MATH AND SCIENCE Micro plastic

SUSTAINABILITY Awareness

PROJECT
By : Prisha, Krithikaa, Yuki, Dwaj, Namaste
Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................2
Idea...............................................................................................................................................................2
Purpose........................................................................................................................................................2
Research Question...........................................................................................................................................3
Problem and Hypothesis..................................................................................................................................4
Materials List and Procedure...........................................................................................................................5
Data.................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Batches.........................................................................................................................................................6
Graphs..........................................................................................................................................................7

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 Introduction

Idea
While we were choosing our UN goal, we were aiming to select a goal that was
relevant to everyday life. We decided that the UN goal 3 which is Good Health and
Wellbeing, 12 which is Responsible Consumption and Production and 13 which is
Climate action would fulfil these expectations. At first, we were planning to do
something on the lines on electricity, however our opinion changed
once Tim had given us an idea about microplastic particles. We were quick
to implement this due to the unawareness of this topic and immediately decided on
this since we consume enormous amounts of microplastics every single day. It is also
to take note that microplastics are a sort of new phenomenon, and it’s not talked
about as much as the other global crisis’s.  
 
Purpose
Our purpose with this experiment is to see how educated people are about their
intake, knowledge, and awareness of microplastics. We hope to understand how
aware people are of this rising problem in our world and definitely also to educate
our classmates of this problem. 
 
FUN FACT

By the title, maybe you came for something encouraging, but

here it goes, a baby consumes around 1 million microplastics
when drinking from their small plastic bottles for milk. 

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 Research Question

To what extent are the students of the S3EN class at The European
School Copenhagen aware about their microplastic consumption?  

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 Problem and Hypothesis
1. PROBLEM

Our major problem is how unaware people are of microplastics. There are many
other globally as equivalent issues around the world, however microplastics tend to
be given less importance since it is not as serious yet, like mentioned before, but if
we continue polluting this world with microplastics in our current pace, soon we
would depend on plastics and many lives would be taken simply because our
generation was not aware about such a topic. If this does not get enough attention
in the next couple of years, it will turn into a much bigger and critical problem. 
 

2. HYPOTHESIS

We aren’t so aware of their consumptions of microplastic particles as it isn’t

affecting them to large extent in present time. We don’t recognize it as a
threat upon them like climate change, as of now. Little do we know about
these tiny fragments that are being piled up in our guts which will arise serious
issues in the future. Although we know our class has heard of microplastics and have
a basic understanding of it, we are almost certain that they might be
underestimating their own Microplastic Consumptions. 

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 Materials List and Procedure
1. MATERIALS LIST

 The online survey on microplastic produced and consumed by a person.

The link to the survey:
https://www.merckgroup.com/en/microplasticme/
2. PROCEDURE

1. We will first ask the students to take the online survey which will give them
with their production and consumption of microplastic particles. 
2. We will divide the class in four batches, each consisting of 7 students
except for the last one. 
3. We will record their results in the table according to their batch number.  
4. Next, we will present the data in the form of a bar graph to compare and
analyze the figures in a better way. 
5. We will present their average intake of microplastic particles to the
class and tell them about its harmful effects.  
6. This will inspire them to use less of plastic which is beneficial for both them
and the environment.  

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 Data
Batches

Batch 1: 
Name  Your Production of Microplastic  Breathing and Eating 
Dwaj  945,000  300 
Kiki  943,000  300 
Marco  1,890,500  300 
Aadi  1,444,500  300 
Parth  1,067,500  198 
Aniketh  1,443,000  300 
Tristan  1,119,500  188 
   
Batch 2: 
Name  Your Production of Microplastic  Breathing and Eating 
Prisha  2,890,600  290 
Yashasvi  1,443,100  420 
Caroline  1,890,500  290 
Pauline  2,443,000  290 
Emil  942,500  300 
Felix  3,443,000  310 
Yashila  1,890,600  290 
 
Batch 3: 
Name  Your Production of Microplastic  Breathing and Eating 
Bea  3,000,000  300 
Leah  2,411,000  350 
Elle  890,100  410 
Noah  1,310,100  300 
Evan  1,862,000  300 
Buned  1,943,500  420 
Octave  890,500  300 
 
Batch 4: 
Name  Your Production of Microplastic  Breathing and Eating 
Deeksha  3,891,100  290 
Frederik  1,391,000  300 
Sai  1,443,000  300 
Namaste  1,450,500  300 
Majdi  1,942,500  420 
 
*Please note the fact that this the average for a DAY! 

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Graphs

Production of microplastic particles by the students in S3EN

4,500,000

4,000,000

3,500,000

3,000,000

2,500,000
No. of microplastic particles

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

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Names of the students