Ocean Life

What can live in the ocean?

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Highlights the physical characteristics of various animals that make their homes in the ocean. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary.

Oceans provide habitats for millions of marine species and cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Segments detail seafloor maps, the role of water in our planet's life cycles, three states of matter, and the crucial balance among all life-forms.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:24

Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones (1999)

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The worlds largest habitat is also the least accessible. This video takes your students under the sea, from the shallow light zone with its abundant supply of food, to the cold and mysterious dark zone, exploring both environments and revealing the elements that dictate underwater life.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:19

Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef (1999)

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Discover the unique environment where the water meets the land that includes rocky and sandy shores, as well as tide pools, home to crabs, barnacles, and starfish. Demonstrates how tides and waves affect the other species that live on, in, and out of the water. Students discover the amazing living habitat of the reef.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:16

Ocean Life

What can live in the ocean?

Earth's Ecology (2005)

Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones (1999)

Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef (1999)