Life of a Pellet — Nurdle Pollution Awareness Film
Life of a Pellet is an Ocean Wise stop-motion animation film using plastic pellets and trash to educate on nurdle pollution in Lake Ontario
The Big Microplastic Survey — Citizen Science Data
The Big Microplastic Survey is a global citizen science project collecting essential data on microplastics and mesoplastics in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions.
ProyectoSub Coastal Microplastics — Citizen Science Sampling
ProyectoSub’s citizen science protocol guides volunteers in sampling and identifying microplastics (1-25mm) on coastal beaches to assess contamination levels
Polymer Photodegradation Lab Demonstration Protocol
A classroom protocol demonstrating polymer photodegradation effects on wettability, brittleness, and opacity, designed for chemistry education
PlasticHealers — Classroom Tool for Micro- and Nanoplastics
Interactive educational resource translating PlasticHeal research on micro- and nanoplastics health effects for primary and secondary school students
LOMP Microplastics Citizen Science & Education
Open-access educational materials and activity guides from LOMP support microplastics citizen science, outreach, and environmental health education
Nile Red Fluorescence — Student Microplastic Detection
A low-cost fluorescence method using Nile Red enables secondary students and citizen scientists to detect microplastics in sediments through hands-on STEM
Wayfinder Society for Environmental Education
Free environmental education lesson plans, classroom toolkits, activity guides, and more for all grade levels with a specific focus on ocean plastic pollution.
GLOBE Nederland Microplastics Education Toolkit
Curriculum and toolkit for measuring microplastics for citizen scientists and students. Webpage is in Dutch.
Plastisphere
Long-running podcast focused on all aspects of plastic pollution by journalist Anja Krieger.