Most meat-eating dinosaurs had bones filled with air, just like today's birds. Scholars explore the idea that humans still live with dinosaurs, aka birds in a video that explains how researchers determined that modern birds descended from dinosaurs through the analysis of their skeletons, posture, feathers, eyesight, sound, and other characteristics.

Concepts

birds, dinosaurs, bones, feathers

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners research Archaeopteryx and share their findings
• Use resources found in description to incorporate other readings, research, and videos about birds and dinosaurs
• Video fits in a unit on evolution or animal adaptations

Classroom Considerations

• If assigning as homework in a flipped classroom, be sure everyone has Internet access

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Great introduction to engage learners from Jurassic Park movies
• Link to their related video on tetrapods found at 1:18

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.2