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Here are some suggestions for how the teacher might schedule the lessons to follow the Task page of this wiki to teach their students about the life-cycle of frogs and the vulnerability of their habitats.


 * Day 1:** The teacher uses the electronic whiteboard to teach the students how to use Twiducate. This should only take approximately 1 hour. The teacher then asks the children to research the frog life-cycle using the search engines on Twiducate. This should take approximately 1 hour also. The children save their findings for use in the next lesson.


 * Day 2:** The teacher uses the electronic whiteboard to teach the students how to use Kerpoof. This should take approximately 30 minutes due to the simplicity and intuitiveness of the program. The students then use Kerpoof to create a picture of the life-cycle of a frog. This should take approximately two hours.The pictures can then be posted to their Twiducate profiles, or printed out and made into a classroom display. If the teacher chooses to make a display please add an extra hour to allow the children to decorate the classroom.


 * Day 3:** Terrariums and equipment should be laid out on the student's desks, and the students should be divided into groups by the teacher. Students spend approximately two hours creating their terrariums working in groups. They are filming each-other and documenting their progress as they work. The students then spend some time perfecting their instructional videos, which will then be posted on Twiducate. The video recording part of this task could be spread over several days so that the children can learn more about editing and publishing videos.


 * Day 4 to approximately Day 30** (depending on the time it takes for tadpoles to mature) - The students photograph and document any observations about their tadpoles as they change and grow, and post these changes to their Twiducate account. This should take approximately one hour each day.


 * Approx. Day 31** - The teacher takes the students on a pre-arranged excursion to an acceptable frog habitat to release the tadpoles and frogs and to complete the lesson as outlined on the Tasks page; this should take most of the day.


 * Approx. Day 32** - Using the Educator Resources available for free from the Artskills website (which include instructional videos and tutorials), the teacher shows the children how to use the Artskills program to create their posters.The instruction from the teacher will take approximately 40 minutes. The children should be able to work on their posters over several days in order to perfect them before the teacher prints them out; approximately one hour per day for three days, depending on the feedback from the children on whether they have finished or not.

** Helpful websites that will assist in the planning and implementation of the task. These websites provide information, images and activities on lifecycles, habitats and conservation of frogs. **
All about frogs – information about frogs and activities - [] Frog activities for all ages - [] Using the Interactive whiteboard - [] Lifecycle worksheets - [] Using art - [] Frog Facts - [] Metamorphosis lessons - [] Information Sheets - [] Save the Frogs Day - [] National Geographic - [] Amphibian Research Centre Australia - [] Frog Lesson plans - []

How to use Twiducate - [] Twiducate terms of service - [] Social networking in education, Twiducate - [] Frequently asked questions from educators, Kerpoof - [] How To Use iMovie - [] Helping kids make movies - [] Making videos and movies - [] Tips for using Movie Maker - []