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Artificial sea grass on low wave velocity. Caption: researchers tested artificial seagrass.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 30
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A seal swimming underwater near the ocean floor. Caption: still remain to satisfy diurnal scavengers
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 1
21 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Scuba diver swimming above a flat surface covered in ocean detritus. Caption: the oceans are a tremendous place to work.
Adventures of a Maritime Archaeologist
Episode 1
1 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Ancient Discoveries: Mega Ocean Conquest
Ancient Discoveries
Season 6 / Ep 11
43 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there are two clown fish. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 15
13 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A book with a pop-up dolphin. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 9
13 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Aerial image of a coral reef. Caption: is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World,
Around the World
Episode 4
4 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the northeast coast of North America and a yellow cylindrical sub with fins sending and receiving signals from an orbiting satellite. Caption: What are we finding when we go below the waves?
57 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An underwater column of mussels with person in scuba gear in the background. Caption: Mussels are filter feeders--
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A gray seal. Caption: Gray seal pups, thick with blubber, dot the island.
46 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Coral Acidification (Module 3)
Climate Change and Coral Reefs
Episode 3
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Coral Bleaching (Module 2)
Climate Change and Coral Reefs
Episode 2
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Introduction To Coral Reefs and Climate Change (Module 1)
Climate Change and Coral Reefs
Episode 1
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Climate Change and Coral Reefs: The Future of Coral Reefs (Module 4)
Climate Change and Coral Reefs
Episode 4
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A discoloured coral colony labeled, bleached coral colony. Caption: The symbiont provides 75 percent to 80 percent of the energy.
3 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An aerial image of a coral by the sea shore titled, Arrecife De Coral. Spanish Caption: podemos ver de que estan hechos estos arrecifes.
3 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up of waves on the shore. Caption: it is dramatically changing the chemistry of the ocean.
Coral Comeback
Episode 4
4 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of globular coral with a striped tropical fish swimming in front. Caption: We will learn how super corals are being developed in the lab,
Coral Comeback
Episode 1
1 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Gloved hand reaching into a small tank to pick up a piece of white coral being grown on a disc. Caption: that fight some of the worst infectious bacteria.
Coral Comeback
Episode 9
2 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Towering coral reef with swimming fish as seen from below against the ocean surface. Caption: (narrator) But the whole reef system is in incredible danger.
Coral Comeback
Episode 2
3 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Coral reef with a variety of marine plant and animal life. Caption: The goal is to restore the coral reef
Coral Comeback
Episode 8
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Jagged shoreline with rough waves and plant life growing at the crest of the rocky peaks. Caption: ocean acidity will double by century's end
Coral Comeback
Episode 7
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Extreme closeup of the cell structure of coral showing rectangular shape in the center of textured cell material. Labeled, (algae) ZooXanthellae. Caption: Zooxanthallae live inside some of the coral's cells.
Coral Comeback
Episode 3
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Generally spherical white coral consisting of countless individual arm segments on the ocean floor. Caption: and the solution of their rescue might be within.
Coral Comeback
Episode 6
5 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flat, fan shaped, leaf-like structures grow off coral while a person in scuba gear swims by. Caption: Much of their oxygen comes off the coral reef.
Coral Comeback
Episode 5
5 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Front view of an orange squid swimming in the ocean. Caption: She can either keep it or toss it away as she chooses.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 2
21 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Close up of an anglerfish on the ocean floor with a flat belly, an ovoid, spiny body, and a rod protruding from its head. Caption: distinguished by the rod protruding from its head
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 1
58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mass of twisting, turning arms with tiny sharp hooks. Caption: Basket stars are able to grow their limbs back
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 2
52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large, light colored bathysaurus swimming along the bottom of the ocean. Caption Indonesian waters. Caption: (male narrator) This creature was found 6900 feet deep in the ocean.
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 3
53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A close up of a fish against a dark backdrop. Closely set fins and spots on face. Caption: Its skeleton is made of cartilage.
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 4
53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A sea spider with long, extremely thin legs crawling on the ocean floor. Caption: (male narrator) This creature was found 2300 feet deep in the ocean.
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 5
54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An all-white octopus perched on a rock protruding from the ocean floor. Caption: ["Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven playing]
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a shoreline with a person body surfing and more people on the beach. Caption: rip currents account for 80% of beach rescues
Danger Zone
Episode 1
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of a wave crashing on shore. Caption: Rip currents can form even in small waves,
Danger Zone
Episode 2
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of apparently calm waves meeting the shore while a few people walk on the beach. Caption: make sure you know how to spot a rip current
Danger Zone
Episode 3
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Deep Look: California Floater Mussels Take Fish for an Epic Joyride
Deep Look
Episode 36
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Deep Look: Ever Seen a Starfish Gallop?
