Litter is a major issue for our environment, posing a threat to wildlife and affecting the health of our ocean. It also affects the local community impacting on the look of our streets, parks and schools as well as being a financial burden.
Schools in the UK are invited to take part in CSI: Litter Challenge. The CSI: Litter Challenge is a project led by the British Plastics Federation, PlasticsEurope and the Marine Conservation Society.
The project is aimed at pupils in Years 5-8 and there is a chance to win £250 towards a ‘green project’. The overall winner will also get their campaign up-scaled and promoted by the Marine Conservation Society and the plastics industry.
What is the project about?
This is a problem-based learning project which will give students the opportunity to:
- investigate the issue of litter through a hands on litter survey
- take part in webinars to learn more about litter from an expert in this field
- work together to design a litter campaign which includes sharable digital content such as a video, image or animation
The litter campaign will be trialled within the school and each school will submit their most effective campaign into a competition with other participating schools.
This is a great opportunity to engage students in a local, national and global issue which also links into the curriculum.
When does it start?
The project will begin with an in-school litter survey to be completed before the webinars. Live webinars will take place on 7 and 10 March 2017 with ten places available per webinar.
The webinars will also be recorded and can be accessed online at any time. Schools will have until the 3 April 2017 to develop a concept, design, run and submit their campaigns, with the winners being announced in late April.
To find out more and to sign up, email education@mcsuk.org.