Why Cruise Ships Are Terrible for the Environment

• This video explains the various effects cruise ships have on the environment.
  
• Students learn how badly cruise ships are affecting the environment and ways to mitigate these effects. 

Positives

• It describes the extent to which cruise ships affect the environment in simple terms.
• It highlights the need for more eco-friendly policies to govern the operations of cruise ships.
• Students learn about Friends of the Earth (FOE).
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with cruise ships and the fact that it is hard to regulate the activities of ships in international waters. 

Differentiation

• Teachers could play this video and then ask different groups to provide 3 ways cruise ships can be more environmentally friendly.
• Click here for a video on ocean acidification, which is also negatively impacting oceans.
  

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