Deep Look
Episode 7
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Deep Look: See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore
Deep Look
Episode 8
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of two puffins, one with fish in its mouth. Caption: During that time, the pair spends
55 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A very large fish swims in the water with a school of smaller fish in the background. Caption: These gentle giants are goliath grouper --
3 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding a shell to their mouth. Caption: Our forefathers traveled the oceans far and wide,
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 4
25 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Curving "C" shaped island with sharply elevated sides. Caption: Now the Galapagos is again a scientific frontier
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 5
26 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person in scuba gear with scientific equipment as seen from below. Caption: (man) I found out that the sharks on the reef were in trouble.
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 3
26 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Scuba diver swimming over a teeming coral reef. Caption: (man) it's almost like a small laboratory for us.
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 6
26 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Scuba diver swimming over a coral reef. Caption: I would go out every day and scuba dive on the reefs,
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 2
25 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Coral reef in foreground, plant life, swimming fish and sandy ocean floor in background. Caption: (Sherman) This is what a healthy reef should look like,
Global Reef Expedition
Episode 1
25 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A cast of horseshoe crab in the swampy waters. Caption: The tail, or telson, acts like a rudder when swimming
15 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An oceanic map. A scale shows a submarine diving below 3000 feet.
I Contain Multitudes
Episode 5
10 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A diagram illustrates a seal going to dine on a squid.
I Contain Multitudes
Episode 3
8 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
lionfish. Caption: People buy them because they're beautiful fish.
13 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Boat in the water. Caption: Lobster boats are real workhorses.
33 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 6
Lionfish swimming in the ocean surrounded by smaller fish and plants. Caption: Lionfish in the Atlantic are here to stay.
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A bird floats underwater while a school of small fish swirl around it. A marlin approaches from below. Caption: and the frenzy intensifies as marlin compete
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 3
20 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Cartoon of a bright yellow seahorse and a shark swimming in a brightly colored coral reef. Caption: You are so good at hiding in that colorful coral reef!
Marvie
Episode 10
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Illustration of water with an arrow indicating a current moving through the water parallel to the surface. Caption: There are two types of marine currents.
Moko
Episode 24
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a river and tree partially obscured by grayish-white thin clouds. Caption: When we can see through the cloud, we call it a mist.
Moko
Episode 10
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of brightly colored coral and plant life with tropical fish swimming through it. Caption: Coral reefs look like giant, underwater gardens
Moko
Episode 22
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of water with a circular shape outlined beneath the surface. Caption: (narrator) Blue holes are deep, underwater wells.
Moko
Episode 26
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of water against a curved shoreline. Caption: The tides vary in strength in different places on Earth.
Moko
Episode 49
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Museum Access: The John G. Shedd Aquarium
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 4
25 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A large number of fishes are swimming in the deep sea. Caption: Deep Sea. Extent, 42% of the earth’s surface. Average depth, 4000 meters. Temperature range, minus 1.9 to 4 degrees Celsius.
Nature's Microworlds
Season 1 / Ep 11
29 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A decaying log on the ocean floor. Caption: The creature feasts on wood that has sunk.
News of the Day
Episode 1
1 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A piece of coral with a hole in it, a spiral shell with a point, and a sponge. Caption: There are different tools for different "porpoises."
News of the Day
Episode 2
1 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of three round particles. Pyrite Particles. Caption: These tiny pyrite particles can travel a long distance away
News of the Day
Episode 3
2 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of Antarctica with a current moving in an oval along one coast with branches moving out towards the rest of the ocean. Caption: Did you know there's a massive Southern Ocean current
News of the Day
Episode 5
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of the upper half of a shrimp surrounded by plant life and nestled in some rocks. Caption: but each individual had its own unique voice.
News of the Day
Episode 6
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of a sign for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center open daily 10am-4pm. Gravel parking lot and paved road with vehicles in the background. Caption: Welcome to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin
Season 3 / Ep 1
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
A person diving underwater.
Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin
Season 5 / Ep 2
20 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Two person on a small motor boat move toward a bigger ship.
Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin
Season 5 / Ep 1
20 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Person in scuba gear underwater. Caption: reminder to focus on the life he has yet to live
Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin
Season 2 / Ep 23
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
A bat flying in the sky.
Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin
Season 3 / Ep 2
20 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
An aerial view of a ship in the water.
Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin
Season 3 / Ep 1
20 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
An Octopus holding on to a bottle. Caption: Each arm has upto 200 suckers.
9 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Beach at sunset with waves lapping on the shore. Caption: it nurtured life itself on this planet,
One Ocean
Episode 1
43 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Rows of large frozen fish on the ground with people walking between the rows. Caption: Almost all the world's catch ends up here.
One Ocean
Episode 2
43 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Mostly translucent animal with two wing-like structures and a tail. Caption: because from here down, creatures create their own.
One Ocean
Episode 3
44 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
School of small, silver fish. Caption: Creatures are on the move.
One Ocean
Episode 4
44 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animal on the ocean floor with branch like tangled limbs. Caption: All these zooplankton are food for larger animals in the ocean.
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
The deck of an underwater ship covered in debris and rusted metal. Caption: the wreckage of the Titanic rests on the seafloor,
2 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A diagram illustrates that the sea shell habitats filters the water and protect the shoreline.
