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Sustainability - Coral Reef

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Coral Reef Assets for Review

Coral Reef Experience Breakdown

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Scene 1:

An instructor speaks to the class giving them background for the adventure they are about to go on to a coral reef.

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Location: The Center for Planetary Observation

Scene Description: The instructor stands at the front of the class. The students are rapt, their attention focused on the holographic globe hovering in the center of the room. Script: Instructor: Good morning, class! Today we're going on a trip to a coral reef to witness the impact of climate change and see if there is anything we can do about it.

[faculty explains where exactly we are going, the importance of the location and the goal for the activity] [the Globe in the center of the room moves and animates to reflect the information being talked about by the instructor.]

Instructor: Any questions? Instructor: Perfect, if there is nothing else we’ll be on our way. [Everyone in the room is then teleported to the coral reef]

Questions we have:

What is the background for the experience? Why are we going to the artic and what will you say about the environment before we take the students there.

Props, Models & Environment:

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Scene 2:

The students arrive underwater at a coral reef

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Location: The Coral Reef (Present)

Scene Description: The scene opens with the students descending into the coral reef. As they settle onto the sandy ocean floor, the instructor appears before them, donning a wetsuit and scuba gear. Script: Instructor: Welcome to the coral reef, everyone. This beautiful underwater world is home to thousands of species of marine life. Unfortunately, this environment has been greatly affected by climate change. The rising temperatures and acidity levels of the ocean have led to coral bleaching and the destruction of habitats for many of these creatures. [faculty provides more details on the coral reef, animals that live here, weather conditions, any other notable facts.]

Instructor: Our job is to see if there is anything we can do to help the coral reef return to it’s former glory. However, in order to protect the future first we need to visit the past.

[The Professor pushes a button and the class is teleported to a version of the coral reef from the past]

Questions we have:

What does the coral look like now?

Do the coral assets we have now look good to you?

What should the Coral look like now vs the dystopian future coral?

Props, Models & Environment:

Coral Environment (current)

Notes:

Consider a different setting for the students? Desks underwater seem wrong ...

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Scene 3:

The students go backward in time to a younger version of the coral reef

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Location: The Coral Reef (Past)

Scene Description: The scene opens with the crystal clear waters of the coral reef, the vibrant colors of the coral and sea life are mesmerizing. Script: Instructor: This is how the Coral Reef looked before the effects of climate change. [Instructor continues providing more information on the past version of the coral reef and why it is so different from the current coral reef]

Instructor: By using samples of the coral from this period of time, we should be able to help re-stimulate the coral from our time. We just need to ensure we are planting the correct coral in the correct environments. Instructor: Let’s test this now, everyone use your pointer to retrieve a sample of coral.

[Using the tools available to them the students are able to select a piece of coral from the reef which then shows up in front of them on their desk.]

Instructor: Once you retrieve your piece of coral you should see soil samples from our time on your desk for you to plant your coral in.

Using the information you have on your piece of coral, plant it in the appropriate soil sample.⁠

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Questions we have:

Is the coral nursery above ground?

What does the nursery look like?

is it a natural growth or is it placed on structures.

Props, Models & Environment:

Narluga

Grolar Bear

Wind blowing

Snow falling

Notes:

Match to right conditions

basic requirements (building blocks) for coral growth: light, temperature, pH, carbon dioxide (CO2), inorganic nutrients (needed for photosynthesis); organic food (needed for organic tissue synthesis and organic matrix synthesis); water movement (flow) enhances the exchange of gasses (O2, CO2) and dissolved compounds (nutrients, metabolic waste products) between the coral and its environment, calcium and carbonate ions (Ca2+ and CO32−, needed for skeleton formation

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Scene 4:

The Students see the effect of their actions on the coral reef.

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Location: The Coral Reef (Future & Present)

Scene Description: Continuation of the last scene Script: Instructor: Okay great, it seems most of us have planted your coral in the correct soil. However before we see how the work we have done is going to affect our coral reef, I want to show you all what would happen if we never intervened. [the class is teleported to a dystopian future version of the coral reef where all life has died out and the ocean is full of trash]

as we discussed, we’ll figure out a way to make this a positive experience ... Instructor: This is the fate that awaits us if we continued to do nothing for our coral reefs. [Instructor continues providing more information on the dystopian version of the coral reef and why it is so harmful.] Instructor: Fortunately for us, it seems the work we have done will protect us for now. If we leave this environment- [Just then the students are teleported to the modern day version of the coral reef where more coral can be seen growing and sea life can be seen swimming around.]

Instructor: -and return to our own home you can see the effects of the new coral we planted. In time this environment will return to it’s once former glory. Let’s return to the classroom and reflect on what we have done here today.

Questions we have:

What things do you want to note about the Artic when you first arrive?

Animals?

Weather conditions?

lack of Ice?

Props, Models & Environment:

Algae forest

Underwater Scene

Individual pieces of algae

Microscope tool for zooming in on the Algae

Image of algae at a cellular level

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Sustainability - Coral Reef

Scene 1:

An instructor speaks to the class giving them background for the adventure they are about to go on to a coral reef.

Questions we have:

Props, Models & Environment:

Scene 2:

The students arrive underwater at a coral reef

Questions we have:

Props, Models & Environment:

Notes:

Scene 3:

The students go backward in time to a younger version of the coral reef

Questions we have:

Props, Models & Environment:

Notes:

Coral nursery — just FYI, this is what it looks like irl

Scene 4:

The Students see the effect of their actions on the coral reef.

Questions we have:

Props, Models & Environment: