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Coral Reef Teacher’s Guide Life on the Coral Reef

Coral Reef Life Cards markers.

Playing the Game:
1. Students put their cards together (two sets
Objective: Students will learn about the various ani- per two students).
mals of the coral reef by using Coral Reef Life Cards
in a series of games and exercises. 2. Cards are shuffled face down and spread out
in rows in front of the players.
Interdisciplinary Index: Science, Language Arts, Art
3. Each player turns up two cards. If the cards
Vocabulary: coral, coral reef, names of coral reef ani- match, the player keeps the pair and continues
mals picking two cards at a time until he/she does
not have a match. Unmatched cards are returned
Materials:
to their original positions in the row.
• copies of Coral Reef Life Cards for each student
4. The game continues until all cards are matched.
• crayons or markers
• scissors

• construction paper
• glue

PRESENTATION:

Coral Reef Identification Game:
1. Copy one set of Coral Reef Life Cards for each
student.
2. Cut out each Coral Reef Life Card.

3. Have students color the cards using crayons or
markers.

4. Have each student hold up each card as you dis-
cuss a fact about the animal on the card. Refer to
the following Fact Sheet for information.
5. When you are done, have each student hold up a
picture of the animal that they like the best and
discuss why they like it.

Coral Reef Memory Game:
Preparing for the Game:
1. Copy one set of Coral Reef Life Cards for each
student.
2. Cut out each Coral Reef Life Card.

3. Glue the cards onto construction paper (optional).
4. Have students color the cards using crayons or

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