Colours on the Reef

Year 1 Lesson plan – Biological Sciences.

Lesson outline

  • Australian Curriculum v8.3.
  • Includes: teacher guide, 3 classroom activities and teacher presentation

Classroom materials

Coral reef colouring in pages
Ask students to complete colouring-in page before the presentation.

Classroom materials

CoralWatch presentation

Classroom materials

Coral Health Chart
Students use the Coral Health Chart to measure the colours of their colouring-in page.

ALWAYS use the original Coral Health Chart available from CoralWatch for monitoring corals in the field. For classroom virtual exercises ONLY you canprint your own Coral Health Charts.

Classroom materials

Students measure the colours from their colouring-in page with the Coral Health Chart. Students write down the colour code and identify coral types by ticking the box. This datasheet is ONLY for this year 1 exercise.

Classroom materials

Virtual reef
Use the CoralWatch virtual reef to discuss real colours on the reef.

The virtual reef can be ordered from CoralWatch in small and big sizes or your can
print your own.