Bethesda Elementary School - Club Invention: Trash Island: A Garbage Patch Journey

Please Note: This program is open to children currently in 3rd - 5th grade. Club will take place the following Thursdays, October 2nd, 16th, November 6th, 20th, and December 4th. 

Thanks to the generous support from Nordson Foundation, need-based scholarships are available for this program.

Trash Island: A Garbage Patch Journey™ module:

Children hear of the extreme build-up of trash in the North Pacific Central Ocean Gyre between California and Hawaii. They must figure out if it truly is an island, what it is made of, and what can be done to keep it from growing. As a crew, children will be faced with ocean research challenges along the way - designing trawls, testing water quality and creating their own underwater investigation equipment.