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Coral Bleaching

Lesson Plan: Coral Bleaching  

Links to the materials included in the lesson plan

• Teacher Guides
  • Guide to Instruction (pdf)
  • Quizizz (pdf) and Edpuzzle (pdf)
  • Expanded Essential Questions (pdf)
• W1D1 Why are coral reefs important?
  • Quizizz W1D1 and EdPuzzle W1D1
  • Video: Why are coral reefs so important? [1:27]
  • Reading: The importance of coral reefs
  • Worksheet W1D1 (pdf)(ppt)
  • Personal EQs W1D1 (pdf)(ppt)
• W1D2 Coral reef bleaching
  • Quizizz W1D2 and EdPuzzle W1D2
  • Video: Coral Bleaching 101 [4:14]
  • Personal EQs W1D2 (pdf)(ppt)
• Deep Dive with Nate
  • Video: Nutrient Cycling and Symbiosis [5:46]
  • Video: Corals and Bleaching [6:58]
• W1D3 Coral reef bleaching,  cont'd
  • Quizizz W1D3
  • Group EQs W1D3 (pdf)(ppt)
• W1D4 Why Aiptasia?
  • Quizizz W1D4 and EdPuzzle W1D4
  • Video: Meet Aiptasia [2:18]
  • Personal EQs W1D4 (pdf)(ppt)
• W1D5 Test
  • Quizizz W1D5
• Research Project Guide (pdf)
• W2D1 Aiptasia as model organisms
  • Quizizz W2D1 and EdPuzzle W2D1
  • Video: Aiptasia Pallida as a Model System [12:03]
  • Student Slides Step #1 (ppt)
• Deep Dive with Nate
  • Video: Aiptasia the model [6:22]
  • Video: Aiptasia project and data [7:16]
• W2D2 Aiptasia as model organisms, cont'd
  • EdPuzzle W2D2
  • Student Slides Step #2 (ppt)
• W2D3 Energy Transformation
  • EdPuzzle W2D3
  • Student Slides Step #3 - Article Review (ppt) or Live Animal (ppt)
• W2D4 Sample Projects
  • Quizizz W2D4
  • Article Review sample project (pdf)
  • Live Animal sample project (pdf)
• Career Connections
  • Researcher Bio: Nate Kirk (pdf)
• W2D5 Test
  • Quizizz W2D5
• W3D1 Symbiotic Relationships
  • Quizizz W3D1
  • EdPuzzle W3D1
  • Video: The Coral and the Algae [3:16]
  • Personal EQs W3D1 (pdf)(ppt)
• W3D2 Energy Transfer
  • Quizizz W3D2 and EdPuzzle W3D2
  • Video: Energy Transformation [2:20]
  • Personal EQs W3D2 (pdf)(ppt)
• W3D3 Photosynthesis
  • Quizizz W3D3 and EdPuzzle W3D3
  • Video: Photosynthesis [7:58]
  • Personal EQs W3D3 (pdf)(ppt)
  • Group EQs W3D3 (pdf)(ppt)
• Deep Dive with Nate
  • Video: Photosynthesis [7:40]
• W3D4 Elaborate
  • Quizizz W3D4
  • Reading: Who controls whom: Algae or sea anemone?
  • Worksheet W3D4 (pdf)(ppt)
• W3D5 Evaluate
  • Quizizz W3D5
  • Summative Performance Assessment (ppt)(pdf)
  • Annotated Abstract (pdf)
• Reference
  • Presnell et al, 2022 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12770

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