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Coral Reefs: Photoquadrats on a Transect - COSEE Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Lesson Plan
Summary
Students will use pictures of a coral reef transect to graph the percentage of cover for that section of reef.
National Science Education Standards(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and ProcessesSystems, order, and organizationEvidence, models, and explanationConstance, change, and measurement9-12 A Science as InquiryAbilities necessary to do scientific inquiryUnderstandings about scientific inquiry9-12 C Life ScienceInterdependence of organismsMatter, energy, and organization in living systems9-12 F Science in Personal and Social PerspectivesEnvironmental qualityNatural and hum-induced hazardsOcean Literacy Essential Principles (
PDF booklet): 5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems (concepts a, c)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (
book link): Chapter 5, 6 and 7
A Survey of Life in the Sea
Chapter 16
Marine Ecosystems 16:23-29
Chapter 18
Pollution and the Health of the Ocean
45 mins
Size Selective Predation - COSEE Coastal Trends
Lesson Plan
Summary
Students explore the mechanisms of prey size and the method of how predators capture prey.
45 mins