I am so excited to announce that our next focus of study will be on frogs! We will be diving deep as we learn about how frogs, fish and reptiles are similar and different, by using scientific classification.
We will also be learning about specific species of frogs and looking at where they live (habitat), what they eat, predators, physical attributes and characteristics, life cycle and many more interesting facts.
This week during expedition, your child will be learning about classification and how scientists sort animals by using different attributes or characterisitics.
We have had two wonderful two days back and I look forward to many more!
I will be posting links to some websites that might be fun and interesting for your child to explore. Just look under the heading "Sites We Visit" on left hand side of the screen.
1. Brain Pop Jr. is a fun website. Some of the games and videos are free and do not require you to sign up. The link below is to a free video and games that are relevant to animal classification, which we are hoping to be able to get to by the end of this week.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/animals/classifyinganimals/
2. This link is from National Geographic. It has a lot of information on various animals and includes some amazing videos of animals in their natural habitats.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
3. The website below is offered by the National Zoo run by the Smithsonian and has information and fun activities to learn about reptiles, amphibians and more. We won't be learning about reptiles until later this month and amphibians until February, but it is always fun to build background knowledge.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/ForKids/default.cfm
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