The Magic of Coral Elementary Lesson Plan

• This lesson plan and supporting materials cover the importance and benefits of coral, coral bleaching, coral ecosystems, and how human activity impacts coral. 
• This resource includes the main lesson, which can be completed in a single class session, as well as three optional extension lessons. 

Positives

• The materials included with this lesson are beautifully designed and well researched. 
• The inquiry-based design of the lesson and materials will be engaging for learners at a variety of levels and abilities.
• The teacher notes that accompany each slide are thorough and will help teachers deliver an engaging learning experience.

Additional Prerequisites

• The activities in the second and third optional extension slides would work best in an upper elementary setting and require students to log in to Adobe with school email addresses. 
• The video on slide 10 of the main lesson contains text with no audio narration, so teachers with younger students may want to pause the video throughout to read the text aloud.

Differentiation

• For a cross-curricular connection, this resource would pair well with informative writing in a language arts classroom, where students can harness their learning in the brainstorming and drafting phases of writing. 
• Before beginning the lesson, teachers could post each of the questions on a poster around the room and have students write and post their answers on post-it notes. As the lesson progresses, have students revisit and revise their original answers. 
• Other related resources include this lesson and activity about coral reefs and climate change, this game about animals and their habitats, and this video about coral reefs and human activity. 

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