TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Secret Lives of Baby Fish
The larvae of coral reef fish are capable of drifting thousands of miles on ocean currents, far from the reefs where they were born. Amy McDermott describes how these tiny trekkers travel across vast oceans, searching for the far-flung...
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Canoemates by Kirk Munroe
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades by Kirk Munroe (1892), a novel about the Florida Reef and the Everglades.
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.
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National Aquarium: Humphead Wrasse [Aka Napoleon Wrasse]
Brief data and beautiful photographs of the Humphead or Napoleon wrasse, a large fish that lives in the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Australia: Senses: Observation of Unfamiliar Things
Join Sophie in her snorkeling shop from where she explores the Great Barrier Reef. Help her use her five senses to sort the items in her shop.
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,...
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....
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.
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Sea Sky: Explore the Sea
Climb aboard this submarine and explore the sea. This site has pictures and information about the oceans, coral reefs, as well as famous explorers of the deep. You can also play interactive games.
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Florida International University: Medina Aquarius Program
The official site for an underwater ocean laboratory located near the Florida Keys. Information about the lab and its work, as well as ocean and coral reef info for teachers and students. Includes photos, lesson plans, and links to other...
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Marine Biology: Coral Reef Fish Ecology
Provides information about larval recruitment and other aspect of fish reproduction.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Understanding Ocean Acidification
The following is a series of 5 activities regarding ocean acidifcation Students will learn about rising Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, climate change, ocean reefs, marine calcifers and ocean pH.
Climate Literacy
Clean: A Global Issue: The Impacts of Climate Change
This is instructional activity five of a 9-instructional activity module. Activity explores the effects of climate change on different parts of the Earth system and on human well-being: polar regions, coral reefs, disease vectors,...
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.
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.
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...
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Giant Octopus
A slideshow of captioned photographs of the giant octopus, with links to a video of feeding time in the giant octopus tank and to other animals from the deep reef--the sheep crab, wolf-eel, and lingcod.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Rocky Reef on the Sea Shore
An image of "Rocky Reef on the Sea Shore", created by Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1824 (Oil on canvas, 22 x 31 cm).
PBS
Nova Teachers: Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef: Classroom Activity
This activity involves having students classify nine fish according to various physical characteristics. They can also develop a key to identify the fish.
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Jeff's Coral Reef Gallery: Tunicates
This excellent underwater photo of a tunicate includes a short but informative description of tunicates in general (also known as "sea squirts").
Other
Reef Quest: So You Wanna Be a Shark Biologist
If becoming a shark biologist is your dream, check out this article on how to break into the field, written by a real shark biologist.
Other
Story Weaver: Dive!
This short book follows a pair of divers as they explore ocean life that lives amongst the coral reefs. More information on the flora and fauna found in this area can be found at the end of the book.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Lionfish
Kids learn about the Lionfish, beautiful but poisonous reef fish with stripes.
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