Podcast: NPR series - Spending the Holidays at a Toxic Waste Site

NPR http://www.npr.org/2012/08/03/158085177/spending-the-holidays-at-a-toxic-waste-site
Initial Publication Date: July 2, 2015

Summary

34:46 minutes

NPR series, Published: August 3, 2012

To avoid the crowds at Niagara Falls, why not sail the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or ogle oil refineries in Port Arthur, Texas? In Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures In The World's Most Polluted Places, Andrew Blackwell describes traveling to the world's most contaminated destinations.


Learning Goals

Blackwell want to gives people a new perspective on the most notable toxic watse sites in the world.

Context for Use

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Description and Teaching Materials

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Teaching Notes and Tips

This material can be used to explore the aftermath of what becomes locations once they become toxic waste sites and no longer inhabitable.


Assessment

Assessment is at the discretion of the educator and how this material is applied.

References and Resources

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Citation

(2012). Podcast: NPR series - Spending the Holidays at a Toxic Waste Site. http://www.npr.org/2012/08/03/158085177/spending-the-holidays-at-a-toxic-waste-site