Coral Reef Ecosystem
Map: Find and label the 10 largest/longest reefs in the world
10 points
Name
Length
Location
Great Barrier Reef
1553 miles
Coral Sea, Near Australia
Red Sea Coral Reef
1,180 miles
Red Sea near Israel, Egypt and Djibouti
New Caledonia Barrier Reef
932 miles
Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
585 miles
Atlantic Ocean near Mexico, Belize,
Guatemala and Honduras
Florida Reef
200 miles
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico near
Florida
Andros Coral Reef
124 miles
Bahamas between the islands of Andros and
Nassau
Zhongsha Islands
50 miles
South China Sea
Saya Del Malha
Area: 15,444 square
Indian Ocean
miles
Great Chagos Bank
Area: 4,633 square miles The Maldives
Reed Bank
Area: 3,423 square miles South China Sea, claimed by the Philippines
Coral as Thermometers
To earn a C (19 points)
Calculations mostly correct;
Questions answered with
minimal data so claims are
largely unsupported
Coral Bleaching
To earn a C (19 points)
Questions answered with
minimal data so claims are
unsupported
To earn a B (21 points)
Calculations correct and done
mostly independently
Some questions answered with
appropriate use of data that
support claims
To earn a B (21 points)
Some questions answered with
appropriate use of data that
support claims
25 points
To earn an A (25 points
Calculations correct, completed
independently, and work is
shown for an example problem;
All questions answered with
multiple pieces of data to
support claims
25 points
To earn an A (25 points
All questions answered with
multiple pieces of data to
support claims
Vocabulary
10 points
paleoclimatological proxies, bleaching, Zooxanthellae, NOAA National Data Buoy Center, isotope, reef,
coral
Sketch
10 points
Draw a picture or diagram that clearly shows the differences between fringing reef, barrier reef, atoll,
and outer reef
Coral Reef Math
Or (pick 1)
Fringing Reef
Diagram a food web using either day time or night time animals
20 points
20 points
Big Ideas Coral Reef Ecosystem
Objective
1. Map: name and locate
several major coral
reefs
2. Explain how corals
can be used as
paleoclimatological
proxies
3. Analyze data related to
coral bleaching
4. Distinguish between
the 4 types of reefs
5. Calculate rate of
destruction on reefs or
diagram a food web in
a coral reef
Novice
Activity
Map
Score and Comments
Coral as Thermometers
(turn in to basket)
Coral Bleaching
(turn in to basket)
Types of reef
Vocabulary
Coral Reef Math
or Food Web
Intermediate
Expert