Frog Tour for Primary Grades

Teacher notes: If your students are not yet able to read, they will need a guide (teacher, parent or older sibling who can read) to help them walk-through the sites, especially #3 which has sounds for some local frogs but is text-driven. Have fun learning about frogs!!!

1. Frog Life Cycle drawing: http://www.austmus.gov.au/webinabox/frogs/about/life.htm

2. Life stages pictures and other info: http://www.froginfo.50megs.com/life_cycle.htm

3. California frogs, some with sounds: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/Toads/spptour.html

4. More frog info and sounds: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/frogsforkids.html#didyouknow

After taking this tour, students should be able to answer the following questions:

1. Which California frog says "ribbit-ribbit?"

2. Which California frog says "barroom?"

3. Which California frog sounds like it is laughing and cheeping?

4. Which California frog looks skinny, dry and bumpy and has tadpoles that take up to four years to become frogs?

Bonus question: Which frogs might live in Orange County, CA?

Answers below.

Answers: See  http://ice.ucdavis.edu/Toads/herp.html

1. Pacific Tree Frog

2. Bullfrog

3. Foothill yellow legged frog

4. Tailed frog

Bonus: Red-legged frog, Bullfrog, Western spadefoot, Western Toad, Pacific Treefrog

This page modified by J. Francoeur, 3/11/03

Graphics from http://members.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/cute%20graphics/frogpage.htm