Caps Seurat, 2011 60x90" in one panel, and 88x132" in 3 panels. Depicts 400,000 plastic bottle caps, equal to the average number of plastic bottles consumed in the United States every minute. http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#caps-seurat
Return of the Dinosaurs, 2011 44x57" and 60x77", based on a painting by John Sibbick. Depicts 240,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of plastic bags consumed around the world every ten seconds. http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn2/#t-rex
Whale, 2011 44x82", based on a photograph by Bryant Austin. Depicts 50,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans. http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn2/#whale
Gyre, 2009 8x11 feet, in three vertical panels. Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean. http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn2/#gyre
View a short video on the recycling of a plastic bottle (has some commercial feel to video) http://youtu.be/Ppt4iMQ_qt8
Additional Technology Tools and Resources
Web 2.0: Internet-Based tools (free but requires sign up with email).
Create concept or mind maps with Mindmeister [http://www.mindmeister.com/ ]organizing students' brainstorming ideas to generate an overall view of thinking on a topic.