Why Bold Action Is Needed to Save the World's Coral Reefs

• This video emphasizes the importance of protecting coral reefs. 
• Students learn the importance of mitigating climate change, preventing coral bleaching, and conserving coral reefs. 

Positives

• It contains text that enhances understanding of the video.
• It explains how ocean warming, pollution, and acidification affect coral reefs and why we are running out of time to prevent a complete loss of corals globally.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with coral reefs.
• Pausing the video during the text portions may ensure all students are able to read it in time.
  

Differentiation

• Teachers could use this to demonstrate the extent to which climate change affects ecosystems. 
• Teachers could play this video and then conduct a group activity asking students to provide 3 steps to preserve coral reefs.
• Teachers could use this video to explain coral reef bleaching to 6-8th graders.
• For more resources on coral reefs, click here, here, here and here.
• For a lesson plan on Ocean acidification. click here.
• For an StC lesson plan on carbon cycle and the ocean, click here.
  

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