First Class explore The Life Cycle of the Frog
The children in Room 16 were delighted to see frogspawn up close last week. They looked closely at the jelly-like substance we call frogspawn. When the eggs hatch, tadpoles emerge.
When tadpoles are young, they look a lot more like fish than frogs. They also have gills to allow them to breathe underwater.
As the tadpole grows, hind limbs emerge, and they soon begin to look like small frogs with tails. They also begin to develop lungs, so they can breathe out of the water when they begin to spend time on land.
The juvenile frog grows front legs and its tail gradually becomes shorter until it is no longer there. There are nutrients within its tail that it absorbs as food. This young froglet is then ready to jump out of the water to experience life on land.
How long does it take for a tadpole to become a frog? Just 14 weeks!
We will track the progress of the frogspawn and make sure the frogs are free and released into nature before they are ready to jump !!
