FOR STUDENTS
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 (4.7MB pdf)
- a collage of photos showing a variety of animals seen in the sanctuary. Attached key identifies each animal and provides a brief description.
Day & Night Activity Wheel (1.9MB pdf)
- designed for primary grades to learn about which animals are active on the reef during the day and which are active at night. A wheel to cut out and put together.
Animals of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (220kb pdf)
- coloring page showing a manta ray, hammerhead sharks, a sea turtle and other popular animals of the sanctuary. How many can you find and identify?
Coral Polyp Diagram (212kb pdf)
- coloring page depicting a coral polyp reproducing by splitting into two separate polyps
Kids Corner - Coral (432kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary; includes information, illustrations and a small word search about corals
Zooxanthellae Words (80kb pdf)
- designed for upper elementary and middle school, but fun for all ages if you like word games (key included). How many smaller words can you find in "zooxanthellae"?
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FOR TEACHERS
Adaptations from the Depths: Octopus
(1.6MB 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. Contact us to get a free set of camouflage posters to use in the first activity.
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 (224kb pdf)
- reverse snow globe that models spawning on the reef
Gulf of Mexico Watershed Activity (408kb pdf)
- highlights the large size of the Gulf of Mexico's watershed (with answer key). Great activity for practice in identifying and labeling the 48 contiguous states.
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 manta rays in the sanctuary. Can be supplemented with all of the manta catalog information available on this web site.
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
Stetson Monitoring Activity (444kb pdf)
- looks at changes over time in the coral/sponge habitat of Stetson Bank. Requires a series of photo images that can be downloaded from the Stetson Bank Monitoring Images web page.
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TEACHER WORKSHOPS
No workshop documents available at this time.
To learn more about the types of workshop we offer, please visit our Workshops & Seminars web page.
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