An octopus' tentacles are more like sticky, multipurpose tools than the simple leg-like appendages we view them as. Discover their amazing abilities, times eight, in an entertaining video. The narrator explains the senses located in each tentacle, as well as how tentacle suckers work.

Concepts

octopuses, water pressure, the brain, sense of smell, sense of taste, animal anatomy, marine life

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate the video into a lesson on marine ecosystems or ocean predators
• Use the resource to help prepare the class for an octopus dissection lab
  

Classroom Considerations

• Your class should be familiar with invertebrate anatomy prior to viewing the resource

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The video shows an octopus interacting with its handler, illustrating how powerful each sucker is ... especially when stuck to someone's arm
• Profiles and demonstrates each sense found in the tentacles 

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.9-10.2