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Lesson context:  To participate in KaAMS students need to understand whether coral reefs are in danger and what the threats to the coral reefs are.  The goal of this lesson is for students to develop an understanding of the threats to coral reefs while creating a flowchart that includes causes and consequence of threats. The understanding of threats to the coral reefs developed in this lesson, will provide a base to investigate the overall problem of evaluating the state of coral reefs in Kailua Bay.

Key science concepts:

  • The threats to the coral reef.
  • Scientific process (finding the causal relationship between the causes and consequences of the threats to the coral reefs).

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Problems addressed in this lesson:

  • What are the main threats to the coral reefs?
  • What are the relationship between the causes of threats and the consequences of those threats?
  • What remedies can we suggest to prevent coral reef destruction?

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FRAME

What is Coral Bleaching?
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
corp_site/bleaching/general_info.html

What is Coral Bleaching?
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
corp_site/bleaching/general_info.html

Examples of bleached coral next to healthy coral (1)
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/
features/coralfeaturetext.htm

Examples of bleached coral next to healthy coral (1)
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/
features/coralfeaturetext.htm

Examples of bleached
coral next to healthy coral (2)
http://www-cies.geog.cam.ac.uk/www-cies/FOCUS/images/Fig3kt.jpg

Examples of bleached coral next to healthy coral (2)
http://www-cies.geog.cam.ac.uk/
www-cies/FOCUS/images/Fig3kt.jpg

General Information about Coral Bleaching

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/
bleaching/general_info.html

General Information about Coral Bleaching

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/
bleaching/general_info.html

Bleached coral contrasted with healthy coral (image at mi

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/
features/coralfeaturetext.htm

Bleached coral contrasted with healthy coral

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/
features/coralfeaturetext.htm

Examples of healthy corals
http://www.reefrelief.org/
Image_archive/healthy/healthy_left.html
   

Examples of healthy corals
http://www.reefrelief.org/
Image_archive/healthy/healthy_left.html
   

Examples of bleached corals (1)
http://www.theonlinedispatch.com/
WorldReports/Bonnielynn/
Harbor%20Island/
Bleached%20Coral.jpg

Examples of bleached corals (1)
 http://www.theonlinedispatch.com/
WorldReports/Bonnielynn/
Harbor%20Island/
Bleached%20Coral.jpg

Examples of bleached corals(2) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
images/bleached1.jpg

Examples of bleached corals(2) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
images/bleached1.jpg

Coral bleaching
http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/bleach.htm

Coral bleaching http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/bleach.htm

Coral reef symbiosis
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
students/coral/coral3.htm

Coral reef symbiosis
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
students/coral/coral3.htm

Symbiotic relationship (zooxanthellae) http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/zooxanth.htm

Symbiotic relationship (zooxanthellae) http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/zooxanth.htm

INFORM

Coral reefs in danger video
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
videos/earth/oceans/index.html

Coral reefs in danger video
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
videos/earth/oceans/index.html

Related story: Earth’s coral reefs in danger
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
earth/features/coral.html

Related story: Earth’s coral reefs in danger
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
earth/features/coral.html

Corals in crisis
Http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Study/Coral/coral2.html

Corals in crisis
Http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Study/Coral/coral2.html

Threats to coral reef
Http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/threats.htm

Threats to coral reef
Http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/threats.htm

Coral reef destruction and conservation
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
students/coral/coral5.htm

Coral reef destruction and conservation
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
students/coral/coral5.htm

EXPLORE

Bombs, poison, and scrapers damage habitats http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/
peril_bombs.html

Bombs, poison, and scrapers damage habitats http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/
peril_bombs.html

Coastal development
http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld018.htm

Coastal development
http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld018.htm

Marine pollution
http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld022.htm

Marine pollution
http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld022.htm

Most reefs within U.S. waters are threatened

http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld035.htm

Most reefs within U.S. waters are threatened

http://www.igc.org/wri/
powerpoints/reefswww/sld035.htm

Hurricanes and Typhoons (read third to the last paragraph) http://www.uvi.edu/coral.reefer/threats.htm 

Hurricanes and Typhoons (read third to the last paragraph) http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/threats.htm
 

Crown of Thorns Starfish (read second to the last paragraph)
http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/threats.htm
  http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/
reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-000.html
  

Crown of Thorns Starfish (read second to the last paragraph) http://www.uvi.edu/
coral.reefer/threats.htm
http://www.aims.gov.au/
pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-000.html
 

Volcanoes (read section toward the bottom of the page entitled, “VOLCANIC IMPACTS ON THE CORAL REEFS”)
http://www.sei.org/impacts.html 

Volcanoes (read section toward the bottom of the page entitled, “VOLCANIC IMPACTS ON THE CORAL REEFS”)
http://www.sei.org/impacts.html 

TRY

NOAA HotSpot satellite derived imagery which covers Maui, Hawaii (21N, 156W) http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/
PSB/EPS/icg/maui0hot.htm

NOAA HotSpot satellite derived imagery which covers Maui, Hawaii (21N, 156W) http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/
PSB/EPS/icg/maui0hot.htm

25 Things you can do to help save coral reefs

http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/
books/reefs/reef1-5.htm

25 Things you can do to help save coral reefs

http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/
books/reefs/reef1-5.htm

Pledge for kids to sign to prevent coral reef destruction
http://planet-hawaii.com/
sos/Coral_Reef_Pledge.jpg

Pledge for kids to sign to prevent coral reef destruction
http://planet-hawaii.com/sos/Coral_Reef_Pledge.jpg

 

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