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Sea Sky: Reef Life

For Students 9th - 10th
The coral reef, its composition and inhabitants are explored here in detail. With additional information about the life that inhabits a coral reef.
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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Fisheries: Elkhorn Coral

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site examines the characteristics, distribution, and threats and concerns related to elkhorn coral.
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Handout
Other

The Belize Zoo: Coral Snake

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of the Coral Snake from the Belize Zoo. Video, and additional photos are linked from the main page.
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Graphic
Other

Map of the Coral Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Handout
Other

Coexploration/life Cycle of Coral

For Students 3rd - 8th
You can see a video clip of the coral life cycle. There are a lot of links to the left of the page.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of the Coral Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary contains interesting information, history, and facts on the Battle of the Coral Sea fought from May 4-8, 1942.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 3: Building a Reef

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how corals grow and reproduce in this lab about the life cycle of corals. During this lab, students will model reef formation. This lab is part of a series of experiments that investigate coral.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 6: Using Data to Identify Hot Spots and Predict Bleaching Events

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that investigates coral. In this particular lab, students look at data to study the concepts of coral bleaching, bleaching hot spots, and degree-heating weeks.
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Website
Other

Reef Base

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a database on coral reefs where you can access coral reef data, take quizzes on corals, view images, get maps of reefs and more.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Beneath the Surface and in Deep Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Rattner's article, "Coral Reefs: Beneath the Surface and In Deep Water" focuses on the wide variety and types of life found on the coral reefs. Several of the types of life discusses include dusky damselfish, fanworm, basslets,...
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Website
Other

The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This page features a taxonomic list of the stony corals(with pictures) observed by the Coral Reef/ Hardbottom Monitoring Project in the Florida Key's National Marine Sanctuary. Site features a toolbar with the latest news in marine...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Coral Reef Goes Digital

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Constant Bloom in Coral Springs: Design Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this how to help yard in the Everglades become more biodiverse.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: The Marvelous Majority

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines a range of invertebrates. Among the invertebrates discussed included are jellyfish, coral, termites, gypsy moths, octopus, crayfish, and more.
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Primary
Other

National Security Agency: A Priceless Advantage [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report written by the NSA on the U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians in the spring of 1942. Very credible and very complete. (Third edition)
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dive Into Worlds Within the Sea

For Students 6th - 8th
Think and Link to investigate three different ecosystem either the deep sea, coral reef or continental shelf. By connecting the dots students make a food chain to see how organisms in each habitat depend on each other.
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Activity
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

University of Texas: Solomon Islands: Political Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A political map of the Solomon Islands in the Coral Sea. An inset shows the islands in relation to other islands in the South Pacific. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Coral Reef

For Students Pre-K - 1st
coral reef
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Coral

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful photo of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Corals are marine animals that play an important role in the formation of large reef sytems.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 8 May 1942.

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Dive Into Worlds Within the Sea

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about three different marine ecosystems: coral reefs, the continental shelf, and the deep sea. Interactive game included, which will help players chart the interrelationships among organisms that live in each ecosystem.
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Unit Plan
King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 5: The Impacts of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the fifth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. Using scientific models, it takes a look at the effects of climate change on different parts of the earth. Five key ideas are explored: polar...
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Other

Air Art Nothwest: The Battle of the Coral Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Air Art Nothwest is a publicity site for a painting about the Battle of the Coral Sea, but contains some interesting information about the battle.

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