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A pod of dolphins swims at the surface of an ocean. Caption: They are being very cooperative.
13 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Penguin chick perched on the feet of an adult penguin. Caption: Adults walk with newborns on their feet and under blubber
1 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Machinery with pipes connecting different pieces. Various levers and dials scattered throughout the machinery. Caption: connecting to protein skimmers, connecting to heat exchangers.
Aquarist
Episode 2
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A lionfish. Caption: (Angelina) One big difference is the fish and their metabolism.
Aquarist
Episode 1
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person in scuba gear underwater with ocean life. Caption: basically dispersing food out for a big group of fish,
Aquarist
Episode 3
3 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a squid emitting a glowing cloud while a submarine passes closely. Vampire Squid. Caption: but some animals use it to warn or evade predators,
1 minutes 15 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
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Man in a Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Staff polo shirt speaks to us in front of a manatee habitat.
2 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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
Aerial view of a coastline with a coral reef running parallel to it. Caption: But the Great Barrier Reef isn't just old, it's huge.
16 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Closeup of the white iridescent shell of a California floater mussel.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 8
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer rendering of a starfish's tube feet, bending at an angle from the base of its leg, as if it's leaning forward on the ground.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 18
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a sea slug crawling across a bright green plant. The slug has an elongated irregular body that is pale yellow with black tiger stripes.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 19
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Long, spindly legs protrude from an extremely narrow body and other strange creatures. Caption: It's not like life like we're used to on the surface.
Deep Sea Dive
Episode 5
2 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Pie chart diagram showing that the atmosphere contains 1/5 oxygen. Caption: Two ways of O2 entry. Caption: Oxygen makes about 1/5 of the atmosphere,
5 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Manatee swimming in the water. Person in scuba gear in the background. Caption: Manatees are actually incredibly graceful creatures.
Endangered Ocean
Episode 6
2 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person on boat holding a rope attached to a whale in the water. Caption: But steps continue to be taken to help protect this species.
Endangered Ocean
Episode 2
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of a sea turtle swimming on the ocean floor. Caption: There are seven different species of sea turtles,
Endangered Ocean
Episode 4
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Human hand holding a small, thin brown shark. The shark fits neatly into the palm of the hand. Caption: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. Caption: the small dwarf lantern can fit in the palm of your hand.
Endangered Ocean
Episode 3
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of a sawfish on the ocean floor. It has a large flat body with a long tooth-lined shaft from the mouth. Caption: (male narrator) Sawfish are large, shark-like rays
Endangered Ocean
Episode 1
2 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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View from space of a prehistoric earth that is mainly covered in land and slim streams of water in between the two land formations.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 30
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustrated copepods of different colors, shapes, and sizes. Text reads, “Copepods.”
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 25
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer rendering of a walrus perched on the shore, rearing is head back with mouth open, showing 4 long, thick teeth protruding from its gums on the top and bottom.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 12
7 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Dickinsonia fossil from the Ediacaran that is symmetrical and round with rib-like segments that are radially inclined towards the wide end from a central ridge.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 8
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
White cartoon lobster with a line the same length of its tail next to it.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 24
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A school of small thin fish swimming in the water. Caption: Farmers raise fin fish using a variety of methods,
2 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 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
Fish packed in being dumped out of a bucket onto a metal production line. Caption: I think we have a good product because of our regulations.
4 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Reddish and light-colored plantlike organisms growing from the ocean floor. Caption: for a variety of organism, including deep-sea corals,
3 minutes 57 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
lionfish. Caption: People buy them because they're beautiful fish.
13 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Sea lion props itself up on a deck in front of man who squats under a canopy next to a pool of water.
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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
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Salamander blends in with the sand in its underwater habitat.
4 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Close up of head and shoulders of a manatee swimming under water. Caption: USGS
3 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Sand dunes with sparse grass. Caption: Maritime forests are important for coastal resilience.
1 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 11
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Black and white image of a male statue holding Kraken's tentacle. A black and white illustration of a man being attacked by Kraken appears under the image. A brown book with gold foil lettering that reads, "The Toilers of the Sea" sits to the left of the image.
Monstrum
Season 1 / Ep 5
6 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: NASA Goddard SFC: The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
3 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Underwater view of tangles of nets floating stationary. Caption: nets cause extensive damage to the ecosystem
2 minutes 4 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
Three jellyfish of various sizes with ribbon-like and long, straight tentacles. Caption: Well, it appears one creature is a step ahead of us.
News of the Day
Episode 4
1 minutes 51 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
An Octopus holding on to a bottle. Caption: Each arm has upto 200 suckers.
9 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
School of golden-yellow to pinkish speckled fish. Caption: we increase the health and quantity of fish populations,
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Overview: The Secret Islands of the Everglades
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 24
9 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Overview: What's Killing Florida's Corals?
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 14
7 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Overview: Why Are There 30 Million Horseshoe Crabs on This East Coast Beach?
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 18
8 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Underwater view of penguins swimming in a tank below text that reads, "Columbus Zoo."
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two humpback whales swim in the deep waters. Caption: They were the most graceful things I've ever seen.
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cross section of water with a concentration of a substance in part of it. Caption: Blooms can also deplete oxygen from the water,
2 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 7
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Large sea turtle swimming down towards the ocean floor. Caption: All this makes them great swimmers,
Saving a Species
Episode 3
30 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
People in scuba gear above a coral reef holding a clipboard. Caption: tracking a coral killer.
