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Amphibians

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1996

Amphibians
23 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

Bill meets frogs, toads, and salamanders, exploring their double lives in water and on land and their dramatic life cycles.

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Discussion

Bill meets frogs, toads, and salamanders, exploring their double lives in water and on land and their dramatic life cycles..

  1. How does a frog's body change as it grows up?
  2. Why do amphibians need both water and land?
  3. What is metamorphosis?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: amphibian, metamorphosis, tadpole.

Try it: Draw the stages of a frog's life cycle in order.