| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 132 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
How to identify an amphibian -- Amphibian encounter -- Amphibian metamorphosis -- Lilly pad Venn diagrams -- Frog hop relay race -- Camouflaged critters -- Amazing amphibian migration -- Frog pond soup -- Frog pond web -- Frog pond lifeguard -- Audible amphibian -- Feeding frenzy -- Salamander smell -- Frog pond poetry -- Ribbiting discoveries in the Lily Pad Paper -- Seasonal discoveries journal -- Herp, herp, hooray -- Frog pond chronicles -- Frogville town meeting -- Amphibian art. |
| Summary |
The standards-based lessons in this slim volume serve as an introduction to environmental science for young learners. Hop Into Action helps teach children about the joy of amphibians through investigations that involve scientific inquiry and knowledge building. Twenty hands-on learning lessons can be used individually or as a yearlong curriculum. Each lesson is accompanied by detailed objectives, materials lists, background information, step-by-step procedures, evaluation questions, assessment methods, and additional web resources. The activities can be integrated into other disciplines such as language arts, physical education, art, and math and are adaptable to informal learning environments. --from publisher description. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Amphibians -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Education.
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Science.
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Zoology.
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Science & Technology.
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Amphibians -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
(OCoLC)fst00807939
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, David, 1983- Hop into action. Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, ©2010 9781936137077 (DLC) 2010032137 (OCoLC)702163331 |
| ISBN |
9781936137572 (electronic bk.) |
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1936137577 (electronic bk.) |
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