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From The Magic School Bus · 1994

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26 minK1st2nd3rdScience
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Summary

Wanda's frog Bella goes missing, so the class becomes frog-sized to track her back to the right habitat. They discover what an animal needs from its home to survive.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Wanda's frog Bella goes missing, so the class becomes frog-sized to track her back to the right habitat.

  1. What does a frog need from its habitat?
  2. Why can't a frog just live anywhere?
  3. What would happen to an animal if its habitat changed?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: habitat, survive, shelter.

Try it: Pick an animal and list the four things its habitat must give it to survive.