NOAA
Noaa: Restoration of Coral Ecosystems
The Coral Reef Restoration Center provides reasons why coral reefs are being destroyed, current or recent restoration activities, and future restoration efforts.
Other
Reef Relief
Reef Relief is a nonprofit organization that seeks to preserve and protect living coral ecosystems. Learn more about coral and why it needs to be saved.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Coral Reef Biome
Kids learn about the coral reef biome. Much of ocean life lives in this important aquatic ecosystem.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Corals and Coral Reefs
Discover interesting facts about coral reefs and what corals eat.
Other
Reef Base
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.
Bagheera
Bagheera: Coral Reefs
This site highlights the coral reefs as a fragile and endangered ecosystem. Content includes a focus on the causes of endangerment and efforts to conserve these robust habitats.
Australian Museum
Great Barrier Reef
A short description of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Included are pictures and a map. Learn what makes up a coral reef and the two different types.
NASA
Climate Kids: 10 Interesting Things About Ecosystems
Discover 10 interesting things about ecosystems, including features of coral reefs, rainforests, deserts, grasslands, freshwater ecosystems, the tundra, the ocean floor, wetlands, boreal forests and big cities.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Dive Into Worlds Within the Sea
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.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Dive Into Worlds Within the Sea
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Coastal Ecosystems
Students are introduced to the various marine environments, their unique formations, origin and identifying characteristics.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About the Marine Biome
Describes the characteristics of the marine biome, the plants and animals that live in each of the four ocean zones, coral reefs and estuaries, the climate of the marine biome, and the marine food web.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: World Biomes and Ecosystems
Kids learn about the world's biomes and ecosystems. The network of life and biodiversity needed for all to survive.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Portal, You Navigate
Delight in the fresh colors, sights, and sounds on this dynamic site on the ocean. Major categories consist of Ocean Life & Ecosystems, The Ocean Over Time, Ocean Science, and The Ocean and You. New information on sharks, a slideshow...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit
Take an online tour of the Smithsonian's "Exploring Marine Ecosystems" exhibit. Learn about coral reefs and look behind the scenes as scientists maintain the model ecosystems.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Oceans of the World
A set of illustrated fact pages, and some activity sheets, on coral reefs, tidal pools, and ocean ecosystems. Find maps, graphic organizers, and a movie link to tidal zones. Hyperlinks to specialized vocabulary words are also provided....
abcteach
Abcteach: Habitats and Biomes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find a variety of activities for children to do as they learn to identify varying habitats and biomes. Included are links to an even more extensive list of resources under coral reef, desert, grassland,...
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Nature Lab
These wonderful virtual field trips allow young scholars to explore a coastal rain forest or the coral reefs in the Dominican Republic, and so much more.
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Coastal Ocean Biome
Learn about the coastal ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
University of Florida
South Florida Aquatic Environments: Florida Keys: About the Keys
The Florida Museum of Natural History offers an excellent review of the reefs, mangrove and seagrass habitats of the Florida Keys. Spend some time learning about this unique location.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Aquatic Biomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Silurian Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Silurian Period that covers topics such as life in the seas, invasion of land, fossil evidence, and climate and geology.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Australia: How Do Environments Affect Living Things?
Noah lives near the Great Barrier Reef. Go explore this diverse habitat with him.