Adopt-A-Pond - Wetland Curriculum

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Contents
1. What you can do
2. Water
3. Ecology
4. Amphibians
5. Environmental Issues
6. Keystone species
7. Get Wet!-
Field Study Ideas
8. The Zoo Experience
9. Frogs & Friends
10. Case Studies
11. Resources
12. Glossary

Wetland Curriculum Resource
Unit 4. Amphibians - Background for Educators

4.7. THE A-TEAM
(Level: 2 : 4 : 10 acad : 10 appl :: Adaptations)

Purpose: To recognize that animals have specific adaptations required for survival in a wetland environment.

What You Need: paper :: pencil :: imagination

What You Do:

Select an animal from the A-Team listed below and create a story or myth as to how that animal obtained its adaptation for survival in a wetland.
Or, select an animal of your choice that has a specific adaptation which enables it to survive in a wetland and write about it. How the:
- Duck got webbed feet
- Beaver got a flat tail
- Great Blue Heron got long legs
- Bullfrog got a sticky tongue
- Crayfish got its claws
- Turtle got a shell
- Water Boatman got long, paddle-shaped legs
- Leopard Frog got spots
- Catfish got barbels
- Rattlesnake got its rattle
Send your story to the Adopt-A-Pond Program, and we will print a selection in the "Amphibian Voice" newsletter.