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Oceans of Trouble

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Middle schoolers investigate the illegal and legal nuclear waste dumping activities by various nations, including the United States. The effects of nuclear waste dumping in oceans and in coastal areas that share ecosystems with ocean life is explored in this les

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Grade
6th - 8th
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Science
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