Corals at Your Doorstep
Year 7 Moreton Bay Lesson plan – Science
Lesson Outline
- Australian curriculum v8.3.
- Moreton Bay, QLD Australia focused
- Incl: 10 classroom worksheets, 3 field activities, teacher guidelines, infosheets
- ACARA curriculum links and answer key worksheets
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CoralWatch in the classroom
Individual worksheets
Classroom instructions
Worksheet 1 – Identifying coral types
Worksheet 2 – Moreton Bay corals
Worksheet 3 – Coral bleaching – sign of stress
Worksheet 4 – Corals: consumer or producer
Worksheet 5 – Measuring coral health – virtual reef poster
Worksheet 6 – Interpreting real data from Moreton Bay
Worksheet 7 – The water cycle of Moreton Bay
Worksheet 8 – Water cycle crossword
Worksheet 9 – Sediment runoff – water turbidity
Worksheet 10 – Sediment runoff – altered food webs
CoralWatch in the field
Individual worksheets
Field instructions
Info sheet – Moreton Bay – venomous marine animals
Worksheet field 1 – Food webs – intertidal rocky shores
Worksheet and teacher guide field 2 – Identifying coral type – Coral Health Chart
Teacher guide – Measuring coral health – random surveys
Teacher guide – Measuring coral health – transect surveys
Teacher guide – Entering and analysing data – Excel
Teacher guide – Entering data – website
Teacher guide – Entering data – data entry apps