Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Origami Jumping Frog Craft Project

Frogs are amphibians that are known for jumping and leaping really high.

Most adult amphibians have strong muscular limbs adapted for movement on land. The legs of frogs have adaptations for leaping. Leaping requires powerful hind legs and a skeleton that can absorb the shock of landing.

The kids might enjoy making an origami jumping frog from a square piece of paper. When finished they can see how high they can make their frog jump.



Origami Jumping Frog


Materials
  • square piece of paper
  • pencil/marker
  
Directions for an origami frog can be found on Enchanted Learning's website by clicking here.


Math Extension




To incorporate math into this project, children can predict then measure measure how high their frogs jump. Older children can find the average of all their frogs' jumps.


 Language Arts Extension


The children might enjoy listening to or reading this wonderful book from National Geographic or another book about frogs.

Face to Face with Frogs (Face to Face with Animals)



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 Enjoy learning about frogs.






Here's another great frog book!

Frogs by Gail Gibbons





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