Ohio Train Derailment Live Class

Ohio Train Derailment

​Today, we will discuss the Ohio train derailment that occurred on Februrary 3, 2023.

We will consider the impacts that it had on communities and ecosystems.

​Have you heard about this tragic event?

What do you know about it?

​Consider living in the small town where this train derailed. What questions would you want to know? How would you feel?

​How could this event affect plants and animals that live in Ohio?

​Buckeye Tree (state tree of Ohio)

​Walleye (state fish)

​Walleye are excellent eating fish!

Would you want to eat a walleye that was swimming in polluted water?

Maybe it would give you a superpower?

Poll

Would you return to your home one week after the derailment and spill?  

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• Yes

• No

​Who should clean this mess up?

​Do you feel that what the EPA is requiring Norfolk Southern to do is enough?

Should there be harsher penalties, or are the penalties already to harsh?