Science
Content Standards:
*Grade 1: Life Science (2a, b, c, d)
*Grade 1: Investigation and Experimentation (4a, b)
*Grade 2: Life Science (2a,b,c,d,)
*Grade 2: Investigation and Experimentation (4a,d, f,i,g)
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California Content Standards
Grades K-12
California
Content Standards Grades K-12 - Science - PDF Format
Background:
*You
will need to set up an aquarium which should contain 10-15 tadpoles.
These can be
purchased through Xenopus.
*Students need a basic understanding of both a tadpole environment as well
as a frog
environment.
*Students will need basic computer and internet skills.
A good web site to consult prior to
using this Web Quest is
Little
Explorers.
Skills:
*Students need basic computer skills.
*Students need a basic understanding of how to work the internet.
*Students need to know how to record their observations.
*Students will need the ability to be a creative writer.
*Students should be able to comprehend what they read.
*Students will the basic understanding of how to complete a crossword puzzle.
Assessment:
Possible assessments are
as follows:
*Frog E-mail stories
*Oral presentation of their frog stories
*Fill in the blank questions about the frog life cycle
*Written observations and sketches in their unit portfolio
*Colored and labeled picture of the frog life cycle.
*Students will draw and label a frog life cycle book depicting the various
developmental
stages.
Enrichment:
* Color the Mr. or Mrs. Frog page in the Frog
Gale Color book
* Make an origami frog.
* Print out the directions to make a Froggy
Cake at home. With an adults help complete the
directions and either take a picture of the cake or bring the cake into
class.
Good luck baking.

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