Introducing Oceanography video

Use online video to study the science, origins and evolution of oceanography. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these Junior Science videos entitled Introducing Oceanography as oceanography lessons for kids to study the science and origins of oceanography and the evolution of research techniques used in oceanography.

Use our 6 online educational videos to learn the ways in which humans have explored the mysteries of the deep. Learn the origins of oceanography and the evolution of research techniques, from the sixteenth-century rope and weight to modern sonar, satellites, and diving vessels. Study the relationship of the continental shelf to the land and the ocean and see how plate tectonics has a role in changing the ocean's geography. Examine the properties of seawater and learn how its ability to dissolve substances allows pollution to spread. Study the major movements of the ocean and the three main classifications of ocean life.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the origins of oceanography and the evolution of research techniques, from the sixteenth-century rope and weight to modern sonar, satellites and diving vessels.
• Study the relationship of the continental shelf to the land and the ocean and see how plate tectonics has a role in changing the ocean's geography.
• Examine the properties of seawater and learn how its ability to dissolve substances allows pollution to spread.
• Study the major movements of the ocean and the three main classifications of ocean life.

• Science > Junior Science > Introducing Oceanography
• Explore the Oceans (Runtime: 12:55)
• The Changing Ocean Floor (Runtime: 13:16)
• The Study of Seawater (Runtime: 13:41)
• The Actions of Currents Tides and Waves (Runtime: 13:15)
• Ocean Life - The Open Sea (Runtime: 08:46)
• Ocean Life - Cycles in the Sea (Runtime: 11:04)