PBS
How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World
They have survived every catastrophe and every mass extinction event that nature has thrown at them. And by being the little, filter-feeding, water-cleaning creatures that they are, sponges may have saved the world.
Amoeba Sisters
Animals: Tour of 9 Phyla
Join the Amoeba Sisters in exploring some general animal characteristics, major vocabulary used in classifying animals (such as symmetry, protostome vs deuterostome, cephalization, and coelom), and take a general tour of 9 major animal...
SciShow
What Did the First Animal Look Like?
If you trace your way back along the tree of life, eventually you'd come face-to-face with the very first animal. But what exactly would that animal have looked like?
Crash Course
Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses - Crash Course Biology
Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as "animals" has been called into question because they are so simple) and finishing with the most complex...
Curated Video
What is an Invertebrate?
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone – but that’s the only thing they all have in common! Learn more about some of the many different types of invertebrate, from arthropods to sponges. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points....
Visual Learning Systems
Simple Animals: Exploring Sponges and Cnidarians
Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - The Porifera & Cnidaria
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the phylum Porifera and the phylum Cnidaria.
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Porifera: Sponges
It's finally time to start diving into individual animal phyla! First up is Porifera. This includes all the sponges. These are funky looking organisms, almost none of which exhibit any kind of symmetry, nor do they possess any tissues or...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - Nine Major Phyla of the Kingdom Animalia
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the nine major phyla of the animal kingdom.
Professor Dave Explains
Major Divisions of Kingdom Animalia and the Problem With Animal Phyla
Soon we are going to dive into a study of all the different kinds of animals, but first we need some kind of road map. What are all the major divisions of Kingdom Animalia? Below kingdom is phylum, so how many animal phyla are there, and...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Sponges and Cnidarians
This video provides a brief overview of two phyla of animals: Porifera (sponges) and Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydra, and jellyfish). This video is part of the 11-part series, Classifying Animals.