PBS
How the Starfish Got Its Arms
The story of how the starfish got its arms reminds us that even animals that might be familiar to us today can have incredibly deep histories - ones that stretch back almost half a billion years.
Amoeba Sisters
Animals: Tour of 9 Phyla
Join the Amoeba Sisters in exploring some general animal characteristics, major vocabulary used in classifying animals (such as symmetry, protostome vs deuterostome, cephalization, and coelom), and take a general tour of 9 major animal...
Crash Course
Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology
Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes.
Curated Video
Sea Stars
An introduction to sea stars, including one that’s a metre wide! Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Sea stars are a type of echinoderm. All adult echinoderms have radial symmetry, which means their body parts are arranged around...
Nature League
Exploring Invertebrates | Compilation
Brit looks back on our third month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of invertebrates.
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Echinoderms
This video provides a brief introduction to the characteristics and diversity of echinoderms, such as starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. This video is part of the 11-part series, Classifying Animals.
Visual Learning Systems
Simple Animals: Exploring Sponges and Cnidarians
Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - The Porifera & Cnidaria
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the phylum Porifera and the phylum Cnidaria.
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - Echinodermata & Arthropoda
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the phylum Echinodermata and the phylum Arthropoda.
Professor Dave Explains
Organization and Symmetry in Kingdom Animalia
How are the contents of animals organized? How does this differ from animal to animal? Are all animals symmetrical, and in the same ways? Just a bit more information to get through before diving into all the animal phyla, I promise!
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Exploring the World of Invertebrates
This video is a lesson on invertebrates, the largest group in the animal kingdom. It explains the two main groups of animals - vertebrates and invertebrates - and focuses on the characteristics and examples of invertebrates. The video...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Paper Roll Relief Sculpture
Create relief sculpture with me using cardboard tubes (from toilet paper | paper towels | gift wrap | etc) | scissors | and glue! You can use paper or cardboard as your base. This is a great | hands-on assignment for teaching about...
Visual Learning Systems
Simple Animals: Understanding Echinoderms
Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...
Nature League
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the invertebrates of Earth, including their names, relationships, forms, and awesomeness.
Getty Images
MS microscopic view of Hydra moving, hanging from leaf
MS microscopic view of Hydra moving, hanging from leaf
Getty Images
Abstract kaleidoscope
Like a kaleidoscope of changing background. Green symmetric pattern. Stained Glass.
Getty Images
Time Lapse of people walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
Time Lapse of people walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
Getty Images
Time Lapse of Crowd walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
Time Lapse of Crowd walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
Getty Images
Time Lapse of Crowd walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
Time Lapse of Crowd walking at Great Market Hall, Budapest
TED-Ed
The Science of Symmetry
No matter which way you slice it, the definition of symmetry might not be clear. The narrator of the video reflects on its true meaning as shapes, plants, and animals dance onstage for a captivated cartoon audience. Your class will be...
Nature League
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
Insects, and other invertebrates outnumber vertebrates—segmented-legs down! The first in a five-part series of videos from an Invertebrates series introduces these organisms in all their spineless glory. Each invertebrate phyla takes the...