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Frog Scavenger Hunt Activity Materials: Frog questions worksheet (pages 2-3) 18 frog fact cards (pages 4-8) Scissors and scotch tape Preparation: Print the frog fact cards and cut them apart. Make copies of the frog questions worksheet (2-sided). Each student will need his or her own copy. Hide all 18 frog fact cards around your classroom where students will be able to find them. You can put them on the back of your classroom door, on chairs, on the computer keyboard, on the sides of student desks, or wherever you like. Activity: Students receive copies of the question worksheet. They have to search the classroom to find the fact cards to answer the questions. After they have completed the question sheet, you can go over the answers together with the class. Management tips: You may want to make this a silent activity so students don't share answers with each other. You can have the kids work by themselves or with partners. Don't be afraid to hide the facts in tough places. Kids think it's more fun when they have to search around a little. Examples of good hiding spots might include: sticking out of a book, like a bookmark the back of the classroom door laying flat on the bookshelf on the back of the teacher's chair on the side of your computer monitor Have a plan for students who finish early. You may want to have an assignment for them to complete when they're done, or you may have them help other students find fact cards. Super Teacher Worksheets - www.superteacherworksheets.com

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Frog ScavengerHunt Activity

Materials: Frog questions worksheet (pages 2-3)18 frog fact cards (pages 4-8)Scissors and scotch tape

Preparation: Print the frog fact cards and cut them apart.

Make copies of the frog questions worksheet (2-sided). Each student will need his or her own copy.

Hide all 18 frog fact cards around your classroom where students will be able to find them. You can put them on the back of your classroom door, on chairs, on the computer keyboard, on the sides of student desks, or wherever you like.

Activity: Students receive copies of the question worksheet. They have to search the classroom to find the fact cards to answer the questions.

After they have completed the question sheet, you can go over the answers together with the class.

Management tips: You may want to make this a silent activity so students don't share answers with each other.

You can have the kids work by themselves or with partners.

Don't be afraid to hide the facts in tough places. Kids think it's more fun when they have to search around a little.

Examples of good hiding spots might include: • sticking out of a book, like a bookmark• the back of the classroom door• laying flat on the bookshelf• on the back of the teacher's chair• on the side of your computer monitor

Have a plan for students who finish early. You may want to have an assignment for them to complete when they're done, or you may have them help other students find fact cards.

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Side A

Name: __________________________________________

Frog Scavenger Hunt

Fact Card #1: Name three animals that are amphibians.

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Fact Card #2: What do frog eggs feel like?

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Fact Card #3: What do tadpoles have that allows them to breathe underwater?

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Fact Card #4: Do a tadpole's front legs or back legs appear first?

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Fact Card #5: What do adult frogs have that allows them to breathe air?

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Fact Card #6: What does cold-blooded mean?

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Fact Card #7: Why don't frogs live in the ocean?

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Fact Card #8: Are adult frogs herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores?

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Fact Card #9: How does a frog's tongue feel?

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Side B

Frog Scavenger Hunt

Fact Card #10: What is the largest species of frog in the world?

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Fact Card #11: How does a toad's skin feel?

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Fact Card #12: Why don't frogs need to drink water?

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Fact Card #13: What is the most poisonous frog in the world?

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Fact Card #14: What is a herpetologist?

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Fact Card #15: Why do many poisonous frogs have brightly-colored skin?

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Fact Card #16: Name all on the continents on which frogs live.

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Fact Card #17: What are the changes through a frog's life called?

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Fact Card #18: What do frogs use their teeth for?

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Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #1

Frogs, toads, and salamanders

are amphibians.

The word amphibian comes from

the Greek language. It means

“two lives”.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #2

A mother frog can lay thousands

of eggs at one time. Frog eggs

are not hard like bird eggs. They

are wet, soft, and squishy. They

feel like jelly.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #3

When a frog hatches from an egg

it is a tadpole. Tadpoles do not

breath air. They have gills that let

them breathe underwater.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #4

When a tadpoles become older,

they grow back legs. After that,

tiny front legs appear.

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Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #5

When tadpoles grow into adult

frogs, they lose their tail and gills.

They no longer breathe

underwater. They grow lungs

that breathe air.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #6

Frogs are cold-blooded which

means that their bodies are the

same temperature as the air or

water around them.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #7

Frogs live in lakes and ponds.

They prefer water that is calm and

does not move much. Frogs can

not live in saltwater, so you'll never

find them in the ocean.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #8

Adult frogs are carnivores, which

means they eat other animals.

Most frogs only eat live animals.

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Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #9

To help them catch food, frogs

have a long, sticky tongue.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #10

The largest frog species in the

world is the Goliath Frog. It is

about a foot long and weighs

about 7 pounds!

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #11

Frogs have smooth, wet skin.

Toads have rough, dry skin.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #12

Frogs don't need to drink water.

They can absorb it through their

skin.

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Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #13

The Poison Dart Frog lives in

South America. It is the most

dangerous frog in the world.

Animals and people can be

killed simply by touching its skin.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #14

A scientist who studies frogs and

other amphibians is called a

herpetologist.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #15

Most of the world's most

poisonous frogs have brightly-

colored skin. This warns enemies

that they are dangerous to eat.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #16

Frogs live on every continent

except Antarctica.

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Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #17

The changes in a frog throughout

its life is called metamorphosis.

Amphibian

Scavenger HuntFact Card #18

Frogs have small teeth on the

upper edge of their jaw. They do

not use the teeth to chew. They

swallow their food whole, but

use their teeth to hold food in

place before swallowing.

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ANSWER KEY

Frog Scavenger Hunt

Fact Card #1: Name three animals that are amphibians.

frogs, toads, and salamanders

Fact Card #2: What do frog eggs feel like?

wet, soft, and squishy

Fact Card #3: What do tadpoles have that allows them to breathe underwater?

gills

Fact Card #4: Do a tadpole's front legs or back legs appear first?

back legs

Fact Card #5: What do adult frogs have that allows them to breathe air?

lungs

Fact Card #6: What does cold-blooded mean?

The animal's body is the same temperature as the air or water around them.

Fact Card #7: Why don't frogs live in the ocean?

They can't live in salt water. (Also accept: They prefer calm water.)

Fact Card #8: Are adult frogs herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores?

carnivores

Fact Card #9: How does a frog's tongue feel?

sticky

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ANSWER KEY Frog Scavenger Hunt

Fact Card #10: What is the largest species of frog in the world?

Goliath Frog

Fact Card #11: How does a toad's skin feel?

rough and dry

Fact Card #12: Why don't frogs need to drink water?

They can absorb water through their skin.

Fact Card #13: What is the most poisonous frog in the world?

Poison Dart Frog

Fact Card #14: What is a herpetologist?

a scientist who studies amphibians

Fact Card #15: Why do many poisonous frogs have brightly-colored skin?

to warn predators that they are dangerous

Fact Card #16: Name all on the continents on which frogs live.

North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia

Fact Card #17: What are the changes through a frog's life called?

metamorphosis

Fact Card #18: What do frogs use their teeth for?

holding food in place

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