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Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang. Its name is Diplocaulus, and they'll learn all about how that funny head helped it live a very long time ago!
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
First Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).
Performance Expectation:
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards
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.
Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere (3-LS4-1). Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments (3-LS4-1).
Performance Expectation:
3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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Join Jessi, 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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SOURCES:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1980.0110
gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper228458.html
reptileevolution.com/diplocaulus.htm
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21610#page/11/mode/1up
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-are-wind-tunnels-k4.html
Images:
gettyimages.com
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimetr_incis22DB.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holly_Diplocaulus_WMNH_2.jpg
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233115
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diplocaulus_skull_WMNH.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimetr_eryopsDB.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:210521-F-F3405-0001.jpg
nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-quesst-model-flies-the-simulated-skies-at-nasa-langley-wind-tunnel-testing-session
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Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang. Its name is Diplocaulus, and they'll learn all about how that funny head helped it live a very long time ago!
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
First Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).
Performance Expectation:
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards
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.
Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere (3-LS4-1). Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments (3-LS4-1).
Performance Expectation:
3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon:
patreon.com/scishowkids
If you have a question for Jessi and Squeaks 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
----------
From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids!
Join Jessi, 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.
----------
SOURCES:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1980.0110
gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper228458.html
reptileevolution.com/diplocaulus.htm
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21610#page/11/mode/1up
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-are-wind-tunnels-k4.html
Images:
gettyimages.com
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimetr_incis22DB.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holly_Diplocaulus_WMNH_2.jpg
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233115
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diplocaulus_skull_WMNH.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimetr_eryopsDB.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:210521-F-F3405-0001.jpg
nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-quesst-model-flies-the-simulated-skies-at-nasa-langley-wind-tunnel-testing-session
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