Tuesday, July 23, 1 PM
For next week’s Watch & Wonder Highlight, we’re featuring this episode of NATURE. After watching, dive deeper with resources about the underwater habitats and unique adaptations of sharks that call the warm waters near Hawaii’s islands their home on PBS LearningMedia.
Under the waves and tropical sun, each of Hawaii’s volcanic islands host a unique ocean landscape teeming with biodiversity. But one predator reigns supreme – the shark. With 40 species of shark calling these warm waters home, scientists are seeing new animal behavior around every corner. Whitetip reef sharks “sleep” in tight volcanic tunnels. In the deep water, everything is on the menu for the hunting Tiger shark, from birds to Humpback whales. Hopping from island to island, uncover surprising moments of cooperation, rarely seen hunting tactics and striking insights into these predators of the world’s paradise in Sharks of Hawaii.
PBS LearningMedia
How Volcanoes Create Habitats | Sharks of Hawaii
Grades 6-12
Learn how volcanic activity has created underwater habitats in this video from NATURE: Sharks of Hawaii. As volcanoes in Hawaii erupted, some of the lava went into the ocean, creating different formation as it flowed. Volcanoes created basaltic planes that living things later turned into coral reefs. In other places, lava created tunnels and tubes as it cooled. Discover the unique adaptations that enable whitetip reef sharks to stay protected in the lava tubes.
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