Marine Ecosystems
Year 7 Lesson plan – Science
Lesson Outline
- Australian curriculum v8.3.
- Incl: 23 classroom worksheets, 10 field activities
- Teacher guidelines, answer key
- Topics: classification, food web, rhythm and flow, and the water cycle
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Classification
Individual worksheets
C1 – Observable features of organisms and dichotomous keys
C2 – Classifying corals using a dichotomous key
C3 – Identifying coral types
Food webs
Individual worksheets
FW1 – Introduction to food webs
FW2 – Marine food webs
FW3 – Corals: producer or consumer?
FW4 – Measuring coral health using virtual reef booklets
FW5 – Measuring coral health using virtual reef poster
FW6 – Measuring coral health – interpreting real data
FW7 – Altered food webs: farming and sediment runoff
Rhythm and flow
Individual worksheets
RF1 – Bryan Cox gravity video activity
RF2 – The moon and tides
RF3 – Tidal effects on organisms
RF4 – The moonlit phenomenon of coral spawning
RF5 – Astronomy word search
Water cycle
Individual worksheets
WC1 – The water cycle
WC2 – Water cycle crossword
WC3 – Coastal waters and bay inhabitants
WC4 – The water cycle of coastal regions
WC5 – Sediment runoff – human impact
WC6 – Monitoring corals
WC7 – Coral bleaching – sign of stress
In the field
Individual worksheets
Field 1 – Dangerous marine animals
Field 2 – Exploring and identifying invertebrates
Field 3 – Food webs – intertidal rocky shores
Field 4 – Food webs – intertidal coral reef
Field 5 – Identifying coral type using the Coral Health Chart
Field 6 – Measuring coral health using random surveys
Field 7 – Coral health transect surveys
Field 8 – Establishing a permanent transect
Field 9 – Entering and analysing data using excel
Field 10 – Entering data using the CoralWatch website
Field 11 – Entering data using CoralWatch data entry apps