Welcome to your first mission, special agents. You’ve been selected to join Nurdle Patrol—a team of citizen scientists tracking mysterious plastic pellets called nurdles. In this lesson, you’ll find out what nurdles are, how they’re made, and why they’re showing up in nature. With help from Chief Nurdle Patroller Jace Tunnell, you’ll begin to understand the global problem of plastic pollution. Get ready to accept your mission—and test your skills with the Nurdle Hurdle!

This lesson comes with some printable resources:

• Nurdle Hurdle Race Instructions for Teachers
• Identifying Plastics Exercise
• Plastic Cleanup Exercise
• Plastic Manufacturing Process