Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks explore the many ways that caterpillars use to avoid being munched on by predators, and that it often comes down to how they look!
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).
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits - Young animals are very much, but not exactly, like their parents. Plants also are very much, but not exactly, like their parents (1-LS3-1).
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.
1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms - Reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles (3-LS1-1).
Performance Expectation:
3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death
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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:
carnegiemnh.org/camouflage-in-your-yard
https://scott-dev.domains.swarthmore.edu/birdpoopcaterpillar/
https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/lter/pubs/pdf/pub3739/pub3739_09j.pdf
sciencephoto.com/media/1028148/view/snake-mimic-caterpillar
livescience.com/17647-caterpillar-mimicry-predation.html
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/regal_moth.htm
https://www.si.edu/object/black-swallowtail-caterpillar-defense-mechanism
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/eastern_black_swallowtail.htm
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/saddleback-caterpillar
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/ENTO/ENTO-19/ENTO-541.pdf
Image Sources:
tinyurl.com/y5x3aj5c
tinyurl.com/y5x3aj5c
tinyurl.com/se7cxwwx
tinyurl.com/229u8jt6
tinyurl.com/2mamnvns
tinyurl.com/3zjfja6n
tinyurl.com/yfx423ny
tinyurl.com/bdha2t4f
tinyurl.com/42v4x7b8
tinyurl.com/29x7ffhx
tinyurl.com/3vruwy85
tinyurl.com/mpun4nhp
tinyurl.com/2daypjbs
gettyimages.com/detail/video/butterfly-flying-off-the-grass-in-sunshine-stock-footage/993253088
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/giant-swallowtail-caterpillar-royalty-free-image/1470062508?phrase=Papilio+cresphontes+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lepidoptera-larva-inchworm-in-the-wild-north-china-royalty-free-image/2021438369?phrase=Geometridae+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/video/father-and-son-coin-bank-stock-footage/1542970641
inaturalist.org/photos/354684238
Permission from Mark Bowler
gettyimages.com/detail/video/green-tree-python-close-up-portrait-art-stock-footage/1347295993
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/hickory-horned-devil-citheronia-regalis-larva-royalty-free-image/1543098182?phrase=hickory+horned+devil+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/hickory-horned-devil-citheronia-regalis-larva-form-royalty-free-image/1558677162?phrase=hickory+horned+devil+caterpillar
inaturalist.org/photos/7883113
inaturalist.org/photos/10744694
inaturalist.org/photos/237166333
inaturalist.org/photos/45314726
inaturalist.org/photos/209123111
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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks explore the many ways that caterpillars use to avoid being munched on by predators, and that it often comes down to how they look!
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).
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits - Young animals are very much, but not exactly, like their parents. Plants also are very much, but not exactly, like their parents (1-LS3-1).
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.
1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms - Reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles (3-LS1-1).
Performance Expectation:
3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death
----------
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patreon.com/scishowkids
If you have a question for Jessi and Squeaks, you can write to them here: https://forms.gle/SENBjH9szoLGfrRC9
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Facebook: facebook.com/scishowkids
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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:
carnegiemnh.org/camouflage-in-your-yard
https://scott-dev.domains.swarthmore.edu/birdpoopcaterpillar/
https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/lter/pubs/pdf/pub3739/pub3739_09j.pdf
sciencephoto.com/media/1028148/view/snake-mimic-caterpillar
livescience.com/17647-caterpillar-mimicry-predation.html
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/regal_moth.htm
https://www.si.edu/object/black-swallowtail-caterpillar-defense-mechanism
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/eastern_black_swallowtail.htm
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/saddleback-caterpillar
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/ENTO/ENTO-19/ENTO-541.pdf
Image Sources:
tinyurl.com/y5x3aj5c
tinyurl.com/y5x3aj5c
tinyurl.com/se7cxwwx
tinyurl.com/229u8jt6
tinyurl.com/2mamnvns
tinyurl.com/3zjfja6n
tinyurl.com/yfx423ny
tinyurl.com/bdha2t4f
tinyurl.com/42v4x7b8
tinyurl.com/29x7ffhx
tinyurl.com/3vruwy85
tinyurl.com/mpun4nhp
tinyurl.com/2daypjbs
gettyimages.com/detail/video/butterfly-flying-off-the-grass-in-sunshine-stock-footage/993253088
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/giant-swallowtail-caterpillar-royalty-free-image/1470062508?phrase=Papilio+cresphontes+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lepidoptera-larva-inchworm-in-the-wild-north-china-royalty-free-image/2021438369?phrase=Geometridae+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/video/father-and-son-coin-bank-stock-footage/1542970641
inaturalist.org/photos/354684238
Permission from Mark Bowler
gettyimages.com/detail/video/green-tree-python-close-up-portrait-art-stock-footage/1347295993
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/hickory-horned-devil-citheronia-regalis-larva-royalty-free-image/1543098182?phrase=hickory+horned+devil+caterpillar
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/hickory-horned-devil-citheronia-regalis-larva-form-royalty-free-image/1558677162?phrase=hickory+horned+devil+caterpillar
inaturalist.org/photos/7883113
inaturalist.org/photos/10744694
inaturalist.org/photos/237166333
inaturalist.org/photos/45314726
inaturalist.org/photos/209123111
#scishowkids #education #science #elementary #learning #fun #scienceforkids