Science Nation
Episode 93
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding a small crab. Caption: could wreak so much havoc in the marshes of Cape Cod?
Science Nation
Episode 106
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small red animal swimming in a tank. Caption: (male narrator) These tiny, red shrimp might be perfect pets.
Science Nation
Episode 140
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person's hand supporting a lobster underwater. Caption: (male) This animal is in the late stages of disease.
Science Nation
Episode 160
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 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
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
Oysters in the water. Caption: is to restore the oyster ecosystem.
Science Nation
Episode 227
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People on the deck of a ship, working on various equipment. Caption: probing the oil and gas plumes beneath them.
Science Nation
Episode 149
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3D graphic of a bright yellow cylindrical object with fins underwater. Caption: Barth is studying low oxygen, or dead zones,
Science Nation
Episode 189
2 minutes 33 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
Small turtle held in a person's hands. Caption: studies sea turtles that are programmed from birth
Science Nation
Episode 175
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People gathered around two troughs filled with water. One person is reaching into the water and two others are handling a small object. Caption: studies mussels' role in their environment.
Science Nation
Episode 90
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Squid with a white body speckled in reddish brown. The color of the head matches the color of the speckles on the body. Caption: His brain has total control over what his skin is doing.
Science Out Loud
Episode 3
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Grocery store produce department with stacks of different fruit. Caption: Many fruits are better for us than candy and cookies.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1018
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a building surrounded by a body of water in the middle of a large city. Caption: (Scott) Here at the National Aquarium in Baltimore,
Teen Kids News
Episode 1442
21 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2107)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2107
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2203)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2203
20 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2205)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2205
17 minutes 52 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 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
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
Blonde boy wearing an Aquarium Encounters T-shirt speaks to a girl turned toward him as they stand near a table that holds two large mason jars and a fishbowl.
The Outsiders Club
Season 1 / Ep 9
21 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Blonde boy wearing an Aquarium Encounters T-shirt speaks to a girl turned toward him as they stand near a table that holds two large mason jars and a fishbowl.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 1 / Ep 9
21 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two boys walking through a sun-dappled Florida forest trail surrounded by trees, grasses, and palms.
The Outsiders Club
Season 2 / Ep 3
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bright, sunny view from an observation deck onto the landscape of grasses and shrubs under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 2 / Ep 3
21 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Boy looks at us with enthusiasm while sitting in a green forest next to moss-covered rocks. His backpack lies on the ground next to him.
The Outsiders Club
Season 2 / Ep 6
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Girl crouches slightly while walking through a dark, rocky cave.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 2 / Ep 6
21 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Children swimming in a spring up to their shoulders. The girl wears pink goggles pushed up on her forehead and a snorkel, and the boy holds an orange action camera.
The Outsiders Club
Season 2 / Ep 10
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Children swimming in a spring up to their shoulders. The girl wears pink goggles pushed up on her forehead and a snorkel and smiles at the boy, who talks to us while holding an orange action camera.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 2 / Ep 10
21 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Shallow tub of water holding a few dozen round white discs with small pieces of coral on top of them.
The Outsiders Club
Season 3 / Ep 10
20 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Boy smiles and a girl shakes hands with a bearded man who stands near a table full of tiny circular concrete molds. Behind them, two staffers wearing Mote Marine Laboratory shirts work at the sinks.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 3 / Ep 10
21 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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 sand covered horseshoe crab. Caption: ARTHROPODS That means they have an exoskeleton,
The Remarkable Horseshoe Crab
Episode 3
2 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two people walking past a large group of horseshoe crabs. Caption: (woman) We really do have a crab line tonight.
The Remarkable Horseshoe Crab
Episode 4
2 minutes 2 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
Sea turtle grazing on the ocean floor. Caption: in the waters off the west coast of Florida.
The Science Behind
Episode 1
4 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A Basking Shark with its mouth wide open. Caption: They are the second largest shark in the ocean--
The Science Behind
Episode 2
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Group of seals on a beach, one looking up. Caption: Females actually return year after year
3 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A walrus poking its head out of ice water. Caption: (female) It's neat to see something so big, so caring.
11 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Very close up view of microplastics. Caption: Microplastics that as less than five millimeters long--
Trash Talk
Episode 1
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Artwork of a bird and fish. Caption: animals often mistake plastic debris for food and eat it.
Trash Talk
Episode 2
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Artwork of plastic water bottle, trash bags, straws, and plastic bag. Caption: We find plastic everywhere,
Trash Talk
Episode 3
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Five people picking up trash. Caption: and participate in shoreline cleanups.
Trash Talk
Episode 4
1 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A net floating in water tangled in plastic. Caption: We call that derelict fishing gear,
Trash Talk
Episode 5
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Closeup of a woman with brown hair in a low braid wearing a black shirt standing on a sandy beach with a wooden ramp and ocean waves crashing behind her.
Untold
Episode 2
15 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
White background with gray grid lines. Title text in teal reads, "The electromagnetic spectrum." Underneath is a black line with waves getting tighter to the right, and a rainbow called, "visible light," highlighting a small portion of the line.
Untold
Episode 5
11 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Face of a brownish-green animal peeks out of a hollow rock. Caption: I think we can all agree that's one weird animal.
Weird Animals
Episode 2
56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Roughly diamond shaped animal with fins in the front swims underwater. Manta Ray. Caption: They're the largest ray in the ocean,
Weird Animals
Episode 3
53 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
Illustration of a whale swimming underwater. Music note.
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Still image from: Zebra Shark CT Scan
5 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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