Final Frog Booklet 2
- 2. On top of a mountain Or under the sea, There are so many places Where creatures may be. Alone in a desert, Or grouped on a farm, Or tucked in a tree trunk Away from all harm. On bright, sunny grasslands, Or in a dark cave, In jungles and forests, Where all must be brave. On ice in the Arctic, Or holed underground, There are so many places Where creatures are found! ANIMAL HOMES by Nancy Vandenberge
- 3. HABITAT MATCH UP A habitat is the home or environment where a plant or animal lives. Underline the words that match the picture. WOODLAND Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso DESERT Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso SEA Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso
- 4. RAINFOREST Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso GRASSLAND Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso ARTIC Hot / Caliente Cold / Frio Wet / Mojado Dry / Seco Noisy / Ruidoso Quiet / Silencioso Pstttt! For every activity that you complete make sure to colour in the leaf for a special reward at the end!
- 5. HABITAT WORD SEARCH A habitat is the home or environment where a plant or animal lives. Can you find all of the Spanish words that describe a habitat in the woodsearch below? CALIENTE Hot FRIO Cold MOJADO Wet SECO Dry RUIDOSO Noisy SILENCIOSO Quiet O S O D I U R A L I A B I E R T O W K L O L I U Q N A R T U P R O T E G I D O M O S C U R O M O S I M O J A D O I L O N A A B R R R F S C A N A W W F X N U E D C A L I E N T E S O Z B R N G B T M H J
- 6. ANIMAL HABITAT MATCH UP A habitat is the home or environment where a plant or animal lives. Draw a line to match the animal with their habitat! One has already been done for you.
- 7. LEAF RUBBING The rainforest is home to lots of plants and wildlife. In Spanish, the rainforest is ‘la selva’. Now try doing your own leaf rubbing in this box! + + How to make a leaf rubbing: Find a leaf from the garden Place it under this sheet of paper Lightly rub a crayon over the top
- 8. RAINFOREST LEAVES Leaves in the rainforest are big to catch light and have holes for the rain to drip through. Circle the number of the path that leads to the leaf that would belong in the rainforest. 1 2 3
- 9. LAYERS OF THE RAINFOREST The rainforest is made up of three layers; a top (Canopy) layer, a middle (Understory) layer and a bottom (Floor) layer. In the diagram below, label each layer of the rainforest.
- 10. WHERE DO ANIMALS LIVE? Plants are important because they provide homes and food for animals. Colour in and cut out the animals at the bottom of this page and stick them in the right place in the rainforest.
- 11. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Bugs like living anywhere. See if you can find 5 difference between the pictures.
- 12. WHY PLANTS ARE USEFUL Having lots of trees in the rainforest keeps the air clean for us to breathe. What else do you think that trees are used for? Match up the produce from the plants to how its used. PRODUCE USE Leaves Fruit Wood Wooden House Clean Air Food for Animals
- 13. AMAZING MAZES Lots of animals use the rainforest to find their food. Can you help the monkey find his banana?
- 14. AMAZING MAZES Lots of humans use the rainforest for materials. Can you help the boy find his wooden home?
- 15. HOMES FOR PEOPLE Some people use the rainforest as their home. This is Chayo who lives in the Columbian rainforest: ✓Tick the boxes of what you think Chayo would see everyday Shops Cars Animals Trees Skyscrapers
- 16. ANIMAL HOMES Animals can make their homes in lots of different places. Trace over the lines to find out what type of homes animals can have. Burrow Pond Tree Nest
- 17. ANIMAL MATCH UP Trace the words and draw lines to right animal. The first one has been done for you. Iguana(Iguana) pez(Fish) PAJaRO(Bird) Mico(Monkey) Rana(Frog) Insect(Insect)
- 18. WHO AM I? Read each of the statements and write which animal it is describing in the space below. I have wings and lots of feathers to help me fly. Who am I? _____________________________________________________________ I have a big bushy tail and I love swinging through the trees. Who am I? _____________________________________________________________ I live in the sea and I am covered in lots of scales. Who am I? _____________________________________________________________ I have lots more legs than children do and scuttle around. Who am I? _____________________________________________________________ I hissssssss and my skin is scaly and smooth. Who am I? _____________________________________________________________
- 19. JUMBLED ANIMALS Can you un-jumble these words to see which animals they are? KONMYE RBID HSFI SICENT GROF AGAUNI
- 20. FROG COLOUR BY NUMBERS This is a picture of Red Eye Leaf Frog. You can spot them by their bright colours and patterns! Colour in the correct sections to see just how colourful the frog is! 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 55 4
- 21. FROG DOT-TO-DOT This is a Tomato Frog. It is called this because its skin is bright red! Complete the dot-to-to to see what it looks like! Once you’ve completed the shape, colour him in bright red! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
- 22. FROG MATCH UP There are hundreds of different types (species) of frog. Can you match up the pairs of frogs that are the same species? Draw a line to pair up the frogs that look the same!
