Fun Frog Facts
You are a HERPETOLOGIST on a mission!
(click on the word herpetologist above to learn more!)
What in the world is a herpetologist?
A herpetologist is a person who studies amphibians.
Amphibians are creatures with a backbone and internal skeleton, who live part of their lives in the water and part on land, like frogs!
MISSION
You are on a five day mission to learn about different types of frogs in the world. You will have a different job to complete each day in your search for information. You will keep a journal of your findings. Label each page of your journal for each day of the assignment. You will have a total of 5 pages for 5 days of research. Listed below are your assignments for the week.
Day 1:
1. Identify each of the six different kinds of frogs pictured on the Process page(click on the word Process to see the pictures). Write out a description of what each frog looks like (color, size, etc.) and where on earth are they mostly found.
2. Play the frog matching game!
Day 2:
Draw a picture of a frog and a toad and label or describe at least five differences between the two.
Day 3:
Write a paragraph describing how to tell the difference between a poisonous frog and a non-poisonous one and explain where the poison comes from.
Day 4:
Draw and label the stages of the life-cycle of a frog on a poster you create on Glogster.(click here to go to website.)
Day 5:
You are to discover a new breed of frog, print off a picture of it and be able to tell where they live as well as 3 other fun facts about your new frog. You will then present this information to the class.
Click on the picture of the Red-Eyed Tree Frog below to take you to the page of different frogs to begin your search for cool and interesting information to the questions listed above!
Click above on the frog!
