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Article: Diving deep.(Curriculum Update)(Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation explores coral reef)(Brief article)
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- October 1, 2006
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Curious students who might be the next marine biologists or ocean explorers couldn't get enough of a coral reef off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea recently.
High school science students from the U.S., as well as from Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, posed questions to scientists taking part in a Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation expedition to the Farasan Islands Marine Protected Area in May.
The foundation aims to conserve and restore the world's oceans. Khaled bin Sultan is a member of the Royal House of Saudi Arabia.
The expedition was built into their marine science classes over three weeks. Students tracked and analyzed ...