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Frogs Vs Toads and Other Herps in Spring: K-5 NGSS Activities [Ep. 63]

Ep. 63: Frogs vs Toads and Other Herps in Spring: K-5th Grade NGSS Activities

Frogs vs toads activities

This topic was by listener request – shout out to Sue! Thanks so much for your suggestion for writing about spring frogs and toads and ways to teach very spring-specific concepts! Spring is a unique time for frogs and toads as it’s the beginning of their mating season and a lot of things happen. Press play to hear about this unique time and ways to engage your learners!

In this episode, we’ll talk about frogs vs toads and other herps activities that are paired with Next Generation Science Standards for grades K-5. I’ll share the standard that inspired the activity, how the activity relates to frogs vs toads, and descriptions of how to use the activity with your learners.

The following standards are paired with frogs vs toads activities in the episode:

Kindergarten: K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
1st Grade: 1-PS4-1: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
2nd Grade: 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
3rd Grade: 3-LS2-1: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
4th Grade: 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
5th Grade: 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.