Video assignment: Coral Reef preservation

I had been assigned to review and answer questions in youtube videos that mainly focus life in Coral Reef ecosystems. The first is from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW8nCALx5iA&feature=related.

1. A Polyp is a seed coral grows from after algae move into it as food, making the coral multiply and grow.
2. Coral are sensitive to most changes in its habitat, mostly in cases of high temperature.
3. Coral bleaching is when corals algae die when the temperature stays high too long and the coral loose their color, turning clear white.
4. Scientist believe Coral bleaching is happening more due to climate change from Carbon Dioxide pollution.
5. Some ways people can reduce climate change are turning off appliances to preserve energy, riding bikes instead of cars, and recycle more often.

The second video focuses on protecting the Great Barrier Reef, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcoyj2VPCOM.

1. The Great Barrier Reef is home to 1500 species of fish, 360 species of hard coral, 1/3 of the world population of soft coral, 22 species of sea birds, and 32 species of shore birds.
2. Due to the increase of Carbon Dioxide from vehicles and factory gases, our oceans have increased warming, damaging life in the sea.
3. Increased flooding can come back to hurt the ocean as well, by bringing pollution from the land and washing it into the reefs. This will force the fish to leave and find cooler waters and leaving the birds with nothing for food and eventually leaving.
4. Some more ways people can reduce climate change are using less energy by opening windows instead of using air conditioners, donate instead of throwing things away into a landfill, and buying more biodegradable products.

The next two videos are aimed at teaching children the values of protecting reefs. But are questioned to how this type of media can get kids attention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqJMInH5yM&feature=related, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdoizgeNJK&feature=related

1. Using this kind of creation can better capture kids attension for using cartoons. They also speak to kids on their own level by use of jokes and sounds.Although, the fast and funny way they make the characters sound makes it hard for kids to understand them. They sometimes go too far out with the humor that kids would have more difficulty figuring out what the videos are acually telling them.
2. Some links about this topic that refer to the following audiences are.

Adults from Australia, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526n0WhyJGQ, because adults there would most likely already know the areas and just need to know whats happening to them.
Foreigners not from Australia, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HhyHswjIJ8, this gives brief information to anyone unfamiliar with the coral reef in general.
Tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef, http://youtube.com/watch?v=wbNeIn3vVKM&feature=related, this way tourists expecting to visit can get a preview on what they'll see.