Instructional Video
Into the Outdoors

Into the Outdoors: Becoming a Wetlands Ecologist

3rd - 8th
A video introducing students to what a wetland ecologist studies. Learn that to study the wetlands ecologist must understand the relationship between the non-living and living factors. Also included on the site is a lesson plan for...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Kids 33.1: H2 O No! Fresh Water Problems

3rd - 8th
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina Cruz talks about ecosystems and how one small change can lead to a cascade effect in the entire ecosystem. [4:59]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Kids 21.1: Home Sweet Habitat

3rd - 8th
How would a polar bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can't anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with habitats and how animals (including humans) are suited for living in one place over another. In this...
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Scavenger Hunt

3rd - 8th
Follow this group of students through their scavenger hunt in the estuary. Take a look at the living and nonliving things that make this ecosystem a special place. [9:38]