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

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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SOURCES:
https://carnegiemnh.org/winging-it-quetzalcoatlus-and-the-history-of-aviation/
https://eartharchives.org/articles/quetzalcoatlus-the-largest-flying-animal-of-all-time/index.html
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/f2013/krings_eliz/habitat.htm#:~:text=Habitat,Kellner%20and%20Langston%2C%201996).
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pterosaurs-may-have-had-vibrant-feathers-like-modern-birds-180979958/
https://fossildiscoveryexhibit.com/fossil-discovery-exhibit/inland-floodplain-environment
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/20661464.pdf
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/multis/multis.html
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/largest-ever-flying-animal-behaved-like-giant-heron.html
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-pterodactyls-not-dinosaurs

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahonachelys_life_restoration.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterodactylus_spectabilis_skeletal_reconstruction.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeletal_reconstruction_of_Saturnalia_tupiniquim.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfp-quetzalcaotlus_white_background.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quetzalcoatlus_by_johnson_mortimer-d9n2d3a.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_life_size_restoration_of_Quetzalcoatlus_Northropi_at_the_Chicano_field_museum.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QuetzalcoatlusROM.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cast_of_Rhamphorhynchus_muensteri_02_-_Pterosaurs_Flight_in_the_Age_of_Dinosaurs.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhamphorhynchus_Flock.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quetzalcoatlus_northropi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quetzalcoatlus_sp.jpg

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