Earth Day - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Presentation, Handout, & Assignment: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also called the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a wide range of trash, plastic, chemical sludge, and debris floating together in a large mass in the Pacific Ocean. Use this shocking information to engage your students on Earth Day to encourage them to consider ways to help prevent this disaster from continuing to grow. With the included presentation, handout, and assignment, there will