Coral Reef Worksheets and Interactive Notebook Activities

Coral Reef Worksheets & Activities

Corals and Coral Reefs Worksheets - Notebook Pages and Lapbook Activity

These new Corals and Coral Reef worksheets, notebook pages and the lapbook/interactive notebook activity have been added to our 100+page Ocean Unit.

In this part of our ocean unit, my daughter learned all about coral and coral reefs:

  • What is coral?
  • What do corals eat? (And what is the relationship between the algae, zooxanthellae, and corals.)
  • How does a coral colony begin? (coral reproduction)
  • What is a coral reef and where are they found?
  • What are the three main types of coral reefs?
  • What is the basic structure of a coral reef?

Here is a quick glance at the Coral Reef Notebook Pages.

There are fill-in-the-blank student coral reef worksheets as well as full (teacher) pages. If you prefer, your students can read the full-text pages provided (the answers are not highlighted so they can be used either way).

Coral Reef Notebook Pages - Worksheets

If your students enjoy interactive notebook pages, there is a set of coral reef lapbook pieces that covers the material as well. (There are suggested answers provided, but students can research and write in their own answers.)

Coral Reef - Lapbook - Interactive Notebook PagesThere are also a couple of activities that my daughter did with this section. She had to match the pictures of various types of corals to their photo & description.

She also did a notebook page on coral reef diversity and identified some of the sea life that can be found in coral reefs.

Worksheets - Types of Coral - Coral Reef LifeI have added this entire section to our Ocean Unit.  The Ocean Unit is now well over 100 pages.  Scroll down below to see what is included (and to see lots more pictures!)

Note: If you purchased the Ocean Unit or the Biology Bundle of 5 already, check your PayPal email address for an email from SendOwl (the delivery service I use) for the update (which includes your download link!) You can also email me and I will get that for you! ~Liesl

Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Currents Ocean Zones Bioluminescence Worksheets and more

Scroll down to see pictures of the ocean worksheets, notebook pages and Montessori cards included in this packet!

Recommended Ages: We did this unit in middle school, but it can be adapted for ages 10-15 or so. My kids were ages 8, 10 and 13 when we first did this unit.  My youngest is now age 12 and she’s doing this unit again in middle school (since she was pretty young the first time we did the unit!).

These units are PDF downloads. Be sure to check your PayPal email address for the download link. If you have any questions or problems feel free to email me! You should get your automatic download link from SendOwl within a few minutes. If you don’t, be sure to email me if you need me to send the link to you again! Here are some answers to some Frequently Asked Questions. ~Liesl

The ocean unit is included in the Biology Bundle. (See details in our Store, at the Biology Bundle of 6 page, or down below).

Ocean Unit – $8.99

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link!

More pictures and details of what is included in our Ocean Unit can be found at this post or down below!!

Ocean-Unit-100 Pages Marine-Habitats-Ocean-Currents-Tides-BioluminescenceOcean Unit Study

Ocean Unit Topics:

Some of the other topics we covered in the ocean unit:

  • Marine Habitats
  • Coral Reefs
  • Tide Pools
  • Water Form Words (bay, estuary, lagoon, fjord, etc.)
  • Features of the Ocean Floor (trench, seamount, guyot, etc.)
  • Tides (and the Phases of the Moon)
  • Ocean Navigation (early navigation with astrolabes & the constellations, modern SONAR)
  • Salinity
  • Ocean Currents (Surface & Deep Sea Currents)
  • Ocean Life:
    • Special Body Features
    • Fish Body Shape and Movement
    • Biological Interactions: Mutualism and Commensalism in the Ocean
    • Deep Sea Life – Bioluminescence, Anglerfish
  • The Ocean Zones
  • There are lots of hands-on activity ideas included as well!

