Author: REEF Education Team
We are now accepting applications for the 2024 REEF Educator in the Field Fellowship! This exciting professional development opportunity offers formal and informal educators the chance to gain experience with ocean citizen science. The Fellowship, awarded annually, is generously supported by CEDAM International. This year's Educator in the Field Fellowship recipient will join the REEF Field Survey Trip to Bonaire on July 20-27, 2024, to learn about marine life and citizen science, and conduct fish surveys while scuba diving or snorkeling as part of the REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project. In addition, they will also be invited to become a member of the REEF Education Advisory Panel. Applications are due January 1, 2024. Visit www.REEF.org/educatorinfield to learn more and apply.
Author: REEF Education Team
Grouper Moon education resources are available for all grades. Lessons are easily integrated into existing curricula, or can be taught as an immersive unit with scaffolded lessons. Resources include games like Guess Who, Grouper Moon-O, Race to Survival, and Human Food Web.
Check out this page to see lesson plans, and visit the Grouper Moon Project Educator resources page for additional ways to connect your students to this project, including videos, interactive Virtual Field Trips, and even a Grouper Moon book for young adults - perfect for a class read-aloud!
REEF’s Grouper Education Program has been implemented in 25 schools and 95 unique classrooms, and reached approximately 3,000 students in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, the US, and the UK. We hope your class will join in the fun!
Author: REEF Education Team
Did you know that REEF has the largest marine biodiversity database in the world? You can access a variety of reports to bring this data into your classroom or programs. Incorporating REEF data into lessons allows students to graph and synthesize real-world information, analyze trends, and pose their own questions. Using the REEF database, you can generate different types of reports to show all of the fish species documented in a given area, or dive deeper by examining the distribution of a specific species or family. Check out this quick how-to video lesson to see more on how to navigate the REEF database.
This activity aligns with NGSS Core Disciplinary Idea: LS2C: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience, LS4D: Biodiversity and Humans, as well as Sciences and Engineering Practices and many Cross Cutting Concepts.
If you are a college professor who would like to use REEF data for a student research project, email data@REEF.org and we can help you with your data needs.
