Plastic Pollution Photo Essay

Veronica Mandella
 Driving Question

How can I use photography to raise

awareness about plastic
pollution in Maui's
surrounding
waters?
 Mentors
● Lily Solano - Maui Huliau Foundation

● Mr. Niko

● My Sister
 Argumentative Essay

Claim
Should Plastic be Banned?

Insights
Learned a great deal about how plastic
pollution is affecting our environment
and how big of an issue it is.

Process
I began my essay by conducting
research, creating an outline, writing a
rough draft, more research, and
completing a final draft.
 Project Vision and Proposal

The product of my project My projects community My plan is to bring more

is a website of the connection is it is awareness about how
pictures I took with educating charter serious of an issue plastic
information informing the students as well as the pollution is
viewer about plastic general public about
pollution and its plastic pollution
environmental impact
Project Processes

01
Researching project ideas
Conducting research on plastic
pollution for my chosen
project
Phases
02
Planning out my project in
greater detail by creating a
mood board and writing
argumentative essay
Began taking and editing
pictures for my project
03
Retook pictures
Began working on final
presentation and website to
showcase my photos
Finalizing project by imputing
all information and pictures
into presentation and website
 Project Reflection
How did this project stretch you?
This project stretched me by teaching me how to
push myself through unexpected setbacks and
make the most out of a bad circumstance.
What skills were challenged and strengthened?
The skills that I found most challenged and
strengthened were Global Awareness and
Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills.
What did you gain from the experience?
I gained the knowledge about how to plan for
creative project, how to push through unexpected
setbacks, and create a detailed schedule to plan
out the completion of a project.
What complications arose?
After taking my first round of photos my memory
card corrupted and I lost all my work, which
resulted in having to retake the photos for my
project.
 Takeaways for the Future

My takeaways for the future from

this project will be how to get
through setbacks and smartly
plan out a project. I also showed
myself how I can push myself
creatively and what I can
achieve.
Acknowledgements
Mr. Niko

Ms. Solano

Sophie Mandella

Ms. Papini

Ms. Getzen
Thank you!
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