Review - Sant Ocean Hall Coral Reef Interactive. Enter the world of an interactive coral reef that is in jeopardy! The coral reef, located in the Caribbean, is now facing a dilemma of increasing tourism and putting the coral reef in jeopardy, or taking away the economic growth that could be possible for the island residents. Choose a character; an owner of a family hotel, a lifelong resident, or a tourist, and make your decision. This engaging interactive, allows you to watch how each perspective affects the coral reef. Additional links listed add a deeper understanding of the problems presented. tag(s): coral (13), ecosystems (76), marine biology (30) In the Classroom Use this interactive coral reef in a study of nonrenewable resources, conservation, or ecosystems.
Coral bleaching-Activities. Lesson Plans - Great Barrier Reef. Grades 9-12 Overview: This lesson will help students understand the environmental importance of coral reefs and the threats to reefs' conservation. Through the process of gathering geographic information about a place (in this case, the Great Barrier Reef ), students will learn how a "geographic focus" can sharpen their insights about a conservation issue. Connections to the Curriculum: Geography, science, English, art Connections to the National Geography Standards: Standard 1: "How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective" Standard 8: "The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface" Standard 14: "How human actions modify the physical environment" Time: Two to three hours Materials Required: Computer with Internet access Atlas or map of Australia Writing and drawing materials, including colored pencils Objectives: Geographic Skills: Opening: Development:
‘What is Coral Bleaching?’ Animation « Archipelago. One of three animated films for schoolchildren, commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Coral Bleaching is complex biological process that has become a ‘hot’ environmental topic, and is a difficult concept to explain in an engaging way. We created a ‘story’ of a coral polyp lifecycle, and a distinctive information-graphic style that allowed us to show the progression of time, as well as highlighting key elements in the scene. Key learning points The reef is made from coralsAlgae called Zooxanthellae provide corals with food and colourZooxanthellae move out if water temperature rises (coral bleaching)Bleached coral may then dieThis is happening more and more as climate warmsWe can help prevent this by acting to slow Global Warming Target audience age: 10-14 yrs*Length: approx 2.5minsSoundtrack: original score by Alan Miller “This is awesome.
It really does an excellent job of explaining Coral Bleaching.” More: About Us - ReefQuest. About ReefQuest Fostering Marine Environmental Stewardship Through Citizen Science ReefQuest was founded by 15-year old Dylan Vecchione and is a 501 c (3) project of Realize What Matters, Arts and Education, Inc. ReefQuest was founded stemming off from Dylan's vision that kids could become marine environmental stewards if they are given the proper tools to do so.
Dylan has witnessed the decline of coral reefs first hand as he returned year after year to Kahekili Reef on Maui, a location he loves and knows under and over the water. Dylan begun his stewardship efforts on behalf of Kahekili Reef, conducting beach "patrols" where he would tell anyone who would listen about the fact that "coral is alive" and urge everyone to participate in engaging in marine and coral preservation efforts. ReefQuest is not just an environmental effort. About the Virtual Reef The central part of ReefQuest's effort is the creation of the Virtual Reef. About Realize What Matters, Arts and Education. Contact Us! Geography Resources: Coral Reef Project. ICRAN. Challenge Activities. Stages-in-mass-coral-bleaching.jpg 903×733 pixels. Climate change and our Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs and Climate Change - Get started - Teach Ocean Science.
Coral Health Chart - CoralWatch. The colour charts are based on the actual colours of bleached and healthy corals. Each colour square corresponds to a concentration of symbionts contained in the coral tissue. The concentration of symbionts is directly linked to the health of the coral. All you have to do is match the colour of the coral with one of the colours in the coral health monitoring chart. You then record the matching colour codes, along with coral type (species if possible), on the website data sheet. Method How to use the Coral Health Chart Choose a random coral.Look down at the coral and select the lightest area, avoiding the tips of branching corals.Hold the colour chart next to the selected area.Rotate chart until you find the closest colour match.Record the matching colour code along with coral type on the data sheet.Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the darkest area of the coral.Continue survey with other corals.When you finish, transcribe your collected data to the website data sheet & submit.
Coral types. Corals of the World - Mass Bleaching. Mass bleaching was first recorded in early 1980 in the Caribbean and surrounding seas (notably in Jamaica and the Bahamas), the far eastern Pacific (Panama and the Galápagos Islands) and in isolated instances in the Pacific (notably French Polynesia and Thailand) and the Great Barrier Reef. There have been seven major bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef, the three spanning the summer seasons of 1981/82, 1997/98 and 2001/02 being the most widespread.
However, it was the 1981/82 mass bleaching event that really drew attention to the association between ocean temperature and bleaching. A community of bleached coral. Photograph: Katharina Fabricius. The 1997/98 mass bleaching event was extraordinarily widespread. On the Great Barrier Reef, this mass bleaching coincided with the highest sea surface temperatures ever recorded. A bleached Porites colony several hundred years old. The third major mass bleaching event took place in 2001/02, again affecting many countries. J.E.N.
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