EXPLORE

Teacher Activities
  
Student Activities

EXPLORE the important questions based on the given roles.

Prompt students to think about why different perspectives are required to answer the above-stated questions

Break students into groups assign each group to different roles.

 

Have students brainstorm their roles in each group

  • What is your assigned role in your group?
  • What does a commercial fisher/ a coastal developer/ an ocean tourist/ coral reef ecologist do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Circulate around to the group and ask question about why it is important to know about the coral reefs, what problem they need to address regarding the coral reef problem, and what actions they need to address the problem based on their roles.

  

Student activity:

 

 

  • Assign each group to different roles as a commercial fisher, a coastal developer, an ocean tourist, or a coral reef ecologist.

Each group explores the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Fact Sheet website and related websites and record their responses to the questions on the activity sheet

 

 

Sample students responses

  • A commercial fisher: catches ocean fish and other marine life using nets, cages, and other devices.
  • A coastal developer: develops luxury hotels, championship golf courses, tennis courts, conference rooms, residential resort homes, etc
  • An ocean tourist: experiences the beauty of the ocean environment, to engage in recreational activities including diving, snorkeling, and boating
  • A coral reef ecologist: studies the relationship between organisms and their environments. Coral reefs are very closely tied to their surrounding environment.

 

Each group explores the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Fact Sheet website and related websites and record their responses to the questions on the activity sheet (See Activity sheet: Exploring the different perspectives to the coral reef problem? PS-3)

 

 

Research Background