What On Earth is a Platypus? | SciShow Kids

Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode! Platypuses are so funny, it looks like someone made them up as a joke. But they're real animals! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about how amazing platypuses really are! Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them) 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. ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.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: http://www.facebook.com/scishowkids Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishowkids ---------- 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. ---------- SOURCES: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-platypus-puzzle.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/science/taking-the-pulse-of-the-near-threatened-platypus-is-a-tricky-task.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/platypus?loggedin=true&rnd=1687144905005 https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/scientists-discover-that-the-platypus-glows-in-the-dark/ https://journals.iucr.org/f/issues/2018/01/00/cb5104/index.html https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/platypus-milk-best-hope-against-post-antibiotic-future.htm https://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/departments/department-of-biochemistry-and-pharmacology/engage/avru/blog/wide-world-of-venom-the-platypus https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-19th-century-naturalists-didnt-believe-in-the-platypus https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/platypus.html Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platypus_(Ornithorhynchus_anatinus)._First_Description_1799.jpg https://tinyurl.com/mpct4cyk https://tinyurl.com/2s3z6w6c https://tinyurl.com/4r7rc2px https://tinyurl.com/ycxdnrye https://tinyurl.com/2xvy66jw https://tinyurl.com/53bpa787 https://tinyurl.com/mtnwsaba https://tinyurl.com/3t7vhd2m https://tinyurl.com/2fthy6rm https://tinyurl.com/3cxu478t https://tinyurl.com/4nn5m67w https://tinyurl.com/25jnje68 https://tinyurl.com/2s6r348m https://tinyurl.com/yu574k5b https://tinyurl.com/3tpcmdsw https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/platypus-stock-footage/679724798?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/ornithorhynchus-anatinus-australia-royalty-free-image/1226716942?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/platypus-royalty-free-image/1220729073?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/platypus-ornithorhynchus-anatinus-den-entrance-royalty-free-image/1250419818?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornithorhynchus_anatinus_-_nest_with_eggs_-_MUSE.JPG https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/platypus-young-royalty-free-image/1220729124?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/ornithorhynchus-anatinus-man-showing-venomous-spur-royalty-free-image/1215345040?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/platypus-swimming-in-water-at-eungella-national-royalty-free-image/1432995435?phrase=platypus&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/echidna-royalty-free-image/998425430?phrase=monotremes&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repenomamus_reconstruction.jpg #scishowkids #education #science #elementary #learning #fun #scienceforkids