Froghoo!
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Gail Junion-Metz -- School Library Journal, 4/30/2008 1:50:00 PM
www.frogs.org/froghoo/index.asp
Mark Twain wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” in 1865. Today, each third week of May, the residents of Calaveras County, CA, hold a frog jumping contest and festival. Celebrate frogs in your county, too, by reading Mark Twain’s story and then encouraging kids to visit Froghoo! (a Yahoo!-type directory that contains tons of links to sites about frogs).Younger kids will find lots of frog facts and fun online activities (including some great printables as well as Java and Shockwave games) in the “Fun Stuff and Events” section. (Two sites in particular—“Froggyville” and “Frogland”—are not to be missed!) Teens will find links to information on frog biology and how the changing environment is affecting frog populations worldwide, and teachers will find lots of classroom ideas, frog activities, virtual frog dissections, and classroom printables in the “Educational Resources” section.
