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All necessary materials are provided allowing for easy implementation.
The video includes actual footage of coral reefs and research divers which will be engaging for students.
Additional Prerequisites
The worksheet is available as a fillable PDF and as a google doc.
All materials are also available in Spanish.
The activity is designed to fill one 50-minute class period.
Differentiation
The website includes a video of a teacher discussing how they use this resource in their class.
Cross-curricular connections could be made with math classes by further discussing how to analyze graphs and the meaning of slope in real-world contexts, which are both touched on in the worksheet.
Students could research and propose their own plan for how to help restore a coral reef.
