In Year 1, we have been learning about how a tadpole develops into a frog. Frogs are amphibians. They can live in water and on land. We have researched the different stages that occur during a frog’s life cycle.
Miss Tracy’s Kindergarten class has tadpoles in their classroom and very kindly invited us to take a look. We used magnifying glasses to study the tadpoles more closely.
We discovered that on the first day, female frogs lay thousands of eggs in the water At first, they need to stay in the water to survive. As amphibians grow, they change. After a while, they are able to breathe air and go on land.
But do all frogs lay their eggs in water? Click on read more below to find out!
After about two weeks, tadpoles begin to hatch from the eggs the female frog has laid. They have a long, strong tail. Tadpoles live in water and breathe through gills. Soon, the tadpole grows two back legs and two front legs. The tadpole’s tail becomes shorter. The tadpole is slowly changing into a frog. They become grown up frogs as they lose their tails and develop lungs. This allows the frog to climb out of the water and begin to breathe air.
Did you know there are some frogs that don’t lay their eggs in water. The Greenhouse Frog that lives here in the Turks and Caicos has adapted to lay its eggs on land, and has developed clever ways of keeping them moist?