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Summary:
Students analyze sea surface temperature (SST) data from NOAA to predict coral bleaching at four locations in the Bahamas. They then compare their predictions to authentic research collected about coral mortality and temperature fluctuations
Contents:
FinalSSTandCoralBleaching_Bonner modifications.pdf(PDF | 1 MB)
QUBES_CoralBleachingLabActivity_Student Version.xlsx(XLSX | 907 KB)- Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005
- A Classroom Activity Using Satellite Sea Surface Temperatures to Predict Coral Bleaching | Oceanography
- NOAA Coral Reef Watch Education and Outreach
- Coral Bleaching Activity | HHMI BioInteractive
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hWGx9Oya6FsuJqx08IIqTZ6iK0SoaH_KQJCWz0DG4bM/edit#gid=0
- Mapping Coral Bleaching Modified with NOAA and Authentic Bleaching data (v1.0.0)
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Description
This activity was modified from K. Grayson. It was implemented in a second semester first year course for biology majors laboratory. It is one of two activities in the lab, about 1-1.5 hours. Here the students use Google Sheets to generate SST graphs, including degree heating weeks (DHW). Using Google Sheets enables students to see each others figures and answer leading questions at the end of the activity. The activity concludes with students making predictions of bleaching given their results for 2005 and comparing their predictions to observed bleaching by interpreting figures from Eakin et al. 2010.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Bonner, K. (2018). Coral Reefs in Hot Water. HHMI BioInteractive FMN (2017), QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q4MM51