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Solve the mystery of a declining frog population! Lead your junior ecologists on an investigation that simulates actual events concerning pollution, predation, poaching, and more. Investigators read a story online, then analyze survey results and interviews with characters. This is an amazing interactive experience for your young biologists!

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human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship, conducting investigations, the scientific method, pollution, predators

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pollution, predation, scientific investigation, frog population, human impact on environment, poaching, Simulation, declining population, science
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
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1 hr
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