These Ctenophora and Cnidaria activities:

Include a reading for students to learn about sponge anatomy and characteristics. This can help students complete many of the slides.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Characteristics of Cnidarians

Polyp vs medusa

Nematocysts, cnidocytes

Class Hydrozoa (zooids, planular larvae)

Class Scyphozoa (“true” jellyfish)

Class Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Class Anthozoa (Corals, anemones, sea fans)

Phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies)

Jellyfish anatomy

Cnidocyte structure

Anemone life cycle

Jellyfish life cycle

*Please note that this is not an editable resource*

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Includes a reading for students to learn about interactions of marine organisms in the ocean and how transfer of energy occurs. This can help students complete many of the slides.

With these coral reefs activities, students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

What are coral reefs?

What are the ideal conditions for coral reef growth?

How do coral reefs grow?

Types of reefs (barrier, fringing, atoll)

Hermatypic coral (reef-building)

The diversity of coral reef ecosystems

Human Impact on coral reefs (bleaching & ocean acidification)

Coral reefs in the economy, medicine, coastline protection, etc.

*Please note that this is not an editable resource*

Learn more about teaching marine science here.

Get a free marine science pacing guide here.

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Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and show their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups/exit tickets:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups/exit tickets (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

Content covered:

Characteristics of Cnidarians (radial symmetry, eating, nerve nets, structure)

Polyp vs medusa

Nematocysts, cnidocytes

Class Hydrozoa (zooids, planular larvae)

Class Scyphozoa (“true” jellyfish)

Class Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Class Anthozoa (Corals, anemones, sea fans)

Phlyum Ctenophores (comb jellies)

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Review vocabulary and key concepts related to scyphozoans, hydrozoans, ctenophores, cubozoans and anthozoans.

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key in included in the resource and in Google Forms.

Task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive notebooks.

*Please note that the text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

Content covered:

Characteristics of Cnidarians (radial symmetry, eating, nerve nets, structure)

Polyp vs medusa

Nematocysts, cnidocytes

Class Hydrozoa (zooids, planular larvae)

Class Scyphozoa (“true” jellyfish)

Class Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Class Anthozoa (Corals, anemones, sea fans)

Phlyum Ctenophores (comb jellies)

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It is editable to meet the needs of your students and there is a colorful Google Slides version of both the PowerPoint lesson and guided notes to use digitally!

Included in this resource:

• Editable Quick PowerPoint Lesson
• Editable guided notes with 2 versions for differentiation
• Cover for interactive science notebooks
• Google Slides version of PowerPoint lesson and guided notes for online learners
• An editable assessment containing 25 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art.
• A self-grading Google Forms version of the assessment. The link is in the resource. The google Forms assessment has the same questions but they are all multiple choice.

Content covered:

Characteristics of Cnidarians (radial symmetry, eating, nerve nets, structure)

Polyp vs medusa

Nematocysts, cnidocytes

Class Hydrozoa (zooids, planular larvae)

Class Scyphozoa (“true” jellyfish)

Class Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Class Anthozoa (Corals, anemones, sea fans)

Phlyum Ctenophores (comb jellies)

***Text is editable but clip art and text with special fonts are not editable due to copyright of those resources.***

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Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups/exit tickets:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups/exit tickets (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

What are coral reefs?

What are the ideal conditions for coral reef growth?

What helps coral reefs grow?

What are the types of reefs (barrier, fringing, atoll)?

Soft corals vs hard corals

Where can coral reefs be found?

The diversity of coral reef ecosystems

Human Impact on coral reefs

Coral diseases (bleaching, black band disease, white band disease)

Coral reefs in the economy

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Review vocabulary and key concepts related to coral reefs.

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key in included in the resource and in Google Forms.

Task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive notebooks.

*Please note that the text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

Content covered:

What are coral reefs?

What are the ideal conditions for coral reef growth?

What helps coral reefs grow?

What are the types of reefs (barrier, fringing, atoll)?

Soft corals vs hard corals

Where can coral reefs be found?

The diversity of coral reef ecosystems

Human Impact on coral reefs

Coral diseases (bleaching, black band disease, white band disease)

Coral reefs in the economy

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It is editable to meet the needs of your students and there is a colorful Google Slides version of both the PowerPoint lesson and guided notes to use digitally!

Included in this resource:

• Editable Quick PowerPoint Lesson
• Editable guided notes with 2 versions for differentiation
• Cover for interactive science notebooks
• Google Slides version of PowerPoint lesson and guided notes for online learners
• An editable assessment containing 25 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art.
• A self-grading Google Forms version of the assessment. The link is in the resource. The google Forms assessment has the same questions but they are all multiple choice.

Content covered:

What are coral reefs?

What are the ideal conditions for coral reef growth?

What helps coral reefs grow?

What are the types of reefs (barrier, fringing, atoll)?

Soft corals vs hard corals

Where can coral reefs be found?

The diversity of coral reef ecosystems

Human Impact on coral reefs

Coral diseases (bleaching, black band disease, white band disease)

Coral reefs in the economy

***Text is editable but clip art and text with special fonts are not editable due to copyright of those resources.***

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This project will involve students researching a particular coral disease. They will learn about the disease through research, plan and design a brochure to inform others about the disease and how to prevent it. Students will need to demonstrate knowledge of research skills and prior knowledge of corals.

Includes the brochure project, a planning/bibliography page and rubric.

This resource has an editable rubric. There is no prep, it’s ready to print for students or digitally assign in Google Classroom.

Diseases students can choose to research:

Coral Bleaching

Black Band Disease

White Band Disease

Stonny Coral Tissue Loss Disease

Brown Band Disease

Aspergillosis

Rapid Wasting Syndrome

White Pox

*Please not that the brochure and rubric can be used in both print and Google Slides. The planning page is not available as a Google Slides version.*

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Students will gather different items to build coral polyps. The food items they choose will need to represent the anatomical parts of the coral polyp and the students will need to be able to describe why they choose the food item to represent that part.

The resource includes a place for students to plan, draw and label their model prior to construction as well as 3 review questions.

This resource is text editable and ready to print for students!

Students will review:

How coral polyps eat

How coral polyps expel waste

Nematocysts

Tentacles

Mouth

Mesoglea

Epidermis

Gastrodermis

Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae)

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