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Crash Course

Tides

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Tides go in and tides go out, but how do they relate to gravity and the moon? The video explores the relationship of gravity over distance, tidal force parameters, the battle of the bulges, and tidal lock. It connects not only the ocean...
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NOAA

Ocean Currents

For Students 6th - 12th
Go with the flow! The eighth installment in a 13-part series has earth science students dive in to the world's system of ocean currents. The interactive illustrates the different types and depths of currents, how wind and gravity...
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PBS

Global Ocean Currents

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What forces drive the ocean's currents? Science scholars observe global ocean currents at different depths to explore their characteristics and patterns. Part of PBS's Weather and Climate series, the resource includes teaching...
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NOAA

Tides

For Students 6th - 12th
Sometimes low, sometimes high, but always in motion! Explore Earth's tidal system in the 10th interactive in a series of 13. Engaging life and earth science students alike, the versatile resource demonstrates cause and effect between...
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NOAA

Energy from the Oceans

For Students 6th - 12th
Can Earth's oceans produce a steady supply of clean energy? Scholars explore the uses of tidal and thermal energy in the 11th installment of a 13-part series about ocean-based alternative energy sources. Learners examine the...
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PBS

Coastline Change

For Students 6th - 8th
Continental drift happens over millions of years, but new perspective shows much faster changes. An informative resource offers a short term perspective using a series of satellite images. Viewers observe major changes to a coastline in...
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Deep Look

These Fish Are All About Sex on the Beach

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Here's an unusual approach to ensuring the survival of a species! Introduce young biologists to the California grunion, a fish that mates on land rather than in the water. The video shows how grunion make use of time and the tide to...
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American Museum of Natural History

What do You Know About Marine Biology

For Students 6th - 12th
Show me what you know about the sea. Learners answer 10 questions about marine biology. The questions range from what evidence points to the origin of life to the biggest threat to oceans.
Instructional Video11:21
Physics Girl

Everything You Should Know about Trappist-1 Exoplanets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Have we found the next Earth? Join the host of an interesting physics series as she learns what scientists know about the planets orbiting the star Trappist-1 during an engaging video. Astronomers discuss how they located the system,...
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Crash Course

Community Ecology: Feel the Love

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Warblers are small birds that have been known to get caught in spider webs. The video covers community ecology, focusing on the Competitive Exclusion Principle using the example of warblers. It also includes fundamental versus realized...
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Curated OER

Explorit's SEASHORE Quiz

For Students 4th - 7th
For this online interactive seashore quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions. Students may check their answers for accuracy.
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Monterey Institute for Technology and Education

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation on tides is very thorough, explaining the cause of tides and the adaptations organisms must have to survive in the intertidal zone. An additional simulation will test your understanding of tides.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of tides, and learn how they have shaped most objects in the universe. What is the relationship between tides and gravity? How do planets and their moons become tidally locked? What would happen if you were 300km tall?...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.
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Harvard Medical School: Once Upon a Tide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A ten-minute video on the critical importance of the oceans for sustaining life on Earth, presented as a modern day fable. Includes lesson plans and links to additional resources.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Tidepools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the Paleontologist discusses the diverse lifeforms which may be found in tidepools--bodies of water left behind by the ocean at low tide. [1:00]
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Next Vista for Learning

Next Vista for Learning: The Moon

For Students 3rd - 8th
A video giving some of the properties of the moon. [1:02]

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