Microplastic Madness Toolkit
Lessons and activities for a plastic free future!

Cafeteria Culture's award winning movie - shown in 45 countries!

 watch the trailer->
Be inspired to take action!

​MICROPLASTIC MADNESS 
​Toolkit Sign up-> 
Complete this short form to get an immediate access to these:
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​Toolkit LESSONS and ACTIVITIES

• Plastic Free Lunch Day Unit: Get your students ready for Plastic Free Lunch Day (Now MONTHLY in NYC schools!) Students collect before and day of data from their own cafeteria lunches to contribute to City-wide change!
• Environmental Justice Unit: JUST ADDED!  (Lessons also seen in our YouTube Series, Plastic Free Friendship)
• Garbology 101 Unit: The Power of Cafeteria Sorting.
• Street Litter Survey Unit  - Students collect litter and litter data in this outdoor activity! Use for neighborhood and beach litter surveys.
• Desktop Lunch Survey Unit: for 3rd - 7th grades & for 8th - 12th grades - Students collect single-use plastic data from their own cafeteria lunch in this modified waste audit​

 - Lessons and activities as seen in our MICROPLASTIC MADNESS movie.
 - Students take real-world meaningful climate action right in school!
 - Help reduce plastic from school lunches!
 - Connect Math, Science, ELA, Social Studies, and Art.

     Click here for our Plastic Free Lunch Day Toolkit

​Watch the movie with your students
to learn about Plastic Pollution
Sign up to show MICROPLASTIC MADNESS in your school!
TEACHERS: 
Screen the entire movie (76 mins) as an extended lesson or in 3 parts (about 20 minutes each),
allowing time for a discussion following each section (see our Guiding Questions). 
For grades 3 and 4. we recommend screening the movie in 3 parts.
​See the lesson plans from the companion Toolkit in action!

Guiding Questions
for grades 3 - 12

MICROPLASTIC MADNESS - grades 9-12 
​Guiding Question and writing prompts ->
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​Games!

Life-Cycle of Plastic 
 a board game for 2-4 players
Ages 10+

Print out the PDF and play!

online: "Versión en Español"

Life-Cycle of Plastic 
How to play:
Download and print out the PDF with game directions, cards, and the board! All you need are 4 bottle caps. (link to Print&Play)
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PLAY ONLINE ​in English or Spanish!
--One person controls the board; keep score on scrap paper /
​---¡Juega online en inglés o español! ¡Una persona controla el tablero y puedes llevar la puntuación en cualquier papel de desecho que tengas!
English Version –  + Instructions
Versión en Español – + Instrucciones
** Tip: Find the "i" symbol for  instructions! / ** Sugerencia: busque este símbolo ("i") en el juego en línea para acceder a las instrucciones.

2048 MICROPLASTICS MULTIPLIED (online)
​Like the powers of two, plastic litter breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces of microplastics, increasing exponentially. See for yourself → (warning, this online game is addictive).

MICROPLASTIC MADNESS Crossword Puzzle - play online or download a printable PDF. Test your knowledge of microplastic pollution vocabulary.

MICROPLASTIC MADNESS Word Search  -Download and print!  Teachers, email us for the Word Search Solutions PDF and Vocabulary doc.
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For Youth!

Youth POV +action on climate, racial justice, human rights, policy, public school & more!

Adapt the slides for your own presentation

"Community Science"​​
collect litter
​+ litter data 
and share to
inform policy! 
Earn Community Service hours!

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For Families and Teachers

Make a no-sew
reusable bag
from an old t-shirt 
 - 5 steps in 10 minutes!
Watch our short how to video

 
 * Cafeteria Culture's Recipe for #plasticfree Change
Start your #plastic-free action with a simple, one-week home waste audit!

* CafCu’s YouTube Channel, CafCu Media
​ ---Videos made by and featuring NYC students: 

• ​We are Citizen Scientists
• Got Reusable Bags?
• Do You Really Need a Straw?

and  featuring students in JAPAN!

• School Lunch in Japan, It's Not Just About Eating 

          (34 million views!)

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