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Invertebrates

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Illustration of a large ant with two green leaves over it and a person standing in front of it. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 14
13 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Butterfly on pink flowers with green foliage. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 17
13 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
An illustrated ladybug in flowers. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 1
12 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Crab in the water. Caption: They also have a hard, external skeleton
10 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Straight line of light against a light blue background. Caption: in the 50-to-80-micrometer range.
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 5
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Beach with algae and other objects on it. Caption: Converting bacteria and organic material into protein,
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 11
14 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Small insect on the tip of a leaf. Caption: Ticks are parasites of birds and mammals.
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 15
25 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Blurry microscopic view of an oval shaped object surrounded by green particles. Caption: In nature, these small organisms become links in food chains
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 4
17 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
A sea anemone with a captured crab, surrounded by other plant life. Caption: Even a large crab can be digested within a few hours.
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 8
12 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Spherical animal with spiny protrusions. Caption: Spines are adapted for different habitats:
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 12
16 minutes
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Closeup of a white mollusk. Caption: and simple eyes that can distinguish light from dark.
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 13
14 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Microscopic view of a transparent tube-shaped organism. Caption: an energy reserve the cell can draw on
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 3
20 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Sea floor with irregularly shaped white objects on it. Caption: composed almost entirely of hexactinellid sponges.
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 2
14 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Tangle of thread-like substance. Caption: consisted of a nucleic acid core composed of either DNA or RNA
Branches On The Tree of Life
Episode 4
17 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Close up view of microscopic organism. Different colored organs are visible beneath the clear tissue of the body. Caption: Some are asexual, producing eggs that hatch
Life In Aquatic Environments
Episode 1
18 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup view of two brown spherical objects with a haze of green substance surrounding them. Caption: Often called fire algae, some types of dinoflagellates
20 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Protists, single celled organisms.
1 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small translucent speckled animal nestled on pebbles. Caption: but the Hawaiian bobtail squid is a master of disguise.
Science Nation
Episode 141
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sea slug crawling on the sea floor. Caption: in the nervous systems of slugs and other animals.
Science Nation
Episode 207
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of tendrils. Caption: There are 8 groups of invertebrates.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 98
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Sea anemone. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 99
3 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Coral in the water. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: Slugs Are Cool
1 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Crab with red legs and a darker body. Caption: Most of the year, the red crabs live in their burrows inland.
16 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Microscopic image of a ciliate, an oval-shaped structure with small eyelashlike filaments along the outside of the cell like fringe.
29 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Microscopic image of a flagellate, a long oval with a long, thin tail extending out and away from one end.
23 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Microscopic image of several worm-like pond creatures in various coiling formations.
18 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Specimens of worms are stacked in bottled jars. On screen text, 427,000 specimens. Caption: Philips, we have at least 427,000 specimens of worms,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 64
8 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Example of two kinds of Protista, euglena and protozoa. Caption: Nearly all the organisms placed in the Protista kingdom
The Six Kingdom Classification
Episode 2
19 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man and child looking at food. Caption: This is where the process begins.
This Is Emily Yeung
Episode 8
30 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Magnified view of small, tube-like structures. Caption: Bacteria are often classified based on their shape.
19 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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