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A Frog's Life Teacher's Page This activity will be conducted over a 6 week period, which requires students to:

Week 1: Students will need to:
 * Create their own website using Yola to blog their information and reflections
 * Research the phases of the life cycle of a frog, one phase per week
 * Take photos at the frog pond in relation to the different stages of development being observed that week
 * Write weekly on the phases observed
 * Compare the changes and adaptations previously seen and why they occurred
 * Reflect on the life cycle.
 * Design their own individual website using Yola - A Frog's Life Cycle
 * Research the first phase of the life cycle of a frog - first phase - Frog spawn (Eggs), the cell splits, the embryo
 * Take photos of first phase - frog spawn
 * Write observations on blog site
 * Reflect on the life cycle



Week 2: Students will need to:
 * Research the second phase of the life cycle of a frog - The Tadpole
 * Take photos of the second phase - The Tadpole
 * Write observations on blog site
 * Compare the changes and adaptations previously seen and why they occurred
 * Reflect on the life cycle



Week 3: Students will need to:
 * Research the third phase of the life cycle of a frog - Tadpole with legs
 * Take photos of the third phase - Tadpole with legs
 * Write observations on blog site
 * Compare the changes and adaptations previously seen and why they occurred
 * Reflect on the life cycle



Week 4: Students will need to:
 * Research the fourth phase of the life cycle of a frog - Froglet
 * Take photos of the fourth phase - Froglet
 * Write observations on blog site
 * Compare the changes and adaptations previously seen and why they occurred
 * Reflect on the life cycle



Week 5: Students will need to:
 * Research the fifth phase of the life cycle of a frog - Adult frog, the life cycle continues, the adult frog lays frog spawn
 * Take photos of the fifth stage - Adult frog
 * Write observations of blog site
 * Compare the changes and adaptations previously seen and why they occurred
 * Reflect on the life cycle



Week 6: Students will need to:
 * Write and illustrate a timeline of the Life Cycle of a Frog

Website Lesson

This website enables the teacher to have access to information to encourage and enable student's understanding and develop knowledge in relation to the Life Cycle of a Frog. The document describes the frog metamorphosis from spawn through to an adult frog who then produces spawn to ensure the continuation of the cycle. For Year 2 students I would display the whole picture of the Frog's Life Cycle in week 1 lesson 1. During each week I would cover future stages for the students to focus on the current phase. For example Week 2, I would display the picture of the tadpole and the students would be able to see the first weeks topic on spawn (fertilised eggs). We would discuss the information from the document related to tadpoles in week 2. Then students would type on computers their observations on their individual blog sites related to the frog cycle. This would include comparing the developments and adaptations from the previous week and why they occurred. What are the benefits of the adaptations?

Students will take photographs of tadpoles in the school frog pond. They will need to identify the correct phase of development in the photograph. www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/life_cycle_of_frogs.htm