Explore the efforts of each government organization for preserving the coral reefs.

Break students into three stakeholder groups and assign each group to the role of a government organization involved in the Executive Order 13178 (2000 year): Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

• Group 1: Federal Government:
• President.
• Department of Interior
• Department of Commerce
• Department of State
• Group 2: State Government
• Hawaii Governor
• Government in the state of Hawaii
• Group 3: Government agencies
• NASA
• NSF
• EPA

Ask students to think about the following questions and  complete the Activity Sheets:  Exploring the Government’s efforts in establishing the Executive Order

• What are the reasons to establish the EO for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reefs?
• What are the roles of your group?
• What efforts did your group undertake to preserve the coral reefs?

Ask each group to present their main roles and efforts of the government organizations that they investigated .