntowicz, who is our science teacher to ask her about microplastics, the garbage patch, and [...]
