Tadpole Wonderings

Below are some wonderings that students had about tadpoles and frogs. As students read more about frogs they were able to answer some of their own and their classmates' questions.

How long does it take the eggs to hatch?-anonymous

-Frog eggs take 21 days to hatch.-Anurag

I wonder how the eggs dry up?-Sean

-I learned that frog eggs have to be wet or they will dry up and die.-Eliana

I wonder if frogs were here before dinosaurs?-Kate

I wonder how frogs looked millions of years ago?-Raeed

-Frogs came on earth before people.- Jake

-The fins became the feet.-Jake

-Fish came on earth before frogs.-Jake

-Frogs were fish and had gills.- Ema T.

-Frogs were fish before.-Kate

-Frogs lived here for millions of years. -Christian

I wonder how they get their legs? I wonder when they will get their legs?

-The back legs grow longer than the front legs.-Jake

-When the eyes and the mouth are growing larger, the tail is growing shorter. -Jake

I wonder how frogs breathe?-anonymous

-They have gills when they are born. -Anurag

-Underwater a tadpole breathes through its gills. It gets air out of the water.- Koji

-The frog breathes with its lungs and skin.

-The wet skin holds the secret of its double life.-Koji

-Amphibian is from a Greek phrase that means having a double life.- Jake

I wonder if frogs take care of the tadpoles?-anonymous

I wonder how they use their tail?-Ema T.

I wonder how do they get their food, because they are so tiny?- Jake

I wonder if the tadpoles will eat the leaves?-Ema T.

I wonder, do frogs have teeth?-Rachel

I wonder why frogs make croaking sounds?-Kate

-Frogs make noises so other frogs can hear.-Jake

I wonder if frogs eat a lot of bugs?-Christian

I wonder what they eat? - Autumn

-Frogs shed their skin. They eat their skin.- Catalina

-After sometime its skin sheds off and new wet skin grows. A frog eats its old skin.-Anurag

-The frog stays still. Then when a fly crawls nearby, their own long, long sticky tongue sticks the fly. -Azhar