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bullet.gif (981 bytes)FrogID - Let's help!

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CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

 

1. Have you heard of the Australian Museum - FrogID app? "Croaks, whistles, bleats and barks - every frog species makes a different sound! By recording a frog call with our new app, FrogID, you can discover which frogs live around you and help us count Australia's frogs!"

Frog ID

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FrogID

2. It is so simple. Download the app and start recording any frog calls in your area.

3. If you want to identify the most common calls, read and listen to the following article from

The Conversation 28 December 2020 ReadListen

The Conversation

4. Herpetologists across Australia are disturbed by the number of dead frogs turning up on the Eastern Coast of Australia. Read the following article from The Conversation 29 July 2021 Read

The Conversation

5. Read and list the importance of Frogs.

6. Write a short poem about Frogs.



bullet.gif (981 bytes)Australian Endangered Species: Sea Snakes: Make a Presentation & a Kahoot!

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability
Literacy
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 


1. In groups of 3 - 4 students, you are to read the following articles, one from The Conversation 21 February 2013 and one from ABC News 20 April 2021. Share the reading [a pair for each article] and then tell the other pair in your group what you have learnt. Read

The Conversation

ABC NewsRead
Sea snake feared locally extinct rediscovered in 'twilight zone' on Ashmore Reef

ABC News

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