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NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Education Resource Website

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NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Education Resource Website

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This NOAA website contains resources provided by different conservation organizations, designed for teachers of various grade levels. The resources provided include simulations, animations, images and identification tools, all related to coral reef conservation and education.

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Education Resources

Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.

Whether you are a student working on a school project, a teacher looking for ways to incorporate lessons about coral reefs into your classroom, an informal educator looking for information and activities to include in coral outreach, or just someone wanting to learn more about coral, this section of our website was designed with you in mind. Browse some of our education resources below.

3D Coral Polyp Model: Bring coral education to life with a 3D printed model of a coral polyp. Download the file, get supporting material, and watch a brief video for key points to highlight in your lesson plan.

Ocean Acidification Educational Resources for the Highschool Classroom:This resource contains targeted information on ocean acidification for high school teachers and students, with annotated video presentations, curricula and classroom activities, interactive multimedia, and background materials.

Most corals are made up of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of individual coral polyps, like this one.

SciLinks Coral Tutorial:The tutorial is an overview of the biology of and threats to coral reefs, as well as efforts being made to conserve and protect them. It includes images, animations, and videos.

2008 Coral Reef Educational Resources: This is a collection of coral reef education and outreach materials created by state and federal agencies as well as non-profit organizations that are part of U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. The materials cover a wide-range of topics, including basic coral biology, coral reef ecosystems, human use, threats, and conservation efforts. (Please note that some content included in this collection is no longer maintained and that some links may no longer work.)

Living Oceans Foundation - Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum: The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation developed the curriculum to improve ocean literacy by incorporating marine science into everyday subjects. All of the lessons are aligned to educational standards including the Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and Ocean Literacy Principles.

Discover Coral Reefs - Project WET activity booklet: This ebooklet includes fun, colorful, and informative activities for kids in grade levels K-5. It is available as a PDF and print product. Hard copies are no longer available from NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program.

The Nature Education Knowledge Project: Coral Reefs: This resource provides information on corals and coral reef ecosystems as part of the Nature Education Knowledge Project.

National Geographic Society Resource Library: Coral Reefs: This resource is targeted towards grades 9-12 and higher education students, providing information on the risks to coral reef ecosystems.

Smithsonian Ocean: What is a Coral Reef? For Middle School: This lesson plan is geared towards grades 6-8 and includes in introduction PowerPoint, abiotic/biotic factor cards, student worksheets, and a trophic level PowerPoint.

Smithsonian Ocean: What is a Coral Reef? For Elementary School: This lesson plan is geared towards grades K-2 and includes information for student-led skits.

Discovery Education: Free Lesson Plans - Coral Reefs: These lesson plans are targeted towards grades 6-8 that allow students to research coral reefs and then create books for younger children.

Science Friday: Survey Ecosystem Health on a Virtual Coral Reef: This lesson plan is targeted towards grades 3-8 and includes videos, 360-degree images, audio recordings, and Google street view images to promote discussion.

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NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) - Educational Resrouces

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This NOAA website provides many 15-20 minute activities for teaching children about ocean and wildlife conservation issues, as well as some technological activities, such as rope making.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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This website provides detailed instructional plans for K-5, including a hands-on project that incorporate cross-curricular activities of biology, chemistry, math, poetry, art and engineering.

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Microsoft/BBC: Our Blue Planet Lesson Plan

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Microsoft/BBC: Our Blue Planet Lesson Plan

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This website by Microsoft provides free lesson plans for teachers that teach children about shark locomotion, the depths of the ocean, ocean currents and coral reef formation. Students will develop skills in computer programming, data analysis, construction, and other disciplines.

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Microsoft Education and BBC Learning present four hands-on STEM lesson plans that develop future ready skills.

Build future ready skills

Support writing code, building sensors, creating in 3D, analyzing data, experiencing mixed reality, and reflecting with these four, rich STEM classroom experiences.

Engage students with four big questions: how ocean currents form, how sharks swim, how deep the ocean is and how to craft a coral reef

Spark interest in STEM with Minecraft: Education Edition, Hacking STEM, Microsoft MakeCode, Paint 3D, Remix 3D, and Mixed Reality Viewer to bring these lesson plans to your classroom. Engage students in documenting and reflecting with Office 365 Education tools.

Explore big questions

Build an understanding of ocean-related concepts using physical and digital models in a real-world context enriched by big data.

Build and experiment

Create digital sensors, conduct experiments, and analyze real-time data to develop 21st century technical skills.

Get lesson resources

Utilize the best of Microsoft Education and the BBC Learning resources to customize activities and create lesson reflections.

Start using these free, standards-aligned lesson plans written by teachers for teachers

Each lesson plan explores a scientific phenomenon which focuses on specific learning targets and includes reflection and documentation activities supported by an archive of stills and video clips.

Microsoft Education

Learn more about Microsoft Education.

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BBC Learning: Our Blue Planet - Microsoft Education

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Microsoft Education and BBC Learning present four hands-on STEM lesson plans that develop future ready skills. Support writing code, building sensors, creating in 3D, analyzing data, experiencing mixed reality, and reflecting with these four, rich STEM classroom experiences.

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This website is a culmination of many teacher approved Marine science resources. It contains a plethora of information, designed primarily for high school and advanced levels of education.

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Bridge Results...

The Bridge is sponsored by NOAA Sea Grant and the National Marine Educators Association

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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary

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Bridge Ocean Education Teacher Resource Center

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Bridge Results... The Bridge is sponsored by NOAA Sea Grant and the National Marine Educators Association © Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William and Mary