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Curated Video

Salmon: A Keystone Species in Aquatic Ecosystems

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video provides an overview of salmon, a family of schooling fish found in the northern hemisphere. It discusses their characteristics, behaviors, habitats, and life cycle. The video highlights the different species of salmon, their...
Lesson Plan5:14
TED-Ed

How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton-Top Tamarins

6th - 12th
Tamarin monkey language can be categorized by stem upsweep, duration, peak frequency, and frequency change. Although other complex terminology is used to describe the 38 calls of this species, the video is easy to follow and a...
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Other

The Great Animal Orchestra

9th - 10th
Great interactive experience in which you select an acoustic landscape, then sit back and listen to the harmony of the animal kingdom.
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Can Apes Really "Talk" to Humans?

9th - 10th
What can we learn from the controversial history of ape language research? [7:42]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Guess How Whales Hear!

Pre-K - 1st
This video segment explores how one marine biologist used the scientific process to discover how whales hear. [5:58]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Sounds Do Animals Make?

Pre-K - 1st
Although they can't speak, most animals have their own way of communicating. This video segment presents examples of animal communication.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Listening to Frog Love Songs

9th - 10th
In this interview, biologist Darcy Kelley tells us about her work listening to the underwater love songs of South African clawed frogs, and what they tell us about animal communication. Aired Feb. 12, 2010 [12:26 min]
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Other

Science Museum of Minnesota: Wild Music

6th - 8th
Multidisciplinary exhibition about sound, making music, the noises that animal make, and what it's like to be a musician.
Instructional Video
National Pest Managment Association

Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 15

K - 1st
Three snippets about pests including bee stings 101, keeping cockroaches out, and bird calls! [2:57]
Audio
British Library

British Library: Listen to Nature: Explore Wildlife Sounds in the World

3rd - 8th
Explore wildlife sounds across the globe through an interactive world map. Listen to quality sound recordings made in a number of locations.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers:horse Ears

3rd - 8th
Examine the characteristics and behavior of horses while watching kids use the scientific method to determine whether horses can communicate with their ears.
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: David Blackburn, Frog Communication

9th - 10th
It takes a finely tuned ear to describe the characteristics of a frog's call. By studying these animals, scientists like herpetologist David Blackburn are finding new evidence about how changes in ecosystems are causing great changes in...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal Communication

9th - 10th
Learn about animal communication. [4:22]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Types of Animal Communication

9th - 10th
Learn how animal communication is involved in the social behavior of animal groups with this video. [8:57]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Extreme Communication

3rd - 8th
Elephants communicate through the air like we do, but also seismically through the ground. [2:14]