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The Legend of the Flying Frog ActivityThe Legend of the Flying Frog Activity
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American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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Science
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30 mins
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The Legend of the Flying Frog

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Young conservation biologists have an opportunity to get involved in the effort to save endangered species. After reading and illustrating the tale of the Flying Frog, they craft a tale about another fictional endangered species.

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Concepts

biodiversity, frogs, endangered species, habitat loss, habitats, land habitats, remote learning

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask class members to invent their own endangered species, and using "The Legend of the Flying Frog" as a model, write the story, illustrate it, provide captions for the drawings, and post their work on the class webpage or blog

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a computer with an internet connection
  • The templates download as a PDF
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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  • Links are provided to related resources and activities

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