- 23. FROG COLOUR BY NUMBERS This is a Poison Frog. The skin contains poision that can kill animals trying to eat it. Using the numbers below, colour in the frog, 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 223 3 3
- 24. THIRSTY FROGS Can you guess how frogs drink? Tick the label on the frog where you think the frog drinks from. Answer:Frogscannotdrink.Theyabsorballthewatertheyneedthroughtheirsmoothand moistskin!Frogsneedtoliveinwetanddarkplacesortheywilldryout.
- 25. LEAP FROG Frogs have long legs to help them jump out of danger. Can you work out what missing numbers are next and fill in the blank lilypads? 1 3 4 0 6 12 0 4 8
- 26. FROG FEET Frogs have sticky toes so that they do not fall off leaves. Can you find and circle the the 2 feet that belong to a frog?
- 27. DINNER TIME! Frogs like to eat bugs. Draw what your favourite food is on the top plate and then draw what you think a frog’s favourite food would be on the plate below! YOUR DINNER: MR FROG’S DINNER:
- 28. BIRD COUNT Frogs can be eaten by birds. Can you count how many blue, red and green birds there are and write the number in the box? BLUE AZUL RED ROJO GREEN VERDE
- 29. FROG ESCAPE Can you help Mr. Frog find the path to the pond? Make sure you don’t lead him to the bird who likes to eat him!
- 30. BABY FROGS Frogs lay groups of eggs called frogspawn that hatch into tadpoles. Follow the dot-to-dots to find out what a tadpole looks like! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
- 31. COUNTING TADPOLES Frogs often lay lots and lots of eggs, which grow into lots and lots of tadpoles. Can you match the number of tadpoles to the correct number? Draw a line between them. The first one has been done for you. 1 2 3 4 5 UNO DOS TRES CUATRO CINCO
- 32. FROG LIFE CYCLE A frog is an amphibian which means it lives part of it’s life in water before it becomes and adult frog. Can you cut out the pictures below and place at the stages of the frog’s development in the boxes numbered. FROG 4 TADPOLE FROGLET TADPOLE WITH LEGS FROGSPAWN 3 25 FROGSPAWN
- 33. RARE FROGS There are 2 different types of frog in the UK. There are 133 different types of frog in Costa Rica. Look at the key below and colour each frog in the picture the same colour as the circle it’s in! Which colour frog is most rare? (Rare = Not very many) __________________________________ Well done! The green Lemur Leaf Frog is the most rare! There are hardly any left!
- 34. RAINFOREST CONSERVATION Conservation (conservación) means to protect something. We want to protect the trees in the rainforest and the animals that live there. This will help keep clean air for us to breathe and give the animals a home. We need your help to tell your friends and family about how important the rainforest is! Try to think of 3 things that you could do to help the environment and protect the rainforest: 1) ___________________________________________________________________ 2) ___________________________________________________________________ 3) ___________________________________________________________________ REMEMBER IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU!
- 35. WELL DONE! Have you completed each of the excercise pages and coloured in the leaves? Well done! You are now a rainforest expert and all set to help look after it! Here is a badge you can colour and cut out to prove it!
- 36. USEFUL LINKS We hope that you have enjoyed completeing this booklet and it has inspired you to learn even more. Remember, it all starts with you! Are you interested in sponsoring a frog? http://frogblogmanchester.com/about/sponsor-a-frog/ Fancy buying an acre of forest to protect? Or maybe you would like to plant a tree in the rainforest? http://www.worldlandtrust.org/supporting/donate How would you like to be a “Rainforest Rescue Ranger”? http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/adopt Been inspired and want to learn more? http://www.acmcr.org/childrens_eternal_rainforest.htm) http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids http://kidssavingtherainforest.org/kids/ http://kids.mongabay.com/ http://www.ngkids.co.uk/science-and-nature/15-cool-things-about-rainforests http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/rainforests/ https://www.pinterest.com/explore/rainforest-activities/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGTWSIjQ2M http://www.durrell.org/kids/fun-factsheets/rainforests-factsheet/ http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids/species-profiles/poison-dart-frog http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/sites/default/files/kids-story/pdf/en/ romels-rainforest-home.pdf http://lemurfrog.org http://frogblogmanchester.com http://firstgradewow.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/science?updaed-max =2013-03-19T17:53:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=4&by-date=false http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/10-things-you-can-do-save-rainforest
- 37. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Photos of frogs courtesy of Andrew Gray. This document has been made by Anna Kell in collaboration with The University of Manchester, Manchester Museum, The Costa Rican Amphibian Research Centre and The Lemur Leaf Frog Project. With special thanks to Beth Luscombe for providing orginal illustrations and designing this booklet.