Shining Dawn Books » toads http://shiningdawnbooks.com He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. - Psalm 37:6 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:30:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Frogs and Toads – Additional Idea http://shiningdawnbooks.com/2009/06/06/frogs-and-toads-additional-idea/ http://shiningdawnbooks.com/2009/06/06/frogs-and-toads-additional-idea/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:24:32 +0000 Melissa http://shiningdawnbooks.com/?p=487 In our Frogs and Toads study we suggest observing and learning about how frogs and toads breathe. On my personal blog I have posted an article on how you can take that one step further by comparing the human respiratory system with a frog’s/toad’s. You can find that entry at the following link: Just Breathe – Comparing the Human and Frog Respiratory Systems. Any extra opportunity to branch out from your nature study and learn more is awesome!

I’ve also made up a free notebooking page to go along with this lesson that you can download by clicking the link below.

Comparing Human and Frog Respiration Notebooking Page

]]> http://shiningdawnbooks.com/2009/06/06/frogs-and-toads-additional-idea/feed/ 0 How Far Can a Frog Jump? http://shiningdawnbooks.com/2009/05/26/how-far-can-a-frog-jump/ http://shiningdawnbooks.com/2009/05/26/how-far-can-a-frog-jump/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 01:49:52 +0000 Melissa http://shiningdawnbooks.com/?p=439 Toads, being amphibians that are quite comfortable on land, are pretty easy to catch to observe. On the other hand, frogs, being amphibians that are quite comfortable in water, are more challenging to catch. However this past week my son has evidently improved is frog catching abilities thereby evidenced by bringing home three of them! All of his catches have been Green Frogs, which are a very common frog across most of North America. This particular Green Frog has been affectionately named Misty.

Misty, the Green Frog

Misty, the Green Frog

Observing Misty in a Bucket Full of Creek Water

Observing Misty in a Bucket Full of Creek Water

Today, using an activity from the Frogs and Toads unit, we decided to do some measuring to determine just how far Misty could jump!

Measuring Jumps

Measuring Jumps (Keeping a Bucket of Creek Water to Rehydrate Misty)

Measuring Mistys Jumps - Wow, she can jump far!

Measuring Misty's Jumps - She can jump up to 12 1/2"!

Misty was quite cooperative for our studies. If she got too energetic we simply placed her on her back and she became as calm as can be (this being another suggested activity from the Frogs and Toads unit).

Misty is Completely Calm

Misty is Completely Calm

We have recorded down the lengths of each of Misty’s jumps into our nature notebooks. We have plans to capture an American Toad sometime this week to compare hop lengths with the Misty. Something tells me Misty will win. What do you think?

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