Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study pond life by visiting a pond and completing an associated worksheet. They play an online game based on the pond learning experience.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Do You See at the Pond?

For Teachers K - 2nd
With What Do You See at the Pond?, young readers explore pond life and practice reading strategies. Learners first make predictions and then read the simple story independently. After a second read-through with a partner, kids come...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pond Ecology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A lab activity is a great way to incite thoughtful questioning and scientific processes. Pupils will collect organisms with a Petri dish, make observations, sketch the organism, ask questions, then attempt to identify the specimen...
PPT
Curated OER

Frog Life Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Take a look at these amazing photographs and start a class discussion of the life cycle of a frog. Mrs. Frog introduces her babies and asks learners what they are called. They will view the process by which her babies change into...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water, Water Everywhere (Pond Animals)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the characteristics of animals who live in a pond environment. In groups, they describe the various stages in the life of a frog and identify the characteristics of other pond animals. Using this information,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Pond Theme Unit

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pond theme worksheet students research facts on pond life. Students complete comprehension questions, crosswords, word search, and math puzzles. Students write a short report.
Lesson Plan
National Science Teachers Association

Hop into Action

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scientists find out what makes amphibians such unique and interesting animals in this simple life science lesson. After looking at pictures and discussing the characteristics of amphibians, learners complete a series...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Science- Learning About Tadpoles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate a frog's life cycle. In this tadpole lesson, students observe tadpoles in an aquarium and record results. Students fill in a KWL chart as an assessment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Frog's Life Story

For Teachers K - 8th
Students investigate the lives of frogs by completing several worksheets.  In this biology lesson plan, students discover the life cycle of a frog from tadpole to death.  Students complete frog life cycle puzzle as well as...
Worksheet
Curated OER

"Hey Polliwog!" - The Life Cycle of the Frog

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this life cycle of the frog learning exercise, students read and assess comprehension. In this fill in the blank and sequencing learning exercise, students write answers to sixteen questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

World of the Pond Word Search

For Students 6th
In this pond environment worksheet, 6th graders search for 24 words in the word search puzzle. Each word is about pond life and includes science vocabulary words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Tadpole and the Frog

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the life cycle of the frog, and research frogs of the Nez Perce reservation and their requirements for survival. They observe the development of frog eggs and record their observations in science journals.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aquatic Science

For Teachers 7th - 8th
What a terrific way to explore the pond habitat! Learners discuss the animal and plant life found in the Long Island area. They also discuss vocabulary terms, identify pollution concerns, and resource conservation.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Pond Animals Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students read 16 species names of pond animals and locate them in a word search puzzle. There are no graphics on this puzzle which has a word bank.
Activity

What affects Frog metamorphosis?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Shared ResourceIn this lab, students explore pollutants which affect frog metamorphosis using household pollutants (vinegar, oil, and bleach) and sponge capsules.
PPT
Curated OER

Where do Butterflies Come From?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
After tapping into their memories or experiences of baby animals, viewers delve into the insect life cycle of a butterfly and the amphibian life cycle of a frog. When exploring life cycles, show this presentation to your elementary life...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Frogs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners read books, learn about the letter f, play with plastic toys, and more to do with frogs. In this frogs lesson plan, students also play a game of leap frog.
Unit Plan
Gwinnett County Public Schools

Analysis of the Tuck Everlasting and The Birchbark House Text Exemplars

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...
Handout
1
1
Wildwood Trust

Habitats

For Teachers K - 2nd
The circle of life is all around us, from the black bears in the nearby mountains to the pile of dead leaves in the backyard. Encourage young scientists to take a critical look at the world around them with a set of lessons...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle Of A Frog

For Teachers K
Students use books and an art activity to study the stages of a frog's life cycle. After listening to a book about frogs, students engage in a fun art activity. When finished, students work is displayed as a pond on the bulletin board.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle of a Frog

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars investigate the life cycle of a frog. In this biology activity, students read the book From Tadpole to Frog and use templates to identify the stages of the frog life cycle. Young scholars draw the life cycle of the frog on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Froggy Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners use downloadable pages to sort the stages of the frog life cycle into the correct, labelled sequence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Froggy Fun

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of life cycles. They discover how many species go through their lives in a series of stages from birth or hatching to adulthood. Such stages make up the life cycle. Students investigate the life...
Interactive
Curated OER

Life Cycle of the Frog

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this life cycle of a frog worksheet, students fill in the blanks to paragraphs about the life cycle of a frog using a word bank. Students fill in 13 blanks total.