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  • Splash – Monitoring Humpback Whales

    / NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Program/National Geographic

    Students learn the importance of monitoring endangered marine mammals like humpback whales and how monitoring can help marine conservation efforts.

    For more information:
    http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education and
    http://www.ngsednet.org/community/index.cfm?community_id=128.

    Grades: 6-8

  • 1st Grade Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education Curriculum

    / Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education

    These multidisciplinary lessons and activities include “What do scientists do?”, “What is a coral reef?” and “Fish Feeding.” For more information and to download the lesson plans and activities, go to http://mcr.lternet.edu/education/.

    Grades: K-2

  • 4th Grade Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education Curriculum

    Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education / Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education

    These life science lessons and activities are about food chains and ecosystems and include “Food Chain Hide and Seek,” “Connected Ecosystems” and “In Hot Water.” For more information and to download the lesson plans and activities, go to http://mcr.lternet.edu/education/.

    Grades: 3-5

  • 7th Grade Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education Curriculum

    / Moorea Coral Reef LTER Education

    These life science lessons and activities are about coral reefs and evolution and include “What is Coral?”, “Coral Adaptations,” and several on symbiotic relationships. For more information and to download the lesson plans and activities, go to http://mcr.lternet.edu/education/.

    Grades: 6-8

  • Introduction to Coral Reefs

    / NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

    Students will identify the relative depth of corals in the ocean by observing the behavior of cold and warm saltwater in an experiment. Students will gain a global understanding of coral reef life by reading for information and creating a model of a reef. For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov/.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • Symbiosis and Coral Anatomy

    / NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

    Students read and then present to the class about different types of symbiosis. They are then introduced through a PowerPoint presentation to the coral-zooxanthellae relationship. For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit  http://coralreef.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching

    / NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

    Students will learn about the anatomy of coral bleaching, how ocean temperature increase can be a cause of coral bleaching and will try to predict general areas likely to be affected by coral bleaching by interpreting sea surface temperature data.

    For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • Life of a Coral Reef Fish

    Barbara McDaniel / COSEE – Central Gulf of Mexico

    To synthesize a lesson on coral reefs, students write first person narratives as though they were reef organisms including their daily lives and the threats facing themselves and their communities.

    Grades: 6-8

  • Caribbean Coral Reef and Climate Case Study

    / NOAA Ocean Service

    Through a case study and related activities, students learn where coral reefs are found and what conditions are necessary for their survival.

    For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education.

    Grades: 6-8

  • Coral Conservation

    / NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

    Students will learn about the natural and human threats to coral reefs including destructive fishing practices.

    For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 3-5, 6-8

  • Who Has the Data?

    / NOAA Ocean Service

    Students learn what types of data scientists collect to monitor coral reefs, and how these data are used.

    For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

    / NOAA Ocean Service

    Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what can be done to protect them from major threats.

    For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • A Reef of Your Own

    / NOAA Ocean Service

    Students learn what physiological, ecological, and behavioral strategies contribute to the success of reef-building corals.

    For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • Caution! Do Not Bleach

    / NOAA Ocean Service

    Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what possible explanations are for the phenomenon known as “coral bleaching.”

    For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

    Grades: 9-12

  • The Pros and Cons of Artificial Reefs

    / National Geographic Xpeditions

    Students make hypothetical lists of the pros and cons of artificial reefs and then revise them after reading an article and researching the topic.

    Grades: 9-12