PBS
Pbs Learning Media: America Revealed: Waste Deep
Enhance your health, science, and environmental studies curriculum with this video which features a landfill in South Jersey and examines the state of food waste in America today. Then, use the accompanying lesson plan, "Making Mountains...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Is Your Fleece Jacket Polluting the Oceans?
By 2050, the World Economic Forum predicts that the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh ALL the fish. When you hear "plastic" pollution, you might picture six-pack rings wrapped around seagulls or beaches littered with plastic...
Virginia Trekkers
Virginia Trekkers: Podcast 17: Recycling Center
This video podcast will show you what happens to your trash after the recycling truck takes it away. Produced by teachers.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: An Expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Video and audio lecture where the leader of an expedition to the great Pacific garbage patch talks about tracking plastic in the sea. [0:15]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Worm Farm
Explore how worms decompose organic waste. Watch a kid use the scientific method to find out how much and how fast worms eat.
Other
Minute Earth: Trash vs. Garbage
An animated discussion of the different meanings of trash and garbage. [1:11]