The grant, entitled REEF Project, involves the class in a local science initiative, the Coral Transplant Project, as volunteer monitors of transplanted coral sites. Students travel to Trunk Bay monthly to monitor the fast-growing coral species transplanted to that bay by collecting data on the health of the transplanted coral colonies and photographing them with digital cameras in underwater casings.
 

This is a marker for the local science initiative, the Coral Transplant Project, located at the Trunk Bay Underwater Guided Snorkeling Trail. The Coral Transplant Project is administered by the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park (Click onto "Canon Coral Project Home Page" for general information about the project. Then click onto "Volunteers play a key role in the project" in the text to find out more about volunteers.)

In addition to their work as volunteer monitors, their participation in the REEF Project supports their activity in a variety of academic and extracurricular experiences.
 

Laboratory work in class	Coral Transplant Project monthly trips	Coastweeks 2000 International Coastal Clean-up	Field Trips various trips in the community	VIERS Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station	Political Action students speech at public meeting	Local Press students featured in the local papers for they're work

The students' participation in the REEF Project is highlighted here.

Email reefproject2@hotmail.com to contact students or reefproject@hotmail.com to contact teacher.

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