Second graders follow a frog from a jelly-covered egg to a swimming tadpole to a hopping adult, learning how it changes from water to land, and put the stages in order.
Students will be able to…
A tadpole swims with a tail and no legs, yet it grows into a hopping frog. How does an animal change so much from water to land?
Project this and put the frog life cycle in order — tap each stage from the eggs to the adult frog.
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A tadpole swims with a tail and no legs, yet it grows into a frog that hops on land. How does such a big change happen?
Students put the frog stages in order.
Students describe each stage.
Students draw the cycle.
Students reflect on the frog life cycle.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life.
Developing and using models to describe phenomena.
Describe the connection between a series of events or steps.
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Have students draw a four-part circle, draw each stage, and label them in order, so the frog's life cycle becomes something they can picture. A printable frog life-cycle worksheet is in the Science library.
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