While searching for a treasure chest in the ocean, Ms. Frizzle's class learns not only about the advantages of partnership but also about coral reefs, the creatures that live there and the results of pollution on reef ecology.

Explores the plants, animals, and environment that make up coral reef ecosystems.

Discusses how coral reefs form, where they are located, the different kinds, and the life found there.

Vivid color photographs and detailed informative text compare coral reef ecology with city dwellers, competing and adapting for resources.

Shot on location, this documentary takes viewers on a global journey to explore the human connection with the ocean's complex, parallel worlds that are coral reefs.

Young readers explore the amazing underwater world of coral reefs.

"It is not uncommon to spot fish while swimming in the ocean. After all, there's an entire world of creatures that inhabit the diverse seas. While the water can be a dangerous place to live, these creatures have developed clever defense mechanisms to distract predators, like the sea star, which can shed arms and then regrow them. Home to the only species where males gives birth, the ocean is full of seahorses and other interesting animals. Full of...

Describes the plants and animals that live on coral reefs, a coral reef food chain, natural and human threats to coral reefs, and ways to protect them.

"Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on our planet. Stretching just over 1200 miles in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Given world heritage status in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. This programs offers a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef - how it was created, how it works, the...