Positives

• The video portrays several Indigenous people as local environmental heroes for their efforts to rid the area of crown-of-thorns sea stars and create coral gardens designed to replenish diminishing coral reefs.
• Although centered on survival and environmental hazards, the video ends by giving hope for the future.
• Teachers can easily share the video in a Google Classroom, via social media, or as a link provided to students learning virtually.
• The resource includes support questions, activities, and a printable world map.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• There are times when the closed-captioning overlaps another version of closed-captioning embedded in the video itself.
• Students should have prior knowledge of both climate change and global warming.
• Teachers and students will need internet access.

• There is a lesson plan available for this Adaptation Series.

Differentiation

• The video discusses the use of organic compost in food gardens, so science teachers may wish to have a class discussion defining organic compost and researching its benefits.
• People in the video use scuba diving as a beneficial way to navigate the underwater world of the coral reef, so teachers can have students investigate how long a person can stay submerged with one tank of oxygen.
• English teachers can have students research coral reefs and the dangers they face due to climate change.
• This video may be a comforting follow-up to a lesson or reading about coral bleaching, as it shows coral regeneration.