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Wetlands: The Fragile Fringe - USGS 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students explore wetlands through a series of lessons ranging from wetland identification to investigating the beneficial functions of wetlands and causes of wetland loss.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
90+ minsRocky intertidal: Monitoring the Intertidal with Life-Sized Photos - Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
Summary
Students use photo quadrats of a real rocky shoreline to investigate the zonation of organisms in the rocky intertidal zone. Note: links to photo quadrats and organism ID guide are listed in the Materials section.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coral Reefs: Draw a Coral Reef - COSEE Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Lesson PlanSummary
Students will draw a coral reef based on the prior knowledge.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coral is an Animal: Polyp Pictures - Cosee Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Summary
Students use a variety of pictures of different coral species to understand the diversity of corals.
Concept: Ocean life diversity
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
There is a high diversity of life in the ocean with a wide range of functions and interactions.
Education Standards
Coral Reefs: Photoquadrats on a Transect - COSEE Coastal Trends and National Park Service
Summary
Students will use pictures of a coral reef transect to graph the percentage of cover for that section of reef.
Concept: Coastal ocean life
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
Coastal ocean systems provide important habitats for organisms.
Education Standards
