Plasticus Maritimus
An Invasive Species
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Cassandra Cavalli
About this listen
- Honorbale Mention—Bologna Ragazzi Award
- A valuable, middle-grade resource to help kids learn about the effects of waterborne plastics and how they are affecting our world’s oceans and the planet itself.
- Combines science, activism, and art into a multifaceted and highly comprehensive book ideal for school and home libraries.
- Pêgo’s approach is positive and practical, inspiring listeners to not only learn about the problem, but to also become part of the solution.
- Critiques current “solutions” to the plastics crisis, such as recycling, and offers better, more informed solutions, which kids and adults can try at home.
- A fun “field guide” shares how to identify plastics as an invasive species: how to categorize it, collect it, and safely move it elsewhere.
- Includes colorful images of plastics found “in the wild” in locations around the world.
LEVELING
Guided Reading Level: W
Common Core State Standards
W.6.1,2,3,4,8,9,9b,10
RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
L.6.3,4,4a,4b,4d,5,5a,5b,5c,6
SL.6.1,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6
Next Generation Science Standards
MS-LS1-From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS2-Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS4-Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-ETS1-Engineering Design
MS-ESS3-Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS2-Earth's Systems
MS-PS1-Matter and its Interactions
MS-PS2-Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Ana Pêgo and Isabel Minhós Martins (P)2022 Greystone KidsCritic Reviews
A 2021 Outstanding Science Trade Book
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Honorable Mention—Bologna Ragazzi Award
“Clever…beguiling….Readers age 11 and older are likely to finish this book feeling both persuaded and uplifted. Beauty has a way of doing that.”—Wall Street Journal
“This imaginative guide to ocean plastics pollution … helps readers identify and understand this new invasive species….[an] important book.”—Omnilibros
“While the subject is serious, Plasticus Maritimus is an upbeat read sure to inspire positive action in children and adults alike.”—Hakai Magazine