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Coral Reef Teacher’s Guide Life on the Coral Reef

Coral Reef Pop-Up 1. Fold card (8 1/2” x 11” works well) in half.

Cards Fold a triangle at the top corner, placing the
fold 21 1/2” in from the top left corner.

Objective: Students will create pop-up cards 2. Fold triangle towards you and away from
of coral reef creatures and write coral reef you.
messages/facts to share with friends.
3. Open card and pull large triangle shape
Interdisciplinary Index: Science, Art, Lan- down-ward as you close the card. Reopen the
guage Arts card and lay flat on a table.

Vocabulary: coral reef, coral, coral reef plants 4. Cut out a Coral Reef Life Card and glue it
and animals be- tween the left and right fold lines on the
inside of the open card, as shown.
Materials:
5. Fold and press the card down. Reopen.
• Coral Reef Life Cards, one card per student
• pencils 6. Decorate the background to match the
• crayons, colored pencils, markers creature.
• scissors
• glue 7. Add a catchy message to the front of the
• construction paper card. Example: What coral reef creature hunts
• glitter, ribbons, buttons, other found mate- at night? (open the card) A SHARK! (shark
rials (optional) pops out).

PRESENTATION: 8. Add an interesting creature fact to the
front of the card. Have fun!
Make a pop-up card before class so the stu-
dents have a model to follow. Here is the basic
pop-up pattern

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