Activity: Life cycle game (Foundation to Year 2)
Growing and changing
Victorian Curriculum F–101 links:
Science
There are many types of frogs living in
Melbourne waterways that can be identified by
their distinctive calls. The diversity of frog
species in a waterway provides a useful
indicator of its ecological health. In this activity,
students review the life cycle stages of a frog by
playing a game.
Foundation – Level 2
Science Understanding
Biological sciences
Living things grow, change and have
offspring similar to themselves
Equipment
Images of stages in a frog life cycle
Cut out labels and arrows from the Frog life cycle (Figure 1)
Activity steps
1. Review the stages of a frog life cycle by displaying the labels, arrows and images (Figure
1). Explain that you are going to play a game that helps us learn the life cycle of a frog.
Go through actions of the different stages of a frog’s lifecycle (eggs, tadpoles and adult
frogs).
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Egg: Students make themselves into a ball
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Tadpoles: Students swim like a tadpole
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Adult Frogs: Students jump like an adult frog
2. Call out the stages in the lifecycle and the students to perform the action for that stage.
For an extra challenge, have the students make frog calls as they jump (but not ‘ribbit’!).
3. Call out ‘freeze!’ and the students freeze their body where they are. Those who move are
‘out’ and are no longer in the game. Repeat until one student is the winner.
1
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
<http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/> Accessed 14 August 2016.
Figure 1 Frog life cycle
Teacher background
Key messages
The key messages about frogs for students are that:
•
frogs can be found in healthy creeks, rivers and wetlands
•
protecting their habitat includes keeping our waterways clean from litter and other
pollution.
Frog Census
The Frog Census is a way for anyone to contribute to monitoring which frogs are living
where in Melbourne. For more information, go to Frog Census
<http://www.melbournewater.com.au/getinvolved/protecttheenvironment/Pages/FrogCensus.aspx>