Why are frogs so happy? They eat whatever bugs them!
Your task will be to find pictures of the stages in a frog's life. You will hear the sounds of some of these frogs. You will find the picture of where these frogs might live. When you are an expert on frogs, your task will be to do one of the following projects:
1. Made a frog at school or at home using the frog crafts page on the web site.
2. Make a picture of your favorite stage in a frog's life.
3. Draw and present a poster of the life cycle of a frog to me or to the class.
4. Find the picture of the life cycle of a frog on the web site, print it out and color it.
TECHNOLOGY 1.15 Students use verbal and
nonverbal skills to express themselves effectively. This is
evident when students a. Share information 1.18 Students use computers to
gather information and ideas, and to represent information
and ideas accurately. 7.13 Students understand the
characteristics of organisms. This is evident when
students: a. Identify characteristics of
organisms . c. Describe and show examples of the
interdependence of all systems that support life (e.g.,
family, community, food chains )
Please note: After bringing up each following web site, you will need to click on the Back button when you are done to return to this Frog program.
Click
on the frogs for pictures and sounds.
Please note: to return to the web site home page, click on the X
button to the top right hand side.
Click
on the frogs for jokes, information and frog sounds.
Click
on the frogs to see where tadpoles and frogs like to live.
Click
on the frogs to find crafts ideas on the web site.
Click
on the frogs to find the life cycle color sheet to print out and
color.
Jump
Back
These are tadpoles beginning to hatch after 10 days. Their organs and gills are beginning to grow.
After 21 days the tadpole has grown and will hold onto a weed in the water. He has a long tail and hides in the weeds. He breathes with gills like a fish and swims using his tail.
This tadpole is in a bowl. Look at the ruler to see how long it is.
After 5 weeks of growing the tadpole begins to change. It starts to grow his hind (back) legs.
This froglet is becoming more like a frog. It's mouth widens. It's tail is much smaller and it's legs are growing.
After 11 weeks we see a frog. He has lungs to breathe with, legs big enough for hopping and now he does not have a tail. Frogs will mostly live on land. They eat insects, catching them with their long, sticky tongue. They also eat small fish and worms. In cold weather they will dig down into the mud and hibernate (sleep very deeply) through the winter.
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Student finds all the pictures of the cycle, retells the life cycle and researches the sites on the web. |
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Great Job! You are now an expert on the life cycle of frogs. You have completed a frog project and have presented it to our class. I hope you had fun listening to the frog sounds and making your project.
What's green green green green green?
A frog rolling down a hill!
Written by Mary Aranjo, Milton Elementary School
Please e-mail me with comments or
suggestions.
