• The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies lists educational resources, webinars, and educational booklets in their educational resources section.

• The Australian Marine Conservation Society's site includes an education section with fact sheets, posters, videos, and other resources geared towards the Australian marine environment.

• The Bahamas National Trust has a library of downloadable fact sheets that includes coral reef animals and ecology (with some focus on the Bahamas), as well as an education section with teacher resources, children's games and in-country resources.

• The Bridge is a collection of online marine education resources featuring a number of ocean science lesson plans, including Coral Bleaching (grades 9 - 12) and Coral Snapshots (grades 8-12), as well as marine education resources for professional development, student guidance, and more.

• CoralWatch has published a purchasable comprehensive guide on coral reefs and climate change, suitable for older students and adults. The guide comes with an activity CD. The site also offers education packs, classroom activities, and field activities.

• Enchanted Learning provides labeled diagrams of coral reef animals suitable for classrooms.

• The Exploring the Environment website has a module on coral reefs designed for grades 7 - 12. It includes extensive information, challenge activities, a glossary, and related links.

• The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has an education section with information about coral reefs and associated habitats, as well as education programs for local residents.

• The Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources provides Hawaii-specific educational resources including posters, activity books, and educational programs.

• Leave Only Bubbles has purchasable marine science curriculum supplies for K-12 teachers, including DVDs, models of sea animals, worksheets, books, posters, puzzles, games, and more.

• The Manta Pacific Research Foundation presents in-depth information about manta rays in their education section.

• The Marine Education Trust has produced a series of educational activities for teenagers (with accompanying educators' notes) in English, French and Malagasy covering different tropical marine habitats and the associated conservation concerns. Downloads are free, although registration is required.

• The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a Fun & Learning section devoted to children and teachers, including homework help, games, Web cams, and animal guides.

• The National Aquarium in Baltimore offers a teacher guide (PDF, 2 MB) about coral reefs that includes background information and activities for grades 5 – 8.

• National Geographic provides lesson plans and other teacher resources about oceans, with some sections on coral reefs. Lessons cover K – 12.

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program's Education and Outreach section has a wealth of background information, lesson plans, materials, and activities for educators. For additional educational resources hosted by NOAA, see the NOAA Ocean Service Education site's Corals Roadmap to Resources.

Additional resources hosted by NOAA include:

• The Coral Literature, Education & Outreach (CLEO) program provides three coral reef education modules for middle school students.
• The Coral Reef Information System (CORIS) site has extensive background information about coral reefs.
• Coral Reef Watch has a school curriculum entitled "Remote Sensing and Coral Reefs," for 4th – 6th grade.
• The National Marine Sanctuaries Marine Life collection has a searchable media library of photos and videos, as well as a National Marine Sanctuary encyclopedia that includes facts about marine organisms.
• The NOAA Ocean Service education section has a corals tutorial suitable for grades 6 - 12.

• The National Park of American Samoa has a natural history guide of the area with information on coral reefs and associated marine life.

• The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Multi-Agency Education Project has teacher resource page with links and a few lesson plans, as well as a keiki (kids) section with printable coloring pages and word hunts.

• Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society has a "Kids Cove" with videos featuring coral reef creatures.

• Ocean World has a student section on coral reefs with general information, a quick quiz, and a few images, as well as a more general educator resources section.

• Oceana provides an online marine life encyclopedia with information on ocean organisms, places, and science.

• OneOcean provides extensive downloadable publications including comic books about reef conservation topics (in English, Tagalog, Tausug, Sama, and Bisaya), posters, short movies, and music.

• Reef Check Australia has an education section with teacher resources for a reef education program (late elementary - middle school) and a kids' section that includes a reef IQ game and other activities.

• Reef ED has a collection of interactive student resources about the Great Barrier Reef, including a visual library with over 1500 color images and videos that can be used for educational purposes.

• Reef Relief Founders provides Florida-based information and educational materials, as well as an extensive image archive.

• SaveNature.Org has a nature academy section with a few coral reef fact and coloring sheets.

• The Sea Turtle Conservancy includes extensive information on sea turtles, profiles of individual sea turtles that are being tracked, and an educator's corner with an educator's guide, sea turtle activities, and an "Adopt-a-Sea Turtle" program.

• The Sea Turtle Restoration Project includes educational resources on sea turtles for teachers and students, including lesson plans, fact sheets, and videos.

• Sea World has an "InfoBook" on corals and coral reefs that is suitable for older students, as well as picture book recommendations for young readers.

• Sheppard Software has a small interactive site geared towards kids, with information on corals, sea turtles, humpback whales, and dugongs.

• STINAPA Bonaire provides Bonaire-focused educational information on sea turtles, flamingoes, queen conch, and coral reefs in their Nature and Environment Education section.

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