Instructional Video4:24
SciShow

Four Creatures That Glow

9th - 12th
Have you ever wanted to glow? The reasons creatures glow change based on their situation and biology. The video lesson discusses mating rituals, defense, and reasons we don't understand yet. It also explains how creatures glow and...
Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

How to Live Forever? Be a Jellyfish

9th - 12th Standards
The turritopsis dohrnii, or immortal jellyfish, are tiny, with adults measuring only 0.18 inches tall and wide. The narrator of this short video explores the immortal jellyfish and the importance of their unique and amazing lives. These...
Instructional Video2:19
SciShow

Synthetic Jellyfish

9th - 12th
If you take silicone and apply muscle cells from a rat's heart, can you make a jellyfish? Turns out, the answer is mostly yes. The video is a perfect introduction to tissue engineering and the major benefits people can get from this...
Instructional Video11:31
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Crash Course

Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, and Octopuses

9th - 12th Standards
A video focusing on the evolutionary history of simple animals reveals some amazing facts. Did you know that some deep-water sponges can live to be more than 200 years old? The narrator of the film explains what simple animals...
Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

How Does a Jellyfish Sting?

5th - 12th
Jellyfish are not aggressive creatures. They simply use their stinging cells as a defense mechanism. Some animals have developed adaptations that prevent them from being affected by a jellyfish's sting. Watch to find out the science...
Instructional Video4:51
California Academy of Science

Jellies at the Academy

6th - 12th
Jellyfish are captivating creatures. A biologist shares her life with the jellies as she feeds, raises, and studies them every day. This would be a pertinent video when you are teaching marine biologists about reproduction, defensive...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Open Ocean Jellies

9th - 10th
Learn about ocean health and the growth of jellyfish populations in a sea turtle documentary from the PBS, Nature series, in this video podcast. [1:55]
Instructional Video
The Kid Should See This

Tksst: Science Take: A Surprising Appetite for Dead Jellyfish

9th - 10th
Based on recent marine studies, learn how scientists have been rethinking of the jellyfish's position in the food web. [1:34]
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Cnidarians: Life on the Move

9th - 10th
Did you know that Cnidarians were the first animals to have muscles and nerves to produce behavior? They were also the first to have a mouth and stomach to digest food. This animiation will help you learn about nematocysts when we watch...
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Cnidarians: Moon Jelly Life Cycle

9th - 10th
A video documenting the jellyfish's life cycle. Moon jelly polyps divide off tiny juvenile jellyfish called ephyra. The juveniles will grow into adults that will spawn. The offspring will settle to the bottom and grow into tiny polyps....
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Jack Costello, Biologist: Why Jellyfish Swim

9th - 10th
Jack Costello studies how jellyfish move and feed. He dives to videotape moon jellies swimming and observes that they don't really move much. With this in mind, he seeks to answer the question: why do jellyfish spend their time swimming?...
Instructional Video
Other

Fast Focus on the Environment: Jellies

9th - 10th
Site showcases a video (Windows Media Player required) on Monterey Bay Aquarium's newest exhibit 'Jellies: Living Art.' This temporary exhibit was designed to bring artistic creation into the underwater realm, and enhance the way people...
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Sea Nettle Jellyfish

3rd - 8th
Sea nettle jellyfish (Chrysaora fuscescens) are common along the Pacific coast in fall and winter. They sometimes congregate in huge swarms. Here's a glimpse at our sea nettle tank in the Steinhart Aquarium at the Academy. [0:59]