And now, a bit more detail about what is included in the 100+ Page Ocean Packet:

Marine Habitats:

Marine-Habitat-Worksheets-Cards

 

Tide Pools:

Tide Pools WorksheetsWater Form Words:

Ocean Unit - Water Form Words WorksheetFeatures of the Ocean Floor (and activity ideas):

Features-of-the-Ocean-Floor-WorksheetsFeatures of the Ocean Floor WorksheetsEarly Navigation: (and activity ideas)

Early-Navigation-WorksheetsSONAR:

SONAR-notebook-pagesSalinity: Ocean-Unit-Salinity-ActivitiesOcean Tides and Currents (and activity ideas):Ocean Unit - what causes tidesSpring-and-Neap-TidesOcean Life:  Special Body Features, Body Shape and MovementFish-Body-Shape-Features-WorksheetsBioluminescence:Bioluminescence-WorksheetsOcean ZonesOcean Zones - Layers of the Ocean ActivityLayers-of-the-Ocean-ActivitiesOther notebook pages in the Ocean Packet not shown above: Earth systems (an introduction to the hydrosphere as one of the 4 major Earth systems);  Earth’s crust (highest and lowest points on Earth), Earth’s Oceans – The Hydrosphere: A page with basic information about Earth’s oceans; divides and watersheds and an ocean drainage map, biological interactions of some ocean organisms – examples of mutualism and commensalism.

The last time we did this unit, we did a lot of hands-on activities.  I shared a lot of the details about our hands-on ocean activities, so I’ll just provide links to those (they are also included in the packet as well):

Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Currents Ocean Zones Bioluminescence Worksheets and more


Biology BUNDLE of 7

NOTE: The Ocean Unit is included in the Biology Bundle of 7 which includes

  • Cell Unit
  • Botany Unit
  • Biology Unit (the biosphere, biomes, food web, etc.)
  • Scientific Classification & Taxonomy Unit
  • Ocean Unit (with the new Coral Reef materials!)
  • Pathogens Unit (Bacteria and Viruses as well as Protozoa, Parasites, Fungi and Prions)
  • Cell Cycle and Mitosis Packet

Scroll down for more pictures. These units are also sold separately.

Biology BUNDLE OPTIONS:

Visit this Biology Bundle Page for more details (and lots more pictures!)

$44.99  Biology BUNDLE of 7: 1) Biology Unit (Biomes, habitats, food chains/webs, feeding relationships) 2)  Scientific Classification & Taxonomy Packet 3) Ocean Unit & Layers of the Ocean/Ocean Zone Activities 4) Cells Unit 5) Botany Unit 6) Pathogens Unit – Bacteria, Protozoa, Fungi, Parasites/worms; Viruses and Prions 7) New! The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link from SendOwl (the delivery service I use)!

$8.99 Biology Unit: Biomes, habitats, ecosystem, biological interactions, feeding relationships (170 pages)

$8.99  Cells Unit (150+ pages) – cell theory, prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells, animal vs. plant cells, organelles of the cell, chloroplast anatomy, the layers of a leaf, photosynthesis and more.

$7.99 Botany Packet — (80 pages) Plant Classification, Life Cycle of the Moss, Fern, Conifer, Angiosperms, Parts of a Flower, Parts of a Seed, Seed & Fruit Development, Monocots vs Dicots – plus Carnivorous Plants Mini-Unit

$8.99 Ocean Unit – Layers of the Ocean/Ocean Zone: (100+ pages) Marine Habitats, Coral Reefs, Tide Pools, Water Form Words, Ocean navigation, Features of the ocean floor, salinity, ocean tides & currents, ocean life, bioluminescence & more!

$7.99 Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Packet (100 pages) dichotomous key activity, Linnaeus & the history of classification, learn the Animalia phyla (Annelids, Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Cnidaria, Animalia, etc.)

$8.99 Pathogens Packet (100 pages) – This unit covers the six major living and nonliving pathogens: bacteria, protozoa, fungi and parasites/worms as well as viruses and prions. The large majority of this packet goes into detail about bacteria and viruses.

