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Call of the Wild: Grades 5-8 Lesson PlanCall of the Wild: Grades 5-8 Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Wildlife Federation
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5th - 8th
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Science
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Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Call of the Wild: Grades 5-8

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Teach animal lovers how to decipher frog speak. Classes learn about the different calls using audio clips. They then imitate the calls as a group and make a recording. The challenge is to try to recognize individual sounds—can they do it?

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Concepts

frogs, animal sounds

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Have individuals come up with their own call for mating, distress, release, and territorial
  • Use the extra resources referenced to have learners research additional characteristics of frogs

Classroom Considerations

  • Provide pupils with devices with Internet access to listen to the different frog calls

Pros

  • Offers option for literature to supplement the lesson
  • Provides assessment options

Cons

  • None

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