Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 6,602
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 164144, 1 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- Plastic scrap
- Marine pollution--Pacific Ocean
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- Paciic Ocean
- Plastic scrap--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature
- Waste disposal in the ocean
- Plastic marine debris
- Environmental aspects
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Pacific Ocean
- Plastic marine debris--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature
- Marine pollution
- Marine pollution--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- Earth Day 2017|March for Science
- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Patricia Newman about Plastic, Ahoy!
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Patricia Newman
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Patricia Newman “From Injustices to Action”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 3
Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Patricia Newman
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Patricia Newman “From Injustices to Action”
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Interview with Patricia Newman
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Green Earth Book Award Acceptance Speech, given by Patricia Newman
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Green Earth Book Award Acceptance Speech, given by Annie Crawley
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Interview with Patricia Newman
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Interview with Annie Crawley
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 11
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Talking Plastic Trash Literacy Links Guide from Patricia Newman
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Reducing Plastic Use Literacy Links Guide from Patricia Newman
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Activity Guide from Patricia Newman
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Ocean Clean-up Design Challenge from Patricia Newman
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Common Core Guide from Lerner
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Teaching Ideas from The Towner Award
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Research Project from Lerner
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Scavenger Hunt from Lerner
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Discussion Guide from Be A Learning Hero
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Lerner Publications
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2014
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