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

Microplastic Madness - movie
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
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​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

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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+
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Print out the PDF and play!
Pictureonline: "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).
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MICROPLASTIC MADNESS Crossword Puzzle - play online or download a printable PDF. Test your knowledge of microplastic pollution vocabulary.
MICROPLASTIC MADNESS Crossword Puzzle -
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!

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Youth POV +action on climate, racial justice, human rights, policy, public school & more!
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Adapt the slides for your own presentation
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"Community Science"​​
collect litter
​+ litter data
 
and share to
inform policy! 
Earn Community Service hours!

For Families and Teachers

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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!)
FOLOW CAFCU FOR UPDATES!
YOUTUBE ->
 VIMEO ->
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  • About
    • About
    • Team
    • Our Story
    • Reports
    • Press
    • Partners
    • Contact
  • MICROPLASTIC MADNESS
    • MICROPLASTIC MADNESS
    • Host a screening
    • The Plastic Pollution Crisis
    • Creative Team and Credits
    • Movie Feedback
  • Plastic Free Lunch
    • Plastic Free Lunch
    • FAQs - Plastic Free Lunch Day
    • PFLD School Food Service
    • Action Plan ideas - PFLD
    • NYC Plastic Free Lunch Days
  • Take Action Toolkits
    • K-12 Toolkit - Plastic Free Lunch Day
    • K-12 Toolkit - Microplastic Madness
    • DIY DATA ACTION litter cleanup >
      • DATA +ACTION litter clean up
      • Student and Teacher Litter Data Collection
    • SORT2SAVE KIT >
      • SORT2SAVE KIT - Cafeteria Rangers
      • Downloads - S2S - Cafeteria Rangers
      • Daily Operations - S2S - Cafeteria Rangers
      • Videos - Cafeteria Rangers
      • S2s Quick Launch Guide
      • Job Descriptions for Cafeteria Rangers
      • SORT2save Cheer! - lyrics + video
      • SORT2SAVE - About, Partners, License Agreement
    • Foam Trays Out of Schools >
      • NYC Foam Ban
      • Trayless Tuesdays
      • No-Styro Puppets
      • FAQs - Getting Styrofoam Out of Schools
    • Alternative Messaging
    • Action at home
    • Action on Policy >
      • Plastic Water Bottle ban NYC
      • NY Bag Bill
  • Donate
  • Youth Advocates Program
  • MORE RESOURCES
    • Resource Library
    • Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Taiwan - Lessons Learned
  • Events
  • Latest - Cafeteria Culture blog
  • Volunteer