 $5.99  The Cell Cycle and Mitosis Packet (50+ pages) – This unit covers topics/terms such as cell division, cell death (apoptosis), nucleosomes, histones, binary fission, chromatin, chromosomes, centromere, sister chromatids, and the lifespan of human cells as well as the stages of the cell cycle including interphase (G1, S, G2) and mitosis (prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase, cytokinesis)

Biology Packet Ecosystems Biomes Habitats Food Chains Food Webs Symbiosis Population WorksheetsCell Unit - Plant and Animal Cell Worksheets and ActivitiesScientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit for Middle School and early High School Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Features of the Ocean Floor Fish Shapes and more worksheetsPathogens Unit - Worksheets and Activities on Bacteria Virus Protozoa Parasites Fungi PrionsCell Cycle and Mitosis Worksheet Packet

Again, you can see the Biology BUNDLE Page for lots more pictures!

Biology BUNDLE of 7 - cells biology pathogens oceans taxonomy mitosis and moreDon’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link.Visit Our Store to see our other packets.

Homeschool Den Store


Just before we studied the Hydrosphere (our Ocean Unit), we spent quite a bit of time studying the Biosphere.  You might want to check out our Biology Unit (the Biosphere).

Biology Unit (the Biosphere, biomes, ecosystems, habitats, food chain/food webs, feeding relationships, etc.)

Biology Packet - Ecosystems Biomes Food Chains Food Web Trophic Levels PopulationsBiology Unit Ecology - Biomes-Ecosystem-Habitats- relationships between living organisms and their physical environmentFood Chain Food Web Food Pyramid Activties - Interactive Notebook Pages

symbiosis commensalism mutualism worksheets and activities

 

Scientific Classification and Taxonomy UnitScientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit - Packet 60+pages

Scientific Classification - Taxonomy

Animal Classification CardsBotany Unit (Plant Classification, Plant Life Cycles, Parts of a Seed, Parts of a Flower)

Botany Unit - Worksheets and Notebook Pages - Plant Kingdom Moss Ferns conifers angiospermsPlant Classification Worksheets - Ferns Mosses Conifers Plant life cyclesParts of a Flower Parts of a Seed Worksheets and Notebook Pages

Cell Unit (Cell Theory, Cell Organelles – Parts of a Cell, Animal vs. Plant Cells, Eukaryotes vs. Prokarotes, and more)Cell Unit -- Plants vs Animal Cells -- Eurkaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells OrganellesCell Unit WorksheetsCell Biology - Organelles of the Cell worksheets activities

Plant Cell and Photosynthesis Worksheets

Pathogens Packet

See more details at the Pathogens Unit Page.

Pathogens Unit - Worksheets and Activities on Bacteria Virus Protozoa Parasites Fungi Prions

Pathogens Worksheet Packet - bacteria viruses protozoa fungi parasites prionsPathogens Packet - bacteria viruses worksheets activities Bacteria Worksheets Viruses Worksheets


Visit the Biology BUNDLE page for more details and lots more pictures of the units mentioned above!

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link.See you again soon here or over at our Homeschool Den Facebook Page! You might also want to check out some of our resources pages above (such as our Science, Language Arts, or History Units Resource Pages) which have links to dozens of posts.  You might want to join our free Homeschool Den Chat Facebook group.  Don’t forget to check out Our Store as well. :) Homeschool Den Store

Again, if you are interested in joining our Homeschool Den Newsletter, feel free to subscribe here. The Welcome Series includes 5 packed emails… with tips on homeschooling, keeping motivated, finding various resources and freebies tucked away on the blog and more!

Plus, you’ll be the first to hear about new packets (generally offered at a discount when they are first released), seasonal resources and more!

SubscribeIt’s a great way to hear about our latest packets and to learn about many of the hundreds of printables & other materials we have tucked away on the blog!

Happy Homeschooling!! 

~Liesl

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *