Our Froglets

As you know, our class has got tadpoles. We have been observing them every day, and now they are almost frogs. There is now a brick inside the tank so when the froglets become adult frogs they can come up to the surface to breathe. All the tadpoles have developed their back legs and some have all four legs. There are two tadpoles that have all their legs and now their tails are becoming shorter. Instead of only using their tails to swim, the froglets are using their back legs to manoeuvre through the water. Today, one of the more developed froglets came fully out of the water and stuck to the side of the tank. We noticed that as they became froglets, their body shape changed, they changed to a green colour and their faces have become more frog-like. Sadly, today is the last day we have the tadpoles in our class. Devon will be taking them home and looking after them. We all enjoyed watching the tadpoles slowly turn into frogs.

Here are some photos of the froglets now:

The brick in the tank

The back legs

A developed froglet

A froglet

The froglet on the tank

By Gulnoza, Katelyn & Ameleigh.