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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

Welcome to Moorea, a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the vast Pacific....

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Corals and Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life,...

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Giant Squid

Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by...

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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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Mutualism and Coral Reefs

This lesson is created to stress the idea of interrelationships among organisms and...

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Coral Reef Relationships

This lesson introduces the idea of interrelationships among organisms and how these...

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Coral Adaptations

In this two-part lesson, students will compare and contrast the adaptive strategies...

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Connected Ecosystems

Students will play a game as a class to learn about living and non-living...

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Food Chain Hide and Seek

Students will play a game in order to learn about predator-prey relationships, a...

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Fish Feeding

In this lesson, students will build upon their understanding of coral reef...