Ocean Video Lessons for World Ocean Day
These dynamic science video lessons from Edpuzzle Originals make the perfect hassle-free lesson plans to celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8th with your students!
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If your students ever question the power they have to impact the world around them, point them in the direction of the Youth Advisory Council for World Ocean Day!
These 25 teen activists help spread awareness about the problems facing our world’s oceans and are helping to advance the goal of protecting at least 30% of our planet's lands, waters, and ocean by 2030.
Officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008, World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8th with the goal of increasing protection for Earth’s oceans, which take up 70% of our planet’s surface and generate 70% of the oxygen we breathe!
With these Edpuzzle Original video lessons, your elementary students can discover the world of water and the incredible life forms that live in our oceans.
Are you ready to ride the wave?
Ocean Video Lessons for Elementary Students
Anglerfish, comb jellies, and Humboldt squids… these are some of the wild and wonderful bioluminescent creatures students will explore in this video!
Video length: 5 mins. 56 secs.
Habitats and Survival (Bioluminescence)
Is the ocean floor flat? Far from it! Explore the depths of the ocean floor with maps in this science video.
Video length: 6 mins. 50 secs.
Mapping the Ocean Floor to Send a Message Across the Earth
How could a boat survive a tsunami? Find out in this video lesson on wave models.
Video length: 7 mins. 44 secs.
How Boats Use Wave Models to Survive Tsunamis
Hunting for prey blind? In this video, students will discover how stingrays use electroreception to find food.
Video length: 7 mins. 19 secs.
How This Animal Hunts Without Its Sense of Sight
This video answers the irresistible question: Why do beluga whales have such squishy heads? (We know the suspense is killing you!)
Video length: 7 mins. 14 secs.
This Animal's Squishy Head Gives It Special Senses
What kind of a forest could live underwater? Explore aquatic ecosystems in this science video lesson on underwater food chains and food webs.
Video length: 7 mins. 14 secs.
Energy from Sun (Kelp Forest)
Ocean Video Lessons for Middle and High School Students
In this video lesson, students will identify the major components and processes of seafloor spreading, including divergence at mid-ocean ridges and convergence at subduction zones.
Video length: 5 mins. 51 secs.
Seafloor Spreading
In this follow-up practice video lesson, students will practice identifying the major components, processes, and characteristics of seafloor spreading.
Video length: 3 mins. 53 secs.
Seafloor Spreading: Practice
Students will identify Earth's major oceans and describe their role in the global ecosystem in this science video lesson.
Video length: 6 mins. 43 secs.
Oceans
How do temperature and salinity affect ocean currents? In this video lessons, students will use models to find out, as well as to explain the role of currents in Earth's climate and ecosystems.
Video length: 6 mins. 40 secs.
Ocean Currents
Key Takeaways from the Oceans Video Lessons
These science video lessons were all carefully crafted by Edpuzzle’s team of expert science teachers. With built-in questions, all you have to do is click assign.
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