Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe some of the problems caused by a form of pollution in the local area and a template to write a letter to the local council outlining solutions to a pollution problem in the local area that has been caused by plastic waste.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record solutions that can be used to stop pollution caused by plastic waste in the local area.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, compare and record some of the causes and consequences of different forms of pollution that can affect local and global communities. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.