Creating and Implementing an Absorb Type Activity

1. Creating and Implementing an Absorb Type Activity Yolanda Downs EDU 652 Dr. Rhia Roberts January 30, 2012

2. Example of an Absorb Activity: Life Cycle of a Frog(K-3 Appropriate Setting) Introduction Frogs spend their lives near water because they must return to the water to lay their eggs. Frogs eggs are called frog spawn. Frog spawn is laid in the water. When the frog spawn hatches into tadpoles, the tadpoles breathe with gills and swim using a tail. As they grow the tadpoles begin to lose their tail. They also grow legs and develop lungs for breathing air. Frogs eat insects , catching them with their long, sticky tongue. They also eat small fish and worms. In the winter frogs hibernate, that means they sleep very deeply. You might find them hibernating under stones or buried in mud or hiding in the bottom of ponds where they breathe by absorbing oxygen through their skin.

3. Vocabulary Words to Know • Life cycle of a frog • Adult • Tadpole frog • Start of pulmonary respiration • Front legs break through • Tadpode Embryo • Eggs

4. Vocabulary Definitions • Life cycle of a frog: web-footed amphibian which lives near lakes and ponds. Moves by swimming and jumping. • Adultfrog: mature frog. • Tadpole frog: phase of the life cycle of a frog between tadpole and adult. • Start of pulmonary respiration: the beginning of respiration with the lungs. • Front legs break through: beginning of the development of the rear limbs. • Tadpode: frog larva. • Embryo: frog still in the egg. • Eggs: cell resulting from a fertilized ova which contains the frog embryo.

5. Diagram of a frog

6. The Frog Life Cycle Visual Diagram begins as tadpoles hatch from tiny eggs that are laid in masses in the water. The gill-breathing tadpole swims in the water. It eventually sprouts legs and absorbs its tail, becoming a frogletand then an adult. The adult breathes air and has no tail. After mating, the female lays eggs and the cycle begins again.

7. Did you Know? • Frogs are amphibians because they start their frog life cycle as eggs in the water and then turn into tadpoles, which have gills and also live in the water. It isn’t until a tadpole turns into a frog that it can live outside of the water, but it will still need to get in the water to drink and to cool off. • Frogs don’t actually drink water with their mouths; they drink it through their skin. A frog’s skin absorbs water when it is in the water so its body gets all of the hydration that it needs that way and the frog doesn’t need to drink with its mouth. • Frogs are cold blooded. That means that the body temperature of a frog is the same on the inside as it is on the outside. That is why frogs need to be near water so that they can jump in and cool off on hot days. • Not all frogs are green. There are hundreds of species of frogs and each one looks different. Some frogs are red and some are yellow and some are brown. All of the different species of frogs have different patterns on their skin, too. • A frog won’t turn into a prince, no matter how many times you kiss him!

8. Frog Cycle Video Links • Frog Life Cycle ~ http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=169622 • Frogs and Toads Red-Eyed Tree Frog's Life Cycle http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/amphibians-animals/frogs-and-toads/frog_greentree_lifecycle/ • Classic Sesame Street animation- Frog Life Cycle www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce5_Vk_yNcY • www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin.../video.../4882

9. Additional Learning Links • http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/ • Kids Click: Use keyword frog. • SIRS Discoverer: Use keyword frog. • www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs • www.brainpopjr.com/science/animals/frogs

10. Determined Knowledge Gained

11. egg - Tiny frog eggs are laid in masses in the water by a female frog. The eggs hatch into tadpoles. • tadpole- (also called the polliwog) This stage hatches from the egg. The tadpole spends its time swimming in the water, eating and growing. Tadpoles breathe using gills and have a tail. • tadpole with legs - In this stage the tadpole sprouts legs (and then arms), has a longer body, and has a more distinct head. It still breathes using gills and has a tail. • froglet- In this stage, the almost mature frog breathes with lungs and still has some of its tail.adult - The adult frog breathes with lungs and has no tail (it has been absorbed by the body).

12. The above illustrations is an example of the type of assessment that may be used to determine the gained knowledge from the lesson by having the learners connect the appropriate vocabulary word using the written explanation of the life cycle process.