Resources
Maddy’s mission is to educate and empower a generation that values the ocean and actively works to protect it, ensuring its beauty and biodiversity are preserved for the future.
Maddy’s Educational Shorts
Maddy provides educators with engaging materials and resources to help them teach and inspire kids to get involved and support ocean conservation efforts. For additional educational shorts visit Maddy’s YouTube channel and for supporting educational materials please contact us at ContactUs@coraloflifefoundation.org
Protect Coral Reefs by Reducing Carbon Emissions
Coral reefs are a vital part of our planet’s ecosystem, but climate change is putting them at risk. The good news? Small choices we make every day can add up to big change. In this video, Maddy shows us how we all have the power to help protect these incredible underwater worlds.
Start today—reduce your carbon footprint and encourage others to do the same.
Protect Coral Reefs Through Responsible Tourism
Coral reefs are some of the most beautiful and fragile natural wonders on Earth, drawing visitors from all over. But even small careless actions can cause lasting harm. Join Maddy as she explores how we can enjoy these ecosystems while also preserving them.
Be a mindful traveler—respect marine life, choose eco-friendly tours, and spread the word.
Protect Coral Reefs through Education
Coral reefs are disappearing, but understanding their importance is the first step to saving them. This video highlights how sharing knowledge and raising awareness can inspire real change. Maddy reminds us that education is the key to protecting our oceans’ future.
Take the next step—share what you learn and be a voice for coral reef conservation.
Maddy’s Picks
These are Maddy’s curated resources for learning about the ocean and conservation.
Chasing Coral
Chasing Coral is a 2017 Emmy-winning documentary that follows a team of divers, scientists, and photographers on a global mission to doccument the rapid disappearance of coral reefs due to climate change, capturing the most severe bleaching event in recorded history.
Australia's Ocean Odyssey
If the ocean is the blue heart of the planet, then the currents are like the veins and arteries that just flow around the world.
Blue Planet 2
Blue Planet II is a landmark nature documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, showcasing stunning marine life and revealing the hidden wonders and environmental threats facing our oceans.
Desert Seas
Along the east and west coasts of Saudi Arabia are two seas that contain a treasure of marine life that few knew existed -- and even fewer had ever seen. The film's objective was clear: to expose the world to the wondrous subsurface realms of the Kingdom's waters.
Great Barrier Reef
David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef is a 2015 documentary that follows Sir David Attenborough's return to the Great Barrier Reef after nearly 60 years, utilizing cutting-edge technology to explore its biodiversity, uncover the impacts of climate change, and highlight efforts to preserve this natural wonder.
Mission Blue
This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.
Curriculum Resources
Chasing Coral Lesson Plans
Chasing Coral Lesson Plans from Doc Academy supports teachers to meet key curriculum targets while using documentary film to engage students in thinking about the world, society and their place in it. Teach Real Issues with good films.
Guy Harvey Conservation Education Program
A collection of free marine science resources for people of all ages to learn about the world beneath our waves.
Chasing Coral’s Schools Project
A project-based learning curriculum designed for middle and high school students, challenges students to work in the style of the Chasing Coral production team: diving into complex, autonomous research according to their own curiosities and embarking on a creative expression of their discoveries.
The Ocean Agency
Phenomenon-based learning (PhBL) is an educational approach that uses real-world events or phenomena (usually in the form of an image or video) as the basis for learning. It's a multidisciplinary, project-based approach that encourages students to question, debate, and determine what they are observing in the image.
Nova - Marine Biology Resource Guide K-12
Check out this marine biology resource guide for educational engagement activities curated from Nova.
World Ocean Curriculum Catalog
This catalog provides a comprehensive list of links to educational content, lesson plans, and activities for kindergarten through secondary programs.
