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Frogs & Toads

Ages 7 to 8 · Grade 3 · spring study

Spring Study — Frogs and Toads

Teachers' References: Frogs; Shells.

How to make a balanced aquarium for tadpoles. Make a moss-garden, out of a shallow box with moss-covered bottom, and make the walls of wire screen. In this keep frogs and toads. Sink a shallow dish of water in one corner of the cage, and keep it filled.

For closer study let each child have on his desk a live specimen in a small wire cage or in a glass jar with a screened top.

The teacher will find Miss Dickerson's studies very useful for reference in guiding the studies of her pupils. Don't tell them what they can find out for themselves.

Some Things to Be Learned

Where and when are eggs of toads and frogs to be found?

How do tadpoles breathe?

How old are tadpoles when their mouths first open?

How distinguish tadpoles of toad and frog?

What do tadpoles eat?.

What animals eat tadpoles?

Restoration of lost tails.

How do tadpoles get rid of their tails?.

Where are the ears of frogs and toads?

Which end of a toad's tongue is attached?

What snakes eat frogs and toads?

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