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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coral Reefs, Polyps and Heads

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore coral communities. They explore a coral polyp and build a coral head.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Feeding in the Flow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine current flow and describe ways in which it may effect food of reef building corals.  In this coral lesson students identify two environmental factors that may affect the morphology.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this simple animals instructional activity, students review the characteristics of sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and roundworms. This instructional activity has 12 matching questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cnidarians

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cnidarians worksheet, students will read 4 descriptions and identify each as either the polyp or medusa form of cnidarian. Then students will complete 3 short answer questions about the characteristics of cnidarians. Finally,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make an Edible Coral Reef

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create an edible coral reef out of food and candy. In this Science lesson plan, students explore what a coral reef is and the coral reef's importance to the ecosystem.  Additionally, students discover the different parts of a...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 2: Anatomy of Coral

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that investigates coral. In this activity, students will use a microscope to examine the feeding behavior of a hydra, a fresh-water relative of coral. They will also observe the characteristic...
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Website
American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society: Colorectal Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
After reading about the functions and jobs of a healthy colon and rectum, read about what happens when these parts of the human body become afflicted with cancer.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Cnidarians

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses characteristics of cnidarians like jellyfish and corals.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Portuguese Man of War O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Turn over this interactive card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about the Portuguese man-of-war, such as its diet, habitat, and physical characteristics.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to the Hydrozoa

For Students 9th - 10th
This California State University Berkeley site offers a brief introduction to the hydrozoa.