Instructional Video1:01
NASA

PACE -- Skies, Oceans, Life

3rd - 11th
PACE's advanced technologies will provide unprecedented insight into Earth's ocean and atmosphere, which impact our everyday lives by regulating climate and making our planet habitable. Our oceans teem with life,...
Instructional Video0:58
NASA

How El Niño Impacts Marine Plant Life

3rd - 11th
El Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are studying the relationship between the two. Ocean color maps, based on a month's worth of satellite data, show El Niño's impact on...
Instructional Video1:25
Visual Learning Systems

Protists: Plant-like Protists

3rd - 8th
The diverse groups of microorganisms in the Kingdom Protista are illustrated in this video. Microscopic views compare the main categories of protists. the different phyla of algae are also discussed. Other terminology includes: protozoa,...
Instructional Video3:55
Visual Learning Systems

Microscopic Life: Protists

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Instructional Video4:27
Science360

Scientists virtually unwrap a 1500-year-old scroll! NSF Science Now 36.

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode, we discover a protein that could someday eliminate malaria, learn about microbes battling it out in Antarctica, explore super Wi-Fi that uses UHF channels and virtually unwrap a 1500-year-old scroll.
Instructional Video4:27
Science360

NSF Science Now: Episode 36

12th - Higher Ed
In this week's episode, we discover a protein that could someday eliminate malaria, learn about microbes battling it out in Antarctica, explore super Wi-Fi that uses UHF channels and virtually unwrap a 1500-year-old scroll.
Instructional Video5:01
Visual Learning Systems

Exploring Marine Biomes: Ocean Zones

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the Exploring Marine Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that oceans cover about 70% of Earth's surface. List some of the reasons oceans are important to the planet and to living things: -...
Instructional Video45:13
Nature Conservancy

Coastal Peru: The Amazing Biodiversity of a Coastal Ecosystem

3rd - 8th
Peru's coastal ecosystem is only one of the country's amazing features. But travelers don't need passports, expensive plane tickets, or heavy suitcases to examine the biodiversity of coastal Peru. Armed with a field trip log and graphic...
Instructional Video3:02
Deep Look

From Drifter to Dynamo: The Story of Plankton

6th - 12th Standards
Even the smallest living things have a large impact. An informative video lesson presents an introduction to types of plankton and their roles in the ocean. The narrator explains how plankton impacts the ocean ecosystem and beyond.
Instructional Video4:26
SciShow

3 Extreme Climate Fixes

9th - 12th Standards
Could clouds be the key to slowing climate change? Cirrus clouds trap more heat than other clouds, thus keeping the Earth warmer; if scientists can get rid of them, the Earth might cool down. An eye-opening video delves into three...
Instructional Video4:42
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Crash Course Kids

Home Sweet Habitat

3rd - 8th
Why can't a polar bear live in the desert? Because the bear's food source lives in the habitat in which it thrives. This is the focus of a video that explains why certain animals live in specific habitats.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice Phytoplankton and Krill

9th - 10th
Travel along on the research vessel Polarstern to learn about the Arctic ecosystem. Scientists will describe the relationship between annual variations in sea ice and the krill population which is fundamental to the Antarctic food web....
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Plankton Parade

9th - 10th
Students learn about the importance of zooplankton and phytoplankton, and why different plankton species are the basis of the estuary food web. [3:25]
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Phytoplankton

Pre-K - 1st
Young students learn about plankton (in particular phytoplankton) and why it is vital to life on this planet. [9:59]