Climate Change Research--6th Grade: Ocean Garbage & Acidification

Endangered Oceans by Jody S. Rake Offers facts about the world's oceans, and discusses threats to the oceans including trash, oil, overfishing, changing weather, and invasive species.

Save Ocean Life by Stephanie Feldstein Examines the threats to oceans today from climate change, overfishing, and pollution, and offers ways to help.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Rachel Bithell Explains how pollution created the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and explores how it hurts the plants and animals living there. Discusses how people are working to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Planet Ocean by Patricia Newman; Annie Crawley (Photographer) Explores the relationship between the oceans and the rest of planet Earth and how problems like climate change and pollution are harming the ocean. Profiles activists and environmentalists who are working to protect and heal the oceans, and highlights ways readers can help take care of the oceans.

Trash Vortex by Danielle Smith-Llera Explores how plastic is slowly collecting in the world's oceans, leaving vast swaths of debris on the surface and plastic particles in the water that harm the ocean's wildlife.

Motion of the Ocean by Baby Professor Provides an introduction to the ocean, explaining its composition and different zones, and offering facts for each of Earth's five oceans

Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly; John Hendrix (Illustrator) An illustrated history of trash and how human activity produces it, seeking to answer important questions--like why we produce so much trash, why we seem so bad at dealing with excess trash, and what humanity might do to stop trash pollution from ruining more of the planet.

Going Blue by Cathryn Berger Kaye; Philippe Cousteau Focusing on the Earth's water crisis, educational consultant Kaye and celebrity ocean spokesperson Philippe Cousteau present five stages of service learning – including investigation, preparation, action, reflection and demonstration. This informative and inspiring guide uses the story of Oklahoma's polluted Tar Creek to illustrate how this five-stage strategy plays out.

National Geographic Kids WATER! by Lisa M. Gerry Uses visual diagrams, infographics, text blocks, essays, photographs, and other visual aides to describe the importance of clean fresh water in the world. Explains why water is important, living things' relationship with water, causes of water scarcity and pollution, climate change's effects on water, the importance of the world's oceans, and conservation tips.