2nd grade - Did you know?
PSA - Mrs. Kuba's Class (Quicktime movie)
PSA - Mrs. Vickers' Class (Quicktime movie)
Our Coral Polyps - Wilston from Debi Tisdell on Vimeo.
Ms. Wilston's class
We looked closely at diagrams of coral and we watched movies about coral. These are our diagrams of coral showing what it looks like inside a coral polyp.
Mrs. Morimoto's class
Mrs. Vickers' Class
Mrs. Kuba's Class
What I know about coral (Morimoto)
They have little tiny holes on them. (Sydney) They are hard. (Ally) They are different kinds of shapes. (Jaren) They have different colors. (Kailee) They have colors on their bodies. (Bobo) They have places for animals to hide. (Alana) There are different types of corals. (Ku'uipo) They are important for the ocean life cycle. (Zoe) Once they turn white, they are dead. (Chaysen) Corals live in coral reefs. (Zach) Fish live in corals. (Inea) Fish hide in corals. (Angelo) |
What I want to know about coral
What do they eat? (Trinity) I wonder how they use the bathroom. (Royce) How do corals sleep? (Aidan) What kinds of animals live in the coral? What are corals? How are corals important to everyone? What do corals need to grow and survive? What are harmful to the corals? How do they eat? (Ally) What kinds of corals attract fish and what kids of fish? What kinds of corals are there? (Sydney) Do people help corals? How? and why? |
What I learned about coral
(see our research) |
What I know about coral (Wilston)
There is a starfish that eats the soft part of the corals. (Robert) Corals grow over time. (Ava) Corals mostly live in Alaska. (Nalena) Some corals mostly live in warm and shallow waters. (Kamryn) Sea turtles eat coral. (Owen) The turtles lift the corals to find food. (Faith) They make a lot of toys. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral in the world. (Maile) Corals have mouths and they spit out the food at night. (Hailey) Corals have different shapes (Braedon) |
What I want to know about coral
How fast do they grow? (Radon) I wonder if the crabs cutt off the tentacles with their claws? (Kevin) How do corals grow? (Christian) How do they survive and grow? (Kamryn) Do they have predators or enemies? (Nicole) What do corals eat? (Joahlin) How do they feel? (Betsy) Are corals helpful and important? How are people helping corals? (Casyn) |
What I learned about coral
(see our research) |
Day 1 in the library -
Day 1 in the computer lab -
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Resources:
Pu'u Kukui Library Page (scroll down to the section on resources for 2nd grade) Our coral movie Coral Reef Spawning - National Geographic Coral Reefs and Climate Change What is Coral? - NOAA Coral Spawning - NOAA (short video) How does the nematocyst work? What is Coral? - Teach Ocean Science Coral Reef - NOAA NOAA Photo Library Fish Eye View Camera Tropical Reef Camera National Geographic Virtual Coral Reef What Lives on a Coral Reef? Aquarium of the Pacific - Build a Fish PBS Anatomy of a Reef Coral polyps Kids Do Ecology - Biomes NOAA-Coral Reef Information System NOAA-Ocean Service Education What is a coral? - Stanford University 4 Types of Coral Reefs - Stanford University Reef Structure - Stanford University Reef Facts - Plants and Animals Chapter 1 Coral - Bishop Museum Coral Reef Adventure Sea and Sky - Explore the Oceans JungleWalk - Coral What's it like where you live? Reef Videos Venture into Hawaii's Coral Reefs Coral Reef at Night (National Geographic |