TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Beautiful Math of Coral
A science writer re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation. [15:32]
Climate Literacy
Clean: Coral Bleaching: A White Hot Problem
Students investigate coral bleaching using water temperature data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Then they learn about the habitat of corals, the stresses on coral populations, and the impact of increased sea surface...
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Your connection to everything related to the Great Barrier Reef. Read the latest news and updates, such as media releases and letters to the editor. View maps that show fishing and boating, tourist spots, and the reef itself.
NOAA
Noaa: Coral Reef Watch: Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring
This site provides a concise explanation of the bleaching process, its effect on corals, and the causes of bleaching.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Earthlabs: Corals Unit Overview
Six lab investigations on corals expose students to some of the most current scientific research, data, and visualizations in a way that allows them to become active participants in both learning about and conserving coral reefs.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is the world's largest coral reef system. The reef is made up of millions and millions of a tiny organism called coral. It is a place where millions of plants...
Texas A&M University
Ocean World: Bringing the Ocean to the Classroom
Online resource for students and teachers to see information on icebergs, fisheries, coral reefs, waves, currents and more. Provides teachers with learning activities. Has its own ask-an-expert site (Ask Dr. Bob), and provides real-time...
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.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Beneath the Surface and in Deep Water
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,...
Other
The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: Home Page
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Coral Reef Goes Digital
[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...
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Brain Coral
Resource presents extensive information about brain coral, including diet, size, range, relatives, conservation, and cool facts.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Reefs
Learn all about the world of reefs by discovering what lives there and where you can find them through pictures, sounds, news, descriptions, and external links.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Welcome to "The Coral Kingdom"
This appealing site contains many wonderful photos of vertebrates, invertebrates, and corals found in the Caribbean Sea, Florida Reef, Pacific Reefs, and Red Sea Reefs.
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.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: The Oceans
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 3: Building a Reef
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.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Fluorescent Coral
Justin Marshall researches fish and invertebrate color vision, color communication, and visual ecology of coral reefs and other habitats. He photographed this fluorescent coral under fluorescent lighting conditions
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.
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 5: The Impacts of Climate Change
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...
NOAA
Noaa: Fisheries: Staghorn Coral
Threats and Concerns, characteristics, and distribution are the topics examined in this informative coral site.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bahamas: Creatures of the Reefs
Biologist Paula Mikkelsen, who studies mollusks among the coral reefs in the beautiful waters of the Bahamas, explains her work.
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