EDUCATION - STUDENT DOCUMENTS
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 (2MB pdf)
- fun for all ages; highlights some species seen in the sanctuary
Day & Night Activity (4.4MB 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 (10MB 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)
EDUCATION - TEACHER RESOURCE DOCUMENTS
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 (72kb pdf)
- reverse snow globe that models spawning on the reef
Gulf of Mexico Watershed Activity
(27.3MB pdf - long download)
- highlights the large size of the Gulf of Mexico's watershed (with answer key)
Gulf of Mexico Watershed Map (13.1MB pdf)
- a print out of just the U.S. watershed map from the Watershed Activity, without the states labeled
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
EDUCATION - TEACHER WORKSHOP DOCUMENTS
Corals to Classrooms 2008 TMEA Workshop Registration (76kb pdf)
-basic workshop information and registration form for April 25-27, 2008
