Frog Teaching Resources

Monitoring Amphibians:
    Michigan Frog Calling Survey (PDF)
      Michigan Frog Calling Calendar
      Michigan Frog Songs
      Test Yourself by taking the Frog Calling Quiz
        Click on "public quiz" and select your state.

    Frog Malformity Survey (PDF)
    Wetland Types (PDF)

U.P. Frog Malformity Survey
Frog Survey Final Report and Tables for 1999
Frog Survey Tables for 2000
U.P. Frog Malformity Survey News Story (2002)

K-12 Educational Resources for Teaching About Amphibians

Lesson Plans

• The Lifecycle of Frogs

See below for Adobe Acrobat

• Frog Watch (pdf File)
  
  
• Frog-tastic (Gr. 2-4) (pdf file)
  
  
• Testing Common Liquids - Frog Water Quality (pdf file)
  

Power Point Presentations
• (1) Frog Malformities--How can my students help?
  (3 Mb download Powerpoint Presentation)
View "Frog Malformities" Flash Video


• (2) Frogs as Bio-Indicators
  (3 Mb download Powerpoint Presentation)
  View "Frogs as Bio-Indicators" Flash Video

PowerPoint Presentations from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference 2000 - PowerPoint slide presentations on the malformities and the declines in frog and toad populations. By Joan Chadde, Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education & Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; Tony Murphy, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN; Kristan Schuster, Hancock High School, Hancock, MI)

• Wetland Threats & Wetland Education (html version)
  or, 1.8 Mb download (Powerpoint presentation)
  (This presentation is available for public use by educators, if changes are made, please acknowledge the original author.)

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Last Modified: 11/24/2009