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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 str...

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 ...

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...

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 Pap...

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 t...

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 ow...

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 exami...

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 poi...

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 behavior...

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...

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 stage...

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 h...

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 a...

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 fo...

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. Th...

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