Saving the world’s coral reefs
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Rebuilding reefs."
Educator Guide: Rebuilding Reefs
About this guide
“Rebuilding reefs” explores how scientists are working to save coral reefs. Researchers agree that reefs are under threat because of human activity, including climate change, but different research teams are finding their own unique ways to help reefs recover. In this guide, students can explore ways scientists share information and build on each other’s work, as well as how scientists design experiments and collect evidence to test specific ideas.
This Guide Includes:
Diving in to coral research
Students will search the Science News archives for stories related to coral reef science and coral bleaching.
Corals across the disciplines
These discussion prompts cover coral reproduction, photosynthesis and respiration, greenhouse gases, fluorescence and how communities can minimize their impacts on reefs.
Coral bleaching
Three activities give students the opportunity to use and interpret data to look for patterns in coral bleaching alerts.
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