The students are given factual or opinionated statements concerning coral reefs. The focus of the activity is for students to state their response, research the topic and then support what they feel the correct response is based on the research information. The activity can then be expanded to address environmental issues within the students own community. Understands how species depend on one another and on the environment for survival.
Coral reefs are among the world's most fragile and endangered ecosystems.
They are home to a wide variety of marine plant and animal life, some of which has significant medicinal and nutritional importance to numerous communities. Through human carelessness and greed, seventy percent of the world's ecosystems will be killed within our lifetimes if measures are not take to prevent this occurrence. Because of the interrelatedness of our ecosystems, the loss of the coral reefs will have untold effects on the world. Each student has a sheet of paper on a clip board. For a period of 3-5 minutes, every student mills around the room asking the other students what they know about the destruction of or the importantce of coral reefs.