Frog Project
John W. Gunn Middle School
Integrated Project 2002
Ms Biebrich (Language Arts), Ms Freedman (Outdoor & Environmental Education) & Ms Malko (Art) planned an integrated unit to address the following objectives.
Objectives:
To develop research skills.
To develop expository writing skills.
To develop skill in the use of technology - Excel, PowerPoint & FrontPage.
To develop presentation skills.
To create an awareness of the balance of nature.
To develop teamwork.
To develop & celebrate community.
Students worked in groups listening, reading and viewing, managing ideas and data, writing, representing and speaking to share and celebrate their new skills and knowledge.
WHY FROGS?
Frogs are on the front lines.
They are Environmental Indicators.
If they are in trouble are we far behind?
HOW did we begin?
We did an anticipation sheet prior to reading Some frogs hibernate, some become "frog-cicles". by Doug Collicutt from The Winnipeg Free Press, Sunday Magazine, February 4, 2001. After reading and discussing the article we made a chart of all the amphibians in Manitoba and their wintering behavior.
We visited The Oregon Coast Aquarium's website Just 4 Students page, scrolled down and clicked on the "The Case of the Disappearing Frogs" to find out about The Victims, The Crime, The Suspects and The Solution. We then subjected ourselves to The Interrogation. All the junior detectives were off and running.
Their work included:
Outdoor Education
Students collected frogs eggs from the
bio-reserve and observed their development through the tadpole to froglet stages
in the classroom. They also fed and cared for them as they
developed. Measurements were taken throughout the observation process.
They released the grown frogs back into the bio-reserve.
Mathematics
Students worked with data management and
created Excel tables and graphs of the data they collected.
Language Arts
Students researched many aspects of frogs from
a variety of sources. Individually or in pairs they researched various
frog topics and prepared PowerPoint Presentations or WebPages using expository
writing skills.
Art
Students drew, painted and sculpted frogs and
habitats.
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