Amphibians: Egg to Frog

Order a frog's life cycle: egg, tadpole, froglet, frog.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 48

Frogs are amphibians. A mother frog lays lots of jelly-covered eggs in water.
A tadpole hatches. It lives under water, breathes with gills, and swims with its tail. It doesn't look like a frog at all!
The tadpole grows back legs, then front legs. Its tail gets shorter. Now it's a froglet. It grows lungs to breathe air.
The froglet becomes an adult frog that can live in water and on land. Frogs lay eggs, and the cycle starts again.
Your turn! Put a frog's life cycle in order.
Try it with a grown-up! In spring, look for frog eggs or tadpoles in a pond or a ditch. Just look: leave them where they live.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2L1.a — Ask questions to determine the sequence of the life cycle of common animals in your area: a mammal such as a cat, dog or classroom pet, a bird such as a chicken, an amphibian such as a frog, and an insect such as a butterfly.