FOR STUDENTS
Coral Crossword Puzzle (60kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary and middle school, but fun for all ages if you like word games (key included)
Coral Word Search (60kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary and middle school, but fun for all ages if you like word searches (key included)
Critter Collage (4.7MB pdf)
- fun for all ages; highlights some species seen in the sanctuary
Day & Night Activity (1.9MB pdf)
- designed for primary grades
Charismatic Megafauna
of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (220kb pdf)
- Coloring page
Coral Polyp Diagram (212kb pdf) - Coloring page depicts a coral polyp reproducing by splitting into two separate polyps
Kids Corner - Coral (432kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary
Zooxanthellae Words (80kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary and middle school, but fun for all ages if you like word games (key included)
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FOR TEACHERS
Adaptations from the Depths: Octopus
(288kb pdf)
- a curriculum based on the 5E model that takes elementary students through a variety of exploratory activities to learn more about adaptations of the octopus
Adaptations from the Depths: Octopus Handouts
(188kb pdf)
- a master set of handouts from the Octopus Adaptations curriculum.
Coral Cores Activity (1.7MB pdf)
- looks at the growth pattern of corals and how this helps us with paleoclimatology
Coral Spawning Globe (224kb pdf)
- reverse snow globe that models spawning on the reef
Gulf of Mexico Watershed Activity
(408kb pdf)
- highlights the large size of the Gulf of Mexico's watershed (with answer key)
Secrets of the Gulf Activity 3: Coral Construction (2.8MB pdf)
- an Immersion Presents activity that models the beginning of reef formation at the Flower Garden Banks
Secrets of the Gulf Activity 5: Manta Mysteries (3MB pdf)
- an Immersion Presents activity that helps students understand the challenges of identifying and tracking sea animals
Secrets of the Gulf Standards and Correlations (256kb pdf)
- an Immersion Presents document identifying national standards and correlations in the Secrets of the Gulf activities
Stetson Monitoring Activity (444kb pdf)
- looks at changes over time in the coral/sponge habitat of Stetson Bank. Requires a series of photo images available on the Stetson Bank Monitoring Images web page.
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TEACHER WORKSHOPS
No workshop documents available at this time.
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