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Steve Palumbi & Megan Morikawa: Coral Reef Damage in Samoa
Provided by: BioInteractive |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 9-12
Synopsis
- In this activity, students watch a video to learn about the work of biologists Steve Palumbi and Megan Morikawa, who study coral reefs.
- Students complete a worksheet where they answer questions about the video and practice analyzing ocean temperature data.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: BioInteractive
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Languages: English, Spanish
Teaching Materials
Positives
- All necessary materials are provided allowing for easy implementation.
- The video includes actual footage of coral reefs and research divers which will be engaging for students.
Additional Prerequisites
- The worksheet is available as a fillable PDF and as a google doc.
- All materials are also available in Spanish.
- The activity is designed to fill one 50-minute class period.
Differentiation
- The website includes a video of a teacher discussing how they use this resource in their class.
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with math classes by further discussing how to analyze graphs and the meaning of slope in real-world contexts, which are both touched on in the worksheet.
- Students could research and propose their own plan for how to help restore a coral reef.
- Other activities by Biointeractive on the topic of coral reefs are Interactive Exploration of Coral Bleaching, Resistance to Coral Bleaching, and Coral Reefs and Global Warming.
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