Artificial Reefs or Marine Pollution? Video worksheets, differentiated.

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. This engaging and provocative documentary explores whether dumping of ‘inert’ waste to create reefs is an environmental benefit. The film covers: the current scale of marine pollution; the legal situation pre- and post- 1972, The Broward Artificial Reef Fort Lauderdale plan. Osborne Artificial Reef – a failure, reasons explained. Nova Southeastern University clean-up operation. US military clean-up operation. Industrial Divers Corporation clean-up operation. 4Ocean clean-up operation. Effectiveness and costs compared. Cannes – Antibes artificial reef. French state / Michelin clean-up operation, costs and effectiveness. Evidence that artificial reefs actually reduce biodiversity. Neptune Memorial Reef: sustainability: cremation, concrete manufacture. USS Oriskany scuppered to form a reef off Pensacola. Are artificial reels an environmental benefit, or a way to get rid of waste? A thorough introduction to the question.

Find the film by searching YouTube’s BE AMAZED channel for “They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. Fifty Years Later You Won’t Believe the Results!”.

13 questions for the 22-min film. Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Link to film on all sheets.