Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Did you ever wonder how some squirrels find food in the cold winter? Mister Brown and Squeaks learn all about it this week as they discover a squirrel midden on their hike!
Hosted by: Anthony Brown
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From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids!
Join Jessi, Mister Brown, Squeaks the Robot Lab Rat, and all their friends at the Fort as they conduct experiments, research new questions, and talk with experts to learn about the science-filled world around us.
There's always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!
SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and many episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.
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Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water (2-LS4-1).
Performance Expectation:
2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
SOURCES:
wildlife.org/found-middens-give-squirrels-a-helping-hand
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123633
Image Sources:
istockphoto.com/photo/winter-deer-in-snow-gm174842042-23247848
storyblocks.com/video/stock/two-happy-kids-throwing-fallen-leaves-up-in-fall-h2mbyw9rzj9keuzua
istockphoto.com/photo/red-squirrel-looking-around-a-tree-gm466395505-33654930
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_squirrel_midden.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-child-in-a-yellow-jacket-holding-pine-cones-exploring-nature-walking-gm1245108034-363047337
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamiasciurus_hudsonicus_CT.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_squirrel_food_cache_and_midden_(45620679251).jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/the-dark-light-of-the-forest-gm1136857261-302926360
istockphoto.com/photo/cardinal-in-spruce-tree-gm1312384073-401211378
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lynx_rufus#/media/File:Bobcat_in_Yosemite.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/american-black-bear-gm482557323-37182978
istockphoto.com/photo/american-black-bear-ursus-americanus-feeding-with-cedar-cones-in-forest-in-the-gm825429020-133866439
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Red_Squirrel_-_Banff.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/lazuli-bunting-bird-perched-on-a-pine-cone-gm1321367531-407621286
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bobcat2.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/red-squirrel-eating-pine-cone-gm1291989146-386944429
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marten_bounding_through_the_snow_(512488bd-68e6-4b67-8e14-95657c022029).jpg
storyblocks.com/video/stock/three-cubs-following-mother-bear-through-snow-tyh76mw
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_red_squirrel_(Tamiasciurus_hudsonicus).webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newfoundland_Pine_Marten.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Picea_abies_midden_of_scales_and_cores,_Lambroughton,_North_Ayrshire._Grey_Squirrel_feeding_activity.jpg
#scishowkids #squirrel #winter #kids #biodiversity #education #science #elementary #learning #ngss #animals
Did you ever wonder how some squirrels find food in the cold winter? Mister Brown and Squeaks learn all about it this week as they discover a squirrel midden on their hike!
Hosted by: Anthony Brown
----------
Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon:
patreon.com/scishowkids
If you have a question for Jessi, Squeaks, and Mister Brown you can write to them here: https://forms.gle/SENBjH9szoLGfrRC9
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: facebook.com/scishowkids
Twitter: twitter.com/scishowkids
Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow
----------
From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids!
Join Jessi, Mister Brown, Squeaks the Robot Lab Rat, and all their friends at the Fort as they conduct experiments, research new questions, and talk with experts to learn about the science-filled world around us.
There's always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!
SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and many episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.
----------
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water (2-LS4-1).
Performance Expectation:
2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
SOURCES:
wildlife.org/found-middens-give-squirrels-a-helping-hand
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123633
Image Sources:
istockphoto.com/photo/winter-deer-in-snow-gm174842042-23247848
storyblocks.com/video/stock/two-happy-kids-throwing-fallen-leaves-up-in-fall-h2mbyw9rzj9keuzua
istockphoto.com/photo/red-squirrel-looking-around-a-tree-gm466395505-33654930
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_squirrel_midden.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-child-in-a-yellow-jacket-holding-pine-cones-exploring-nature-walking-gm1245108034-363047337
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamiasciurus_hudsonicus_CT.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_squirrel_food_cache_and_midden_(45620679251).jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/the-dark-light-of-the-forest-gm1136857261-302926360
istockphoto.com/photo/cardinal-in-spruce-tree-gm1312384073-401211378
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lynx_rufus#/media/File:Bobcat_in_Yosemite.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/american-black-bear-gm482557323-37182978
istockphoto.com/photo/american-black-bear-ursus-americanus-feeding-with-cedar-cones-in-forest-in-the-gm825429020-133866439
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Red_Squirrel_-_Banff.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/lazuli-bunting-bird-perched-on-a-pine-cone-gm1321367531-407621286
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bobcat2.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/red-squirrel-eating-pine-cone-gm1291989146-386944429
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marten_bounding_through_the_snow_(512488bd-68e6-4b67-8e14-95657c022029).jpg
storyblocks.com/video/stock/three-cubs-following-mother-bear-through-snow-tyh76mw
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_red_squirrel_(Tamiasciurus_hudsonicus).webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newfoundland_Pine_Marten.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Picea_abies_midden_of_scales_and_cores,_Lambroughton,_North_Ayrshire._Grey_Squirrel_feeding_activity.jpg
#scishowkids #squirrel #winter #kids #biodiversity #education #science #elementary #learning #ngss #animals
