Fact Friday
Giant clams (Tridacna sp.) can be over three feet long. They are one of the longest living sea creatures, living for over 100 years! But don’t worry, their shells close very S-L-O-W-L-Y, so you won’t get any body parts stuck in one.
Photo © Michele Westmorland/iLCP
For Students
Below are online student worksheets that will reinforce and extend the knowledge you will learn in each unit of the Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum. There are three types of worksheets: Lessons, Watch It! worksheets that accompany educational YouTube videos, and Read It! worksheets that accompany our blogs.
1Meet a Scientist
2Ecology
3Classification
4Coral Anatomy
5Coral Feeding
6Coral Reproduction
7Life Cycle
8Distribution
9Environmental Conditions
10Coral Growth
11Reef Types
12Reef Zonation