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Coral Reef Teacher’s Guide Benefits, Threats, and Solutions

Destructo Diver trating
the behavior.
6. Assign roles, practice.
7. Produce the skits for the class, including
Objective: Students discuss the dangers of props
human activities to reefs, particularly diving,
and encourage proper techniques which will and backgrounds if possible.
lessen human damage to reefs. 8. Critique the skits in class, discussing which

Interdisciplinary Index: Science, English, was
Writing, Drama most effective and why.
Vocabulary: anthropogenic, sedimentation, FOLLOW -UP/EXTENSION:
weight and buoyancy control Perform the skits for other audiences such as
Materials: dive clubs.

• Destructo Diver Vs. Dependable Diver
and Destructo/Dependable Diver Behaviors
handouts to each student
• painted backdrops
• props such as masks, fins, and other diving
equipment

PRESENTATION:

1. Discuss the nature of threats to the coral
reef and brainstorm possible solutions. Dis-
cuss the problem that people, such as divers,
who enjoy and are interested in the reefs can
still have a negative impact on the fragile coral
community.
2. Have the students call local dive shops or
dive clubs and interview some divers in prepa-
ration for writing a series of short skits in
which they roleplay
Destructo Diver vs. Dependable Diver.
3. As a class, discuss the behaviors associated
with Destructo Diver and with Dependable
Diver.
Cover such topics as boat diving, collect-
ing, spearfishing, etc. using the Destructo/
Depend- able Diver Behaviors handout.
4. Assign specific behaviors for each group to
portray.
5. In groups, students write a short skit illus-

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