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Student Activities
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These are short, fun and educational classroom activities that can be used to complement the lesson plans listed above, or can be used as stand-alone activities. This list includes coloring pages, crossword puzzles, jeopardy games, simple experiments and physical activities that introduce students to marine concepts and issues.
Each student activity is available as a pdf download in the table below. Supplemental materials are also identified and linked for select student activities. File size is listed for each downloadable file; links with no file size listed are not file downloads.
Name | Summary | Group/Org. |
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A list of web resources that contain lesson plans and
activities for K-5 educators. |
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative |
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45 Additional High School Activities (103 kb) |
A list of web resources that contain lesson plans and
activities for 9-12 educators. |
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative |
A list of web resources that contain lesson plans and
activities for 6-8 educators. |
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative | |
Adaptations from Depths (285 kb) |
This curriculum takes elementary students through a variety
of exploratory activities to learn more about animal
adaptations, specially those of the octopus. |
NOAA | Broadcast Spawning in Corals (134 kb) |
A classroom activity to answer the question: Do corals gain
some advantage by spawning all at once? |
NOAA |
Climate Change & Coral Activities (111 kb) |
Simple classroom experiments for teachers on ocean acidification (using dry ice), thermal expansion, and rising seas. |
NOAA |
Coral Construction (1.78 mb) |
Several illustrated activities of varying levels of difficulty to build coral models, highlighting the Flower Garden Banks. |
NOAA |
Coral Cores (1.67 mb) |
Using coral cores to understand coral growth and how it can be used to study climate change. Includes sample images. |
NOAA |
Coral Critters Collage (472 kb) |
A colorful coral reef poster identifying and describing
animals. |
NOAA |
Coral Crossword (59 kb) |
Find names of species found in the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary. |
NOAA |
Coral Reef Jeopardy – PDF (131 kb) |
A fun way to test your knowledge of coral reef environments. Note: click on squares on the game board page to show questions. Hit the forward arrow key to advance to the answer. Click 'home' icon on the answer page to return to the game board. |
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative |
Coral Reef Jeopardy - Powerpoint (320 kb) |
A fun way to test your knowledge of coral reef environments. Note: in presentation mode, click on squares on the game board slide
to show questions. Click on forward arror at bottom of screen or hit forward arrow key to advance to the answer. Click 'home' icon on answer slide to return to game board. |
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative |
Coral Reef Scene Coloring Sheet (217 kb) |
A one-page drawing with inhabitants of the coral reefs. |
NOAA |
Coral Spawning Globe (55 kb) |
A classroom activity to simulate coral spawning. |
NOAA |
Coral Word Search (58.4 kb) |
Find names of species found in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. |
NOAA |
Day/Night Activity (261 kb) |
Cut-out to identify when marine animals are active. |
NOAA |
Egg Carton Coral Activity (134 kb) |
Build coral polyp models out of egg cartons. |
New England Aquarium |
Hawaii Sea Creatures Matching Game (192 kb) |
This children's activity introduces sea creatures found in the diverse coral reef ecosystem of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. |
NOAA |
Kid's Corner (433 kb) |
A one-page fun introduction to corals for young children. |
NOAA |
Manta Mysteries (2.71 mb) |
Students play a game to stimulate the identification of manta rays in the field. Focus questions include: What are some of the advantages of using acoustic tags to track manta rays? |
NOAA |
NWHI Reef Coloring Pages (404 kb) |
Five pages of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) ecosystems to color! |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Reserve |
NWHI Word Hunt (34 kb) |
Hunt for words relating to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). |
Waikiki Aquarium |
Use real data and satellite images on sea surface temp and
Degree Heating Weeks for Caribbean coral hotspots to
'predict' bleaching for the 2005 summer. Answers provided! |
NOAA | Why Is Hawai`i's Ocean Important? (2.79 mb) |
This children's activity book teaches students about Hawai`i's ocean, coral reef ecosystems, and the animals that live
there. |
NOAA |
Zooxanthellae Word Game (80 kb) |
How many words can you find in "zooxanthellae"? |
NOAA |
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