The+Great+Barrier+Reef


 * The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system.**
 * ==== It is 345,000 km2, which makes it larger than all of the UK. ====
 * ==== Over 1,500 varieties of fish, 411 types of hard coral, 134 types of sharks and rays, and more call the Reef home. The Reef draws in millions of visitors every year. However, global warming, fishing practices, and pollution are all threatening the future of the Reef. ====
 * ====Click here for more information from wwf.====
 * ====Swathes of the Great Barrier Reef Suffers Complete Ecosystem Collapse, The Huffington Post (July 25, 2016)====





Facts about the Great Barrier Reef from Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Report for UNESCO on the Great Barrier Reef that Australia Didn't Want World to See

Great Barrier Reef on World Wonders Project from Google

David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef: An Interactive Journey

Click here for a slideshow of photos also from National Geographic

Click here for a lesson plan on the importance of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reef Crochet Project
Crocheting Coral Reefs to Learn Geometry and Smash the Patriarchy, from The Science Show

Christine and Margaret Wertheim created the Coral Reef Crochet Project