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Marine Botanists-7Fisher

As an expert in the field of marine botany (the study of plants that live in the sea) your major role is to provide your team with the botanical information they need to compete the task. You will be called upon to document your research  and present your finds as part of the team’s display.

http://www.reefed.edu.au/students/reef_quest/reefrescue/botanist.html

Group #_____________

Members:______________________________________________________________

Research Questions:

1. Outline the different types of plants that live around a coral reef. You are to Identify, visually represent and research four different coral reef plants.
   The following key questions need to be answered about each plant:
1. Identify the criteria you would use to classify each plant into a group?
   Hint: What are the main characteristics of each plant?
2. Where are these plants usually found?
2. Describe the environmental conditions that that are required for these plants to grow.
3. Outline the major functions of the plants you have researched, and evaluate the importance of each plant to the reef ecosystem.
4. What might happen if any one of these plants was to become extinct? Select one plant and draw a futures wheel that shows the flow-on results of the plant becoming extinct. Hint: Futures wheels can have many flow-on results they are only restricted by your imagination.

Display Board

·        After, research has been completed, students will work with their groups to create a“Futures wheel” to analyze the possible outcomes.

·        A “Display Board” will be created.

·        These models will be on display the night of the videoconference.

Videoconference with Australia:  Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 7:00pm