Frog Resources

We are currently studying amphibians (one of the groups of vertebrates we will study this year). After spending a day introducing vertebrates and a day introducing amphibians, we are now delving more deeply into one of the amphibian orders: frogs/toads.

I thought I'd share resources we are using for this.

Amphibians and Reptiles by Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 1576903788
More fun reproducibles.

Frogs . . . by Scholastic
ISBN 0439051789
Lots of nice reproducible activities in this.

The Amazing Animal Activity Book
ISBN 0590964046
Nice paper-crafts for vertebrates with a section on amphibians.

FREE Online Resources:

Free Frog Lapbook (this is fantastic!)
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/Frog_Lapbook.php

Time for Kids Article and Reproducibles

Article
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/wr/article/0,17585,1565833,00.html

Teacher's Guide with Reproducibles
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2007S/070126_ns_all.pdf

Quiz
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/reproducibles/quiz3/0,28412,1581051--,00.html

Creature Features
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature
Several videos and more available here. Click on “Amphibian.”

Free Frog Video:
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/video_only.php?id=2041

Coloring Page:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/tree_frogs.html

Tadpole Transformation Paper Craft:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/tadpole.pdf

Tomorrow I will post the books we are reading.




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