5 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A beach. Caption: (Dabiri) we're very interested in how the ocean works.
Science Nation
Episode 253
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Coral with a patch of color and the rest white. Caption: and it can kill multiple species of corals.
Science Nation
Episode 33
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Green, rolling grasses. Caption: marshes like this one seem fated to shrink.
Science Nation
Episode 19
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three researchers in parkas with equipment on a sheet of ice. Caption: and a team are here to study algae,
Science Nation
Episode 24
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A large warehouse with a sloping roof. Caption: (narrator) At the Center for Aerosol Impacts
Science Nation
Episode 15
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a coral reef with other sea life swimming above. Caption: A coral reef sparkles on the ocean floor.
9 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
People standing on the edge of a tide pool holding a large net. Caption: carefully navigate around the tide pools
Sea Rescue
Season 1 / Ep 13
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Manatee in shallow water with people standing around it. Caption: It was a really neat thing to watch.
Sea Rescue
Season 3 / Ep 5
20 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Heron standing on a rock on the edge of the water. Caption: and that's how they catch fish.
Sea Rescue
Season 5 / Ep 12
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Manatee swimming. Caption: IT'S WAY TOO COLD FOR THIS SUBTROPICAL SPECIES.
Sea Rescue
Season 5 / Ep 7
20 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A group of fish swimming together. Caption: of a submerged mountain forming enormous schools.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 4
20 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Illustration of a person standing on the shoreline next to a squid with a body larger than the person is tall. Caption: had just found a giant squid, and would I be interested?
Shelf Life
Season 1 / Ep 8
6 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An orange starfish and orange anemone. Caption: the battle and the anemone rises to defend itself.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 5
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Coral with an inset magnification showing overlapping small red dots. Caption: The color of the coral reflects millions of tiny algae
Super Corals
Episode 2
3 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Coral of various shapes and a range of colors. Caption: and these are the corals we call "super corals."
Super Corals
Episode 1
4 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person swimming over a coral reef in shallow water. Caption: of biology that exists on the coral reef.
Super Corals
Episode 3
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A bright yellow fish with white stripes. Caption: to probe for worms, crabs and other hidden prey.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 6
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Coral with branching limbs growing from the sea floor. Caption: Soft coral don't form large, rocklike reefs.
22 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 9
Crab with red legs and a darker body. Caption: Most of the year, the red crabs live in their burrows inland.
16 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A pencil sketch of a fish with wing like fins, and a tail. On screen text, Jenny Hanivers. Caption: and became known as Jenny Hannivers,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 69
1 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The skull of the bottleneck dolphins is displayed on a table. Caption: Bottlenose dolphins have echolocation as well,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 65
10 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A small crustacean with a narrow body and long tendrils. Caption: How much do we know about it?
2 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A large orange fish swimming in a reef. Caption: making sure that he is well groomed and ready.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 9
21 minutes
Grade Level: 5 - 10
A gray whale is surfing in the ocean. Caption: It is here that they begin and end the longest migration.
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two sea mammals swimming side by side. Caption: Her newborn calf sleeps snugly by her side.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 7
21 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
People inside the magic school bus with a giant fish opening its mouth to swallow them visible through the window outside. Caption: And what eats little fish, like anchovies?
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 104
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Students from the magic school bus underwater as mussels. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Now that you're mussels, act like mussels.
The Magic School Bus
Season 4 / Ep 403
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Student from the magic school bus underwater in scuba gear. Caption: Now let's clean up this place.
The Magic School Bus
Season 4 / Ep 413
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
A glimpse of sunlight from under the deep waters. Caption: is the furthest that sunlight can penetrate the ocean.
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Line of horseshoe crabs on the sea floor. Caption: where thousands come ashore during the full moon
The Remarkable Horseshoe Crab
Episode 2
1 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Line of horseshoe crabs on the beach. Caption: Horseshoe crabs are super helpful.
The Remarkable Horseshoe Crab
Episode 1
1 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A woman walking on a board walk. Caption: I am a research scientist by trade.
The Remarkable Horseshoe Crab
Episode 5
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of Earth from space. Caption: for the thermohaline circulation system.
The Science of Climate
Episode 4
6 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Closely spaced plants growing toward the water's surface. Caption: They grow in dense groupings, much like a forest on land.
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Untold: The Terrifying (But Awesome) Science Behind Red Tides
Untold
Episode 5
11 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blue sea anemones with a small orange fish inside it. Caption: Other animals use anemone venom for defense in less subtle ways.
The Living Oceans Series
Episode 8
20 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Evergreen trees but up against a rocky shoreline. Caption: The area along the shoreline is rich with life.
20 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
White fish with black spots and yellow and black fins swims near the ocean floor. Caption: It can be found in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Weird Animals
Episode 1
54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Tubular spiny animal in various colors. Caption: There are thousands of different species.
Weird Animals
Episode 4
53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
White foaming waves crash on a rocky shore. Caption: Their activity ebbs and flows with the tides.
26 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Pink and yellow plant with branching limbs. Caption: We're discovering that life is much more creative
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 329
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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