Artificial Reefs or Marine Pollution? Video worksheets, differentiated.

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.