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- Hands on activity
- Introduce a coral reef video/climate change video

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- Discovery video
- VR
- Hands on activity (draw/playdough)

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-Show Finding Nemo to grab attention of students
-This movie can help with the younger grades for instance

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- Bring in fish tank decor to make a touch tank, allow students to interact with tank throughout the day
- Show a coral reef video (short documentary, news, etc)

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-Show videos of healthy coral reefs vs bleached coral reefs, without giving away what is happening
-Gets students to form their questions right away

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Show short videos of the coral reefs from 20 years ago and then some videos from now, and then have students write down the differences and share what they observed.

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- Class videos
- Teacher Guided Google Earth search
- Interactive games
https://www.barrierreef.org/you-can-help/kids

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Kids Corner - Great Barrier Reef Foundation

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Kids Corner is a place to learn more about the Great Barrier Reef through games and activities that bring the Reef to life.

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- Classroom discussions about what Coral Bleaching actually is and how it affects ecosystems which also affects us humans
- Teacher guided class poster that explains coral bleaching

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- Compare & contrast using a Venn diagram (looking at before and after coral bleaching)

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- Have students draw coral reefs before and after bleaching using colors on a worksheet.
- Have students describe their understanding of coral bleaching and how it affects our ecosystem. (Negative affects)

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https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/habitats/coral-reefs
- Google Earth
- Interacting Websites
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Live footage of the Ocean)
- Brainpop video
- Gallery Walk of Healthy vs. Bleached Coral

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Coral reefs | Habitats | Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Built by tiny sea animals, coral reefs are underwater structures bustling with marine life. Learn about coral reef habitats from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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- Share ideas on what they saw and found out through exploration
- Draw or use clay to allow students to sketch or shape what they saw and observed about healthy and bleached corals

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- Students can work in a group and make a there own coral reef (label, define, explain, critique)
- Classroom fish tank/ touch tank (using vocab and previous instruction/knowledge, asking students to create and come up with their own questions)
- Class Barrier Reef Model (students collaborate to create a functioning ecosystem and asked how to keep it healthy)

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-Allowing students to go back on live camera to see coral reef progress
- Done in other areas as well .. making their own, coming up with questions

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- Google earth
-Interactive Coral bleaching
-Secrets of the sea
-Crystal Growing Coral reef kit/project
-Have students come up with their own public awarness campaign. Students will create a poster that educates the public about coral reefs, how human activity impacts the ecosystem,and what can be done to protect the reefs
-Take a virtual tour of the coral reefs.
https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/docs/20210416-flower-garden-banks-activities.pdf

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- use chart paper (or any material to display words around the room) to introduce scientific terms
- have students brainstorm the meaning of the term based on prior knowledge
- allow all students to add their background knowledge to any term
- find which term has the least/most amount of prior knowledge

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Vocab: Coral, Reef, Coral bleaching, Ecosystem
How it is applied to our daily lives: Coral reefs are a part of our world and a valuable part of the ecosystem. They are at risk partly because of the actions of humans and we can all take action and make changes in our daily lives to be kinder to the planet to help preserve them.

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Ask the class questions:
- "What would happen if..."
- "If we did nothing, the future would look like..."
- "If we changed it now, the future would look like..."

Evaluate with:
- Kahoot
- Turn and talk
- Reflect in journals
- Shared google slide that they can put written responses in

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- Secrets of the Sea website
- Students find links that interest them in "Learn" tab
- Form questions about coral reefs and the concept of bleaching

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-Shedd aquarium field trip
- Virtual field trip
-Memory game: http://www.coralfilm.com/fun.html

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Tropical Reef Camera - live underwater video of fish & coral | Explore.org

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Observe the magnificent coral reef ecosystem at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Watch live underwater video of fish, rays, and other incredible sea creatures.

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- Come together as a whole class
- Teacher can have students share what they found and asked if what they learned differs from what they previously thought about coral reefs
- Teacher can formally define coral reefs and bleaching
- They can go back and review the videos they watched in the beginning and the students can now explain what is happening in them

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-share ideas with partners/groups about what students learned
- Have students share with families/adults about what they learned on the field trip

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- Show time-lapse of coral reefs bleaching
- Students apply what they learned from the Secrets of the Sea website to explain the causes of bleaching
- Students can either be given a template or blank coloring sheet of two coral reefs and they need to draw, color, and label each to show one healthy reef and one reef that is bleaching.

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- Teacher can ask students open-ended questions about what people could do to help coral reefs
-  Students could do a public service announcement project in a group using their drawings as visual evidence, giving people tips to help coral reefs.
- Can give feedback to each other- enough background information, good tips

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-students make their own ocean/coral reef (shoebox diorama)
-drawing coral reefs, or painting (sponges)

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Students present their projects in a museum format.
- Half the class sets up their projects/ presents and the other class walks around and looks at them and asks questions
-Then switch
-This allows for students to ask questions for deeper understanding and give feedback to one another

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Students will explore different reefs through technology. Students will explore why the coral reefs are dying and they will work in a small group to explore a solution to solving the problem. Virtual field trip to explore coral reefs or a real life field trip to an aquarium to meet with someone and explore coral.

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The teacher can define what bleaching is as well as what climate change is and how it's effecting the coral reefs. Students will explain their findings and their solutions with peers.

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- will create a visual aid of both before and after bleaching (clay/playdough model ect.)
- elaborate on their solutions to the problem using what they have learned

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-Have students walk around the classroom and compare other students models
- Discuss an opened ended question about why we think these things are happening with the coral reefs all over the world and then brainstorm possible solutions to how to solve the problem