Kenwood students studying coral, ocean

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Sunday, 11/13/2011 CHAMPAIGN, IL

They're a long way from the ocean, but students in Diana Boyd's enrichment classes at Champaign's Kenwood Elementary are sure excited about coral.
They're studying it and trying to raise money to adopt some corals of their own to save through The Coral Restoration Foundation in Florida.

The students learned about coral by touching samples, using the computer lab and even making their own corals with marshmallows, almond bark, sprinkles and Twizzlers. Boyd said she even has a coral game to help students learn. Read more...


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[Akwarius]

That's a great idea getting schoolkids involved in reef conservation. I'm going to send that link to my cousin who teaches elementary in Elmwood, IL.

People underestimate activism at the school level. Children are passionate and tend to see through adult hypocrisies and financial paradigms. In addition these types of things often get parental involvement and media attention which leads to more exposure for the issue.