Student Sample

The cold-blooded animal our group researched was a frog. Frogs are amphibians and their body temperature is the same temperature as their surroundings all the time. This means when it is hot out, their body temperature is hot. If the water is freezing, their body temperature is freezing. Frogs can be found in many different places. They can be found just about anywhere there is fresh water, from the desert to the Arctic, on all continents except Antarctica. Although common frogs are active both day and night, they tend to be more active at night. The reason for this is because at night is when the air is most humid. Frogs enjoy the time of day when the air is most humid because of the way the humidity keeps them moist. During the daytime, frogs sit still in moist places, like under a rotting log, in a muddy place, underground, or in the crack of a rock. Frogs that live in areas that have winter hibernate to escape the cold. They may burrow under leaves or mud at the bottom of a pond or stream or they may dig down as much as a foot underground, often under rocks or rotten logs. Frogs that get too warm on the muddy banks of a river will either bury itself in the soft earth or seek a cooler spot in the water. This is how frogs stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

Our group learned that amphibians were the first vertebrates to live on land and they depend on their external energy sources (such as the sun) to maintain a stable body temperature. Since frogs are amphibians, we thought this was an interesting fact.

Check out Animal Planet for more information about frogs

Instructions

Dear students,

You will use this blog to create posts about the cold-blooded animal that your group was assigned.  Use the internet and your science textbook to research information about the cold-blooded animal assigned to your group. In this blog, include the following information: 

1.          Name the cold-blooded animal assigned to your group.
   
   
2.          What kind of habitat does your cold-blooded animal live in?
   
   
3.          During what kind of weather condition/s is your cold-blooded animal most active?
   
   
4.          Cold-blooded animals cannot generate their own body heat. How does your cold-blooded animal stay warm during the winter?
   
   
5.          Provide a fun, new, and interesting fact about your cold-blooded animal that you did not know before researching it and illustrate it with 1-2 images.
   
   
6.          Include a link to the website where we can find more information about this cold-blooded animal.