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  • Get Started
    • Food web (TryIt)
    • Climate change (TryIt)
    • Coral types (TryIt)
    • Land sea connection (TryIt)
    • Meet the team
    • For teachers
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  • What is a coral?
    • Common coral forms
    • Fringing reefs
  • What lives on a coral reef?
  • Why are predators important?
    • Food web (TryIt)
  • How are land and sea connected?
    • Land sea connection (TryIt)
  • How do we fish on coral reefs?
    • Hawaiian cowry shell lure
    • Palolo swarm
    • Chamorro acho lure
  • What are some cultural connections?
  • How do we monitor coral reefs?
    • Coral types (TryIt)
    • Coral forms
  • What is climate change?
    • Climate change (TryIt)
    • Impact on culture
    • Issues in the pacific
  • How does climate change affect coral reefs?
    • Future carbon scenarios
  • What do coral reefs look like?
    • Compare all 4 parks
    • NP of American Samoa features
    • NP of American Samoa threats
    • War in the Pacific NHP features
    • War in the Pacific NHP threats
    • Kaloko-Honokohau NHP Features
    • Kaloko-Honokohau NHP Threats
    • Kalaupapa NHP features
    • Kalaupapa NHP threats
  • How can you help coral reefs?
  • Access Classroom Resources
    • Draw a coral reef
    • Polyp pictures
    • Photoquadrats on a transect
    • Village role playing
    • Ocean acidification
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