Partner up and share the duties here in this in-depth look at coral reefs.  Each duo should pick two roles and complete the assignment for each.  Combine your work (of course you should put your name on your own work) and submit your answers via e-mail or hand write it and submit in class. Make sure you both get a copy of each others answers.

Research Questions for the Marine Biologist

1. What animals live in and around the reef? Identify, visually represent, and research eight.

2. How do these animals contribute within the ecosystem?

3. Assess the importance of some of these animals outside of the ecosystem.

4. Choose three animals and justify why it is so important that each be saved from extinction.

 

Internet Sites

For the Internet portion of your WebQuest, you will follow these links specifically chosen for your topic.

Ocean Planet http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_immunity.html

Sea World www.seaworld.org

Diving Bonaire http://www.interknowledge.com/bonaire/bondiv01.htm

Marine Sanctuary http://wave.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/nmsp/nmsfloridakeys.html

Marine Invertebrates of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/inverts/inverts.htm

Marine Fishes of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/fishes/fishes.htm

Hawaii Coral Reef Network http://www.coralreefs.hawaii.edu/

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Research Questions for the Marine Botanists:

1. What plants live in and around the coral reef? Identify, visually represent, and research eight.

2. How does each contribute to the ecosystem?

3. Assess the importance of some of these plants outside of the ecosystem.

4. Choose 3 plants and rank order them according to their importance. Justify why it is so important that they be saved from extinction.

 

Internet Sites

For the Internet portion of your WebQuest, you will follow these links specifically chosen for your topic.

Ocean Planet http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_immunity.html

National Marine Sanctuary http://wave.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/nmsp/nmsfloridakeys.html

Marine Plants of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/seaweeds/seaweeds.htm

Diving Bonaire http://www.interknowledge.com/bonaire/bondiv01.htm

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Research Questions for the Coral Research Divers

1. In your journal, define and diagram a coral polyp.

2. Be able to identify and visually represent at least eight different species of coral and indicate whether it is classified as soft or hard.

3. Describe the general habitat of coral, how it lives, and how it reproduces.

4. How do the animal and plant organisms depend on each other? Explain three of these symbiotic relationships.

5. What are the natural enemies of the coral? Explain why they are threats.

 

Internet Sites

For the Internet portion of your WebQuest, you will follow these links specifically chosen for your topic.

The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium http://www.mcra.com/Biology.htm

Living Corals http://www.odyssey.ycg.org/coralreefs2.htm

The LivingReef http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_living_reef.html

Sea World www.seaworld.org

Anatomy and Physiology http://discover.key-west.fl.us/about/coral.htm

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Research Questions for the Marine Environmentalists

1. What is a coral reef? What is it composed of? In what parts of the world are reefs usually located?

2. How are reefs usually formed? What does a volcano have to do with a coral reef?

3. What is an atoll and what is its relationship to a coral reef?

4. What are the major types of reefs that exist in the world, and where are they located?

5. Discuss the reef as an ecosystem, detailing the interdependence of the individual species.

6. Choose at least three organizations which are researching reefs and give detailed descriptions of their efforts to preserve them.

 

Internet Sites

For the Internet portion of your WebQuest you will follow these links specifically chosen for your topic.

Coral in Danger and Dying http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1627/coral.htm

Coral Reefs http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/students/f95/starmoss/coral.htm

Hawaii Coral Reef Network http://www.coralreefs.hawaii.edu/

Marine Plants of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/seaweeds/seaweeds.htm

Coral Reefs and Biodiversity http://www.aloha.net/~sos/Talbot.html

Coral Reefs http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/sci/reef.html