Quetzalcoatlus: The Biggest Animal Who Ever Flew! | The Science of Flight | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!

The birds you see around today might not be that big, but a long time ago, there was a flying animal the size of some airplanes!

Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Idea:

ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars - Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted. (1-ESS1-1)

Performance Expectation:

1-ESS1-1 Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Standards:

NGSS: 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)

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