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Why do frogs say "ribbit"?
Animal Adventures Unit | Lesson 3 of 4

Why do frogs say "ribbit"?

Animal Adventures Unit | Lesson 3 of 4
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DISCUSS (1 of 2):

What do you think that sound was?

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Do you ever hear any sounds at night where you live? What are they?

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DISCUSS:

Why do you think the frogs were making so much noise at night?

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DISCUSS (1 of 2):

How could you figure out which kinds of frogs there were in a pond, without catching them?

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If you wanted to compare the frogs in two different ponds to find out which pond had more frogs, what could you do?

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Anchor Connection Discuss. Look at the "Wonder" column of your class See-Think-Wonder chart. Have any questions been answered by the past lesson?
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In the past lesson, you practiced listening to frogs. You used the sounds they make to know which type of frog was at different ponds.
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The cave scientists are still studying the poo in the cave. But they sent us a new message. It has sounds of the animal that lives there!
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Read the email and listen to the sound of the animal in Bracken Cave. Then discuss. Which small mammal do you think makes that sound?
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Read the email.
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Read the email.
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Read the email.
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Read the email.
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Read the email.
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Read the email.
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Discuss. How do you think such a tiny bat can fill such a big cave with so much poo?
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Read the email.
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Get a new sheet and write your name at the top. Then, look back at
the number on your last drawing. Write down the next number on
this new sheet, so you can keep them in order.
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Write that it is Mexican Free-Tailed Bats in the cave. Where do you
think they live in the cave? Draw at least one bat where you think it
rests when it is in the cave.
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habitat


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the place where an animal or plant lives
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lake


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a large area of water with land all around it
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pond


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an area of still water, larger than a puddle, but smaller than a lake
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swamp


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a habitat covered in water and filled with many trees
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rainforest


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a habitat that is usually warm and gets lots of rain
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amphibian


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a type of animal that spends part of its life in water and part on land, such as frogs and toads
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species


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one specific kind of living thing
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identify


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to figure out what or who something is
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compare


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to notice what is similar and what is different between things
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communicate


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to give and get information
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vibrate


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to move back and forth quickly
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Lesson narration:

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Animal Biodiversity

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Activity Prep

Print Prep
This lesson is a case study in biodiversity using the frogs of North America. In the activity, Who's Calling?, students learn to identify frogs by their unique calls and investigate which of two locations has a greater variety of frogs. After listening to recordings of frog calls, students create words that will remind them of the sounds, and then use those words to identify frog sounds in different environments.
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21 mins

Grade 2

Animal Biodiversity

Biodiversity, Habitats, & Species

2-LS4-1

19246 reviews
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