Video #1.
1. When a coral larvae settles and grows, it is called a polyp. Small algae, or zooxanthellae, enter the polyp and multiply, converting sunlight into food. When the polyp grows and multiplies to form a colony, we consider it to be coral.
2. Coral are sensitive to change, such as an increase in the temperature.
3. If the temperature of the water increases, the coral can become stressed. The zooxanthellae will then leave, and the coral loses both its color and main food source.
4. Scientists think that coral bleaching is occuring more now than ever due to climate change, especially due to polution.
5. We can reduce our impact on the environment and climate change by turning off unused appliances, not driving places unless it is necessary, and reusing/recycling.
Video #2.
1. How many species?
Fish: 1500
Hard Coral: 360
Sea Birds: 22
Shore Birds: 32
2. Climate change is responsible for warming our oceans.
3. Icreased flooding affect the reefs and the fish that birds that live there because fish move to cooler waters offshore, resulting in less food for sea birds.
4. Three more ways we can help reduce climate change are drying clothes on the line, donating rather than sending old things to landfills, and buy environmentally sustainable products.
Videos #3 and 4.
1. Two advantages to using this kind of media: grabs kids' attention by using a cartoon; simplifies the information to make it easier to understand.
Two disadvantages: jokes about the problem, making it seem less serious; only appeals to young children, who do not have long enough attention spans to take it all in.
2. More beneficial videos for...
Adults from Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv7oOgwFNy0&feature=related
I think this video is more geared towards adults, and would help those living in Australia to learn exactly what is going on in the Great Barrier Reef, and why they should take part in helping to stop it, by showing them the severe damage taking place to part of their pride and joy as Australians.
Foreigners not from Australia: http://www.youtube.com/user/GBRclimatechange#p/u/5/RFdSbyPzucw
I think this would be a more beneficial video for people who do not live in Australia because I am sure that they don't care as much about the effects that climate change is having on the Reef. However, they would probably care about saving both money and energy, to benefit not only themselves and their wallets, but also to help save the environment that is close by them, which they can physically see changing.
Tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VBc5ZE_dg&feature=related
I think that this video will help tourists to the Reef to realize that the entire Great Barrier Reef is being affected by coral bleaching. After seeing how amazing the Reef is, they will want to preserve it, especially because the video discusses how it may take decades to restore the Reef, and tourists would most likely want to be able to take part in this experience again, or to have their children or grandchildren be able to see the wonder, giving them motives to maintain the Reef.
1. When a coral larvae settles and grows, it is called a polyp. Small algae, or zooxanthellae, enter the polyp and multiply, converting sunlight into food. When the polyp grows and multiplies to form a colony, we consider it to be coral.
2. Coral are sensitive to change, such as an increase in the temperature.
3. If the temperature of the water increases, the coral can become stressed. The zooxanthellae will then leave, and the coral loses both its color and main food source.
4. Scientists think that coral bleaching is occuring more now than ever due to climate change, especially due to polution.
5. We can reduce our impact on the environment and climate change by turning off unused appliances, not driving places unless it is necessary, and reusing/recycling.
Video #2.
1. How many species?
Fish: 1500
Hard Coral: 360
Sea Birds: 22
Shore Birds: 32
2. Climate change is responsible for warming our oceans.
3. Icreased flooding affect the reefs and the fish that birds that live there because fish move to cooler waters offshore, resulting in less food for sea birds.
4. Three more ways we can help reduce climate change are drying clothes on the line, donating rather than sending old things to landfills, and buy environmentally sustainable products.
Videos #3 and 4.
1. Two advantages to using this kind of media: grabs kids' attention by using a cartoon; simplifies the information to make it easier to understand.
Two disadvantages: jokes about the problem, making it seem less serious; only appeals to young children, who do not have long enough attention spans to take it all in.
2. More beneficial videos for...
Adults from Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv7oOgwFNy0&feature=related
I think this video is more geared towards adults, and would help those living in Australia to learn exactly what is going on in the Great Barrier Reef, and why they should take part in helping to stop it, by showing them the severe damage taking place to part of their pride and joy as Australians.
Foreigners not from Australia: http://www.youtube.com/user/GBRclimatechange#p/u/5/RFdSbyPzucw
I think this would be a more beneficial video for people who do not live in Australia because I am sure that they don't care as much about the effects that climate change is having on the Reef. However, they would probably care about saving both money and energy, to benefit not only themselves and their wallets, but also to help save the environment that is close by them, which they can physically see changing.
Tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VBc5ZE_dg&feature=related
I think that this video will help tourists to the Reef to realize that the entire Great Barrier Reef is being affected by coral bleaching. After seeing how amazing the Reef is, they will want to preserve it, especially because the video discusses how it may take decades to restore the Reef, and tourists would most likely want to be able to take part in this experience again, or to have their children or grandchildren be able to see the wonder, giving them motives to maintain the Reef.
Great explanations on the video links! 5/5 on both blogs!
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