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Feeding Frenzy

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Feeding Frenzy

In this lesson, students simulate the feeding behaviors of amphibians by collecting “prey.” The objective is to identify the different feeding strategies of frogs....

Salamander Smell

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Salamander Smell

In this lesson, students use film canisters to follow scent trails that end at a pond or alternative final destination. The objective is for students to be able to describe how and why amphibians use their sense of small for odor communication....

Frog Pond Poetry

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Frog Pond Poetry

In this lesson, students create poetry using descriptive words from their observations. The objective is for students to be able to write poetry about amphibians....

Ribbiting Discoveries in the Lily Pad Paper

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Ribbiting Discoveries in the Lily Pad Paper

In this lesson, students research interesting things about amphibians or things found around a frog pond to create a news article for the Lily Pad Paper. The objective is for students to write a journalism-style story describing the events at a frog ...

Seasonal Discoveries Journal

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Seasonal Discoveries Journal

In this lesson, students act as naturalists spending time documenting their observations by writing and sketching in journals over repeated sessions that span changing seasons. The objective is for students to observe broadly and focus closely to dis...

Herp, Herp, Hooray

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Herp, Herp, Hooray

In this lesson, students work in teams to create their own amphibian conservation plans. The objective is for students to develop and explain their own conservation ideas....

Frog Pond Choices

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Frog Pond Choices

In this lesson, students discuss and evaluate complicated decisions that take place around a frog pond habitat. The objective is for students to examine and discuss their own values around real-life environmental scenarios that involve amphibians....

Frogville Town Meeting

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Frogville Town Meeting

In this lesson, students take on the roles of various stakeholders in a town meeting. The objectives are for students to identify and describe the points of view of different stakeholders in a fictitious community dilemma, as well as develop an under...

Amphibian Encounter

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Amphibian Encounter

In this lesson, students explore an amphibian habitat to observe and collect data about amphibian behaviors. The objective is to identify the behaviors of amphibians in their natural habitat....

Amphibian Art

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Amphibian Art

In this lesson, students create art based on amphibian species and analyze how art can impact culture and how artists use issues as subjects for their work. The objectives are for students to create art that depicts amphibians and then research and ...

Amphibian Metamorphosis

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Amphibian Metamorphosis

In this lesson, students learn the life cycle of a frog through discussing and acting out their growing stages. The objective is to identify the stages of amphibians from egg to adult....

Lily Pad Venn Diagrams

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Lily Pad Venn Diagrams

Amphibians come in many shapes, sizes, and colors and can be described and identified using language that appeals to our senses of sight, touch, and hearing. When students compare different amphibians, they are more likely to think deeply about the p...

Frog Hop Relay Race

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Frog Hop Relay Race

In this lesson, students describe and demonstrate the movement of amphibians and reptiles through a relay race. The objective is for students to be able to describe the characteristic movements of amphibians....

Camouflaged Critters

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Camouflaged Critters

In this lesson, students will color and hide amphibians to learn about camouflage and use their sense of sight to search them out. The objective is for students to be able to demonstrate their knowledge of how camouflage and bright coloration are use...

Amazing Amphibian Migration

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Amazing Amphibian Migration

In this lesson, students move through an outside area or school hallway to discover picture cards with messages that describe migration challenges. The objectives are for students to be able to describe migration as a regular seasonal movement and id...

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