Videos

• The role of hurricanes - Nova, WGBH/Boston - video on hurricanes (1 hour).
• Reef Relief - Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea (1996) by the Oceanic Research Group in association with The Video Project (20 minutes). Introduction to the science, ecology, and importance of coral reefs, as well as an overview of the serious environmental problems confronting them. For middle and high school age students, it comes with a study guide (price is about $35.00).

Books

• Duxbury Alyn, and Alison Duxbury, An introduction to the world’s Oceans, Fourth edition, Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Publishers, 1994.
• Cerullo, Mary M. Coral Reef: A City That Never Sleeps, New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996.
• Greenberg, Jerry, and Idaz Greenberg. The Living Reef: Corals and Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Caribbean, Miami: Seahawk Press,1982.

Web Sites and CD ROMS

• REEF RELIEF is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting living coral reef ecosystems through local, regional and global efforts. Reef Relief educational guides for teachers are available at http://www.reefrelief.org/webgizmo/ g0005004.html. 
• Some effects of hurricane Lili on San Salvador Island, Bahamas http://zircon.geology.union.edu/carb/hurricane/damage
• CORAL REEFS (http://www.videoproject.org/Browse_Subject_Areas.html#anchor67312)
• Amazing Coral Reefs (G2-6) coral reef ecology
• Canary of the Ocean: America’s Troubled Reef (56/G8 - Adult) the US barrier coral reef
• Cities Under the Sea (CD-ROM) (G5-12) interact with coral reefs
• Coral Forest Teacher’s Guide (book) curriculum on coral reef education
• Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea (20/G7+) ecology of reefs and dangers they face
• Great Barrier Reef (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference
• Hawaiian Islands (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference
• Ocean Life Series (CD-ROM/Gr. 4+) comprehensive reference on tropical marine life

• Volume I: Western Pacific (CD-ROM, G4-A) life on reefs of Vanuatu, Fiji & Tonga

• Volume II: Micronesia (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference

• Volume III: Hawaiian Islands (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference

• Volume IV: Great Barrier Reef (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference

• Volume V: Caribbean, The (CD-ROM/G4-A) from Florida reefs to S.A.

• Volume VI: Eastern Pacific (CD-ROM/G4-A) marine life reference

• Real Sanctuary (48/All) wordless dive into a coral wonderland
• The Smithsonian maintains a web site with lesson plans for teachers (http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-zoo/contrast/cover.html)