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Exploring the Tiny World of Microplastics in Your Own “Lab”
Frontiers for Young Minds2024
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Sedat Gündoğdu,
Jordi Colomer,
Teresa Serra,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Teresa Serra,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Teresa Serra,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Teresa Serra,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Teresa Serra,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Teresa Serra,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Jordi Colomer,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Milica Velimirović,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Milica Velimirović,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Ivar Zekker,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Aleksandra Tubić,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Teresa Serra,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Teresa Serra,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Stefania Federici
Ivar Zekker,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Jordi Colomer,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Jordi Colomer,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Jordi Colomer,
Ivar Zekker,
Stefania Federici
Teresa Serra,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Teresa Serra,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Jordi Colomer,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Ivar Zekker,
Ivar Zekker,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Jordi Colomer,
Jordi Colomer,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Jordi Colomer,
Teresa Serra,
Teresa Serra,
Milica Velimirović,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Stefania Federici
Milica Velimirović,
Stefania Federici
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Milica Velimirović,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Jordi Colomer,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Milica Velimirović,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Aleksandra Tubić,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Milica Velimirović,
Aleksandra Tubić,
Stefania Federici
Aleksandra Tubić,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Milica Velimirović,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Stefania Federici
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Nanna B. Hartmann,
Milica Velimirović,
Stefania Federici
Aleksandra Tubić,
Sedat Gündoğdu,
Stefania Federici
Stefania Federici
Aleksandra Tubić,
Milica Velimirović,
Stefania Federici
Summary
This is an educational science article written for young readers that introduces what microplastics are, where they come from, and how scientists detect them, and walks readers through a simple at-home experiment to find microplastics themselves. It is not a primary research study; it is outreach content aimed at building science literacy around plastic pollution.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that result from the breakdown of larger plastic objects, such as water bottles, shopping bags, food containers, and many other types of waste. Microplastics can be as small as a bacterial cell or as big as a grain of rice. Microplastics exist in many different shapes: some are round and smooth while others are in the shape of fibers or fragments. Scientists have known about microplastics in nature since the 1970s, but lately they are finding these tiny plastics almost everywhere they look—in the air, lakes, rivers, oceans, on land, and even in remote places like Arctic lakes and snow! In this article, we will show you the hidden universe of microplastics, cool tools scientist use to analyze them, and show how you can do your own experiment to analyze microplastics from a nearby beach.