What’s Your Idea To Clean Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In 2019, we answered a question about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge mass of plastic and other trash swirling around in the Pacific Ocean. Mary James heard that episode and was so inspired, she created a device to help clean up the plastic in the ocean. In this episode of But Why, we learn about her invention, the mermicorn!

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Listen back to Why Is There A Big Patch Of Garbage In the Pacific Ocean?

Kids: we'd like to know what you think could be done about all the garbage in the ocean. Download our learning guide above to draw a picture or describe an invention you would make to help clean it all up.

Mary James sent her picture of the mermicorn to the Little Inventors competition, for Canadian children. See Mary's entry here. Her invention has been chosen from among hundreds of other submissions to be turned into a prototype, a model of what the real thing might look like. There are Little Inventors competitions in the UK as well, and lots of countries and organizations sponsor design challenges for kids. See if you can find one where you live!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jane, but this isn't the start of the show.
0:06.0	Before we get into this awesome episode, I want to see if you want to be part of an upcoming
0:10.8	one.
0:11.8	Here's the deal.
0:13.1	You know how sometimes adults say things that sound maybe not quite totally true?
0:20.2	Call them parental myths or urban legends.
0:23.4	Things like eating carrots will help you see in the dark.
0:26.4	Or watching too much TV will fry your brain.
0:29.2	Or you'll get sick if you don't wear your hat and mittens in the cold.
0:33.0	Or even make sure you wait an hour after eating before going for a swim.
0:38.0	We're going to do an episode exploring where the truth or fiction is in these popular
0:44.2	sayings.
0:45.5	And we want to know from you kids what your adults say that you want us to investigate.
0:50.7	And adults say goes for you.
0:52.0	You can send us what your adults said and maybe you still repeat to kids today that you
0:57.4	think might be mostly wrong but maybe with a grain of truth in there somewhere.
1:02.8	Record yourselves and your kids explaining what sayings you want us to look into.
1:07.6	You can use a free recording app on a smartphone and then send the file to questions at but
1:13.0	why kids.org.
1:15.3	Our deadline is February 5th.
1:17.9	We can't wait to hear what you send us.
1:45.5	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio.
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