Bill Nye Oceanography Worksheet & Answer Key | 4K Full Episode

FREE watch-along worksheet for Oceanography, Season 2 Episode 9 of Bill Nye the Science Guy, remastered in 4K. Students watch very salty water meet fresher water when a gate is raised, an egg that floats in salt water, a data marker buoy and wooden drift cards going over the side of a ship, and oceanographer Claudia Mills with a plankton sample that looks like soup, while they learn how heat and salt drive ocean currents. Includes QR codes and direct links to watch the 4K remastered episode and the free interactive lesson. Suitable for KS2, KS3, and Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

What’s Included (3-page PDF)

Side A: Recall + Diagram
Seven recall questions in episode order, plus a label-the-thermohaline-current diagram (evaporation, surface and deep currents, sea ice, cold water sinking) with a word bank.

Side B: Short Answer, Apply, and Critical Thinking
Five short answer questions, two Apply Your Knowledge tasks (winters in Britain and Labrador, plastic litter on the currents) and a critical thinking prompt on the ocean moons found since 1994.

Answer Key
Complete model answers plus QR codes to the educator hub and YouTube channel.

Key Features

No prep needed. Print and go.
Greyscale-optimised. Clean black-and-white printing.
QR codes on Side A and the Answer Key linking to 4K video, lesson, and educator hub.
Free interactive companion lesson included.

Curriculum Alignment

NGSS: MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-4, 5-ESS2-1, MS-PS1-4, MS-ESS3-3

UK National Curriculum:

KS2 Science: states of matter, including evaporation and the part it plays in the water cycle
KS2 Science: properties and changes of materials, including dissolving salt and recovering it by evaporation
KS3 Physics: density, upthrust, and floating and sinking in liquids
KS3 Geography: weather and climate, including how ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream affect regional climates

Cross-Cutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Energy and Matter, Systems and System Models