Isobel+SCL+2

Angela And Penny's Rocking Rock Pool Song

This is a song about things that belong in the ocean and things that do not belong in the ocean. My sister and I listen to this CD in the car and we love to sing it together.

media type="youtube" key="d8ZaMYtlL0Q" height="344" width="425"

If I went to the Great Barrier Reef I would like to see a blue starfish because I like their shape. I would go snorkelling in the warm blue water.



Different Kinds Of Reefs

I found this picture of a coral atoll on the Internet. It was taken from an aeroplane.



A coral atoll is a circle of coral reef a long way from land. On the outside of the circle, the water is so deep you couldn't dive down to the bottom, even if you could breathe underwater. On the inside of the circle, the water is usually shallow, and it is called a lagoon.

A barrier reef, like the Great Barrier Reef, is different because it is a wall of coral close to land. On the side of the wall away from the land, the water is much deeper. The wall protects the land.