A Coral Reef Mystery!
|Web Quest Sections
is a Coral Reef?
for Marine Organisms
Who in the Coral Reef?
|Three coral reefs have been
damaged and are in trouble!
You and your team have been selected
to be part of the crew on the ship, Detective Divers. You
will be investigating these reefs to discover the cause of the reef damage.
When you complete this mission you
should be able to:
problems that are currently endangering the coral reefs.
the "villain" in each of these cases.
methods for protecting coral reefs and develop a plan to stop the damage
at these sites.
your findings in a multimedia presentation. You and your teacher may choose which format to use. Some examples of possible formats include a slide presentation, a web page, vodcast, Voicethread, or digital story.(Directions
for this part are in "Present Your Findings")
Click here for the Scoring
Here are the Cases of Reef Damage:
Coral Reef Damage Case A
Coral Reef Damage Case B
Coral Reef Damage Case C
Coral Reef Mystery Questions
the links below to help you find clues to identify the "villain" in the
above cases. Write your clues and answers in your ocean journal. You will
use your journal notes to create your presentation when you are finished
with your detective work.
Work with your team to identify each
of the 9 suspects (problems) that endanger reef ecosystems. List all
the suspects in your journal.
Write a short report on one
of the problems in your journal.
Then you will try to determine which
of these suspects are the "villains" that caused the problems in case A,
case B, and case C. Write your answers in your journal.
Finally, you will describe possible
solutions to stop or fix the damage.
|1. W- - - r P - - luti - n
||2. Sedi - - - - - - - - n
||3. Coast - - D- v-l - - ment
|4. Careless D - v - - g and Sn- - - - - ing
||5. B - at A n - h - - s
||6. Ov - - f - s - - - g
|7. Fishing With Cy - - - d -
or Ex - - - - - v--s
||8. Global W - - - - - - and C - r - l B- -
a - - ing
|9. Coll - - - - -g and S - - -
- - g of C - - - l, F - sh, Sh - lls and Other Animals
Intro | What
is a Coral Reef? | Adaptations
| Who's Who in the Coral Reef? |
Done It?| Present Findings
© 2000 - 2012
The majority of the photographs were taken
and edited by the author, Karen Muska.
Video footage courtesy of Mark Riha; used
with permission. Edited by Karen Muska.
Some pictures are from The Florida Marine
Sanctuary Web Site: Florida
Keys Photo Gallery
Clip art: Art Today, The
Animation Factory, Microsoft Office