Summary
Frog populations are dropping, and the SciGirls join researchers listening for calls at night to find out where amphibians are hanging on and where they've gone quiet.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (29 min) from SciGirls, season 3.
- What stages does a frog pass through in its life cycle?
- Why are frogs an early warning sign that a habitat is in trouble?
- How did listening give the girls data they couldn't see?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: amphibian, life cycle, population, decline.
Try it: Draw the frog life cycle in four labeled stages. Write one change to a pond that would hurt the frogs at each stage.