Life cycle of a frog

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This task is about the life cycle of a frog.

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Put the pictures in order to show the growing stages from a tadpole to a frog.

b) As this frog grows, what two things will change about the way the frog looks or lives?

c) The tadpole in D spends all its time under water. What do you think it uses to breathe?

d) The frog in C lives mainly on the land. What do you think it uses to breathe?

e) What is the name of the larger group of animals frogs belong to?

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Description of task:

Students cut out four drawings of different stages of a frog's life cycle. They place these in order, and then explain how the frog has changed.

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Answers/responses:

a)	D, A, B, C
b)	Any 2 of: No longer has a tail. Has grown legs. Breathes air and not water/uses lungs not gills. Lives mostly on the land, not in the water. Has got larger. Any other reasonable answer.
c)	gills
d)	lungs/gas exchange through skin
e)	amphibians/vertebrates