The Coral Literature, Education and Outreach (CLEO) project leverages techniques developed at NOAA/AOML under the Explorer of the Seas, and several CHAMP Programs.
The Educational Modules below have been developed primarily for middle school classes. Each module consists of three segments: background information (science behind the instrument), classroom experiment (experiment to test parameter instrument measures), and teacher's section (describes the Educational Objectives / National Science Standards, Preliminary Activities / Demonstrations, Suggestions for teaching the concept, and Follow-up or Extension Activities for the class.).
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Coral Spawning |
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Coral Bleaching |
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Effects of CO2 on Coral Reefs |
Reef-building corals reproduce in many different ways, but in order to make a completely new and genetically different offspring, all corals must go through these basic steps: gametes (sperm and egg cells) are produced, released by the parent corals, and then combine to form a planula, or "baby coral."