Last week we have been learning about the micro-plastics all over the ocean. Through math and science, we learned about what micro-plastics are, and how they are affecting the world. The plastics that we use everyday will most likely end up in the ocean, where it takes years for it to begin to biodegrade. But, even when the plastic bags, cups, straws, etc. begin to break up, they stay in tiny pieces, which then is absorbed into the animals that eat the plastic. If you eat fish, you are consuming the toxins that the fish have absorbed earlier in their lives. Birds, fish, turtles, and other sea animals eat pieces of plastic, which fills their stomach so they feel full, which then stops them from getting the nutrients they actually need to survive. Every day 8 million pieces of plastic find their way to the ocean, which means, every day, we are killing the animals in the sea.