Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

Series Scientists in the Field By Loree Griffin Burns

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Imprint Houghton Mifflin ISBN

9780618581313

Awards and Honors 2008 Winner of the IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award, Intermediate-Nonfiction | 2008 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, Recommended | ALA Notable Book for Older Readers | 2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices, Advanced | 2007 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Honor, Nonfiction | CCBC Choices 2008, The Natural World | VOYA, Perfect Tens 2007 | VOYA, Nonfiction Honor List 2007

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

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Hundreds of sneakers wash onto the beaches of Canada, Washington, and Oregon. An Alaska-sized patch of floating garbage collects in the middle of the Pacific. Abandoned fishing nets drift through the sea, trapping animals and debris. Floating trash is a big environmental problem, but it also helps scientists conduct Earth-sized science experiments. By tracking the movement of floating garbage, oceanographers can learn more about ocean currents. Full-color photographs and diagrams. Glossary. Suggested reading. Index. A 2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 IRA Children's and Young Adult's Book Award.

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AR Level 8.5 AR Points 2.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 551.46 Title alpha Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion Category Upper Elementary Fiction Pages Count 64 Genre Nonfiction Summary Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, a specialist in ocean currents, began investigating how trash floated in the ocean after a tanker spilled five containers of Nike sneakers into the ocean in 1990, and the sneakers began washing up on shore thousands of miles away. James Ingraham has developed a computer model to calculate surface current movement and applies his model to the sneakers and other trash Ebbesmeyer investigates. Captain Charles Moore sailed his research vessel through the North Pacific Garbage Patch predicted by the computer model. Together these scientists work to make people aware of the extent of the plastic problem in the world ocean. Topics Ocean currents. Trash. Sneakers. Inspiration. Cargo vessels. Cargo containers. The Hansa Carrier. Longitude and latitude. Experiments. Computer models. Ocean gyres. Bathtub toys. Surface winds. Beachcombers. The Beachcombers' Alert newsletter. Plankton. Fish spawning. The Garbage Patch. Plastic. The effect of plastic on the environment. Conservation. Ghost nets. Cleaning up the ocean. SRC Level 10.900000 SRC Points 5.000000 Lexile 1200L Trim Size 11" x 9" Language English JLG Release Date Jun 2007 Minimum grade 3 Maximum grade 5 Reading level Elementary Format Print

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