Exhibits
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
On Exhibit February 13 - May 25, 2009
Although frogs are much-maligned, they can also be fascinating, adaptable, and often beautiful creatures. With more than 5,000 species spread across six continents, frogs are remarkably diverse and the most abundant amphibians on Earth. Frogs: A Chorus of Colors displays both this beauty and diversity.
From the one-inch long golden mantella frog, which chirps to attract mates and wrestles its competitors, to the African bullfrog, a giant that eats almost anything and can live up to 40 years, each frog or toad has its own unique environment to explore and story to tell.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors also demonstrates how frogs help our environment and agricultural and pharmaceutical industries. Frogs display mutations or population declines in response to ecosystem changes before many other species, making them early indicators of environmental damage. They also eat insects, protecting crops, and serve as a food source for other wildlife. Scientists even use the protective toxins that coat the skin of many frog species to create new treatments for infection, pain, heart disease, and stroke.
Walking through Frogs, visitors can hear the fluctuating rhythms and pleasing harmonies of live frog calls, listen to recorded calls, watch videos of frogs swimming, climbing, and gliding, and even perform a virtual frog dissection.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors was created by Peeling Productions at Clyde Peeling's REPTILAND.
| Format | Temporary Exhibit |
| Grades | n/a – n/a |
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| Media | OPEN VIDEO OPEN AUDIO |
| Educator Guide | FrogsFieldGuide.pdf |
| Related Links | Exhibit Website from AMNH Press Release |
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
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Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Life Science > Life cycles of organisms (Grade: K – 4)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Life Science > Biological evolution (Grade: 9 – 12)
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > Life Cycles (Grade: K – 2)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
- Life Science (Biology) > Plant Structures and Functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Life Science (Biology) > Characteristics of Plants and Animals (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Life Science (Biology) > Classification of Organisms (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Life Science (Biology) > Characteristics of Living Things (Grade: K – 2)
– View Concise Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Like other aspects of an organism's biology, behaviors have evolved through natural selection. Behaviors often have an adaptive logic when viewed in terms of evolutionary principles. - Life Science > Life cycles of organisms (Grade: K – 4)
Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species' evolutionary history. - Life Science > Biological evolution (Grade: 9 – 12)
Biological classifications are based on how organisms are related. Organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on similarities which reflect their evolutionary relationships. Species is the most fundamental unit of classification.
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > 03 Life Cycles (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that plants and animals have life cycles, and that life cycles vary for different living things. - Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. - Life Science (Biology) > 04 Plant Structures and Functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
Describe the major stages that characterize the life cycle of the frog and butterfly as they go through metamorphosis. - Life Science (Biology) > 01 Characteristics of Plants and Animals (Grade: 3 – 5)
Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share. - Life Science (Biology) > 01 Classification of Organisms (Grade: 6 – 8)
Classify organisms into the currently recognized kingdoms according to characteristics that they share. Be familiar with organisms from each kingdom. - Life Science (Biology) > 13 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: 6 – 8)
Give examples of ways in which organisms interact and have different functions within an ecosystem that enable the ecosystem to survive. - Life Science (Biology) > 01 Characteristics of Living Things (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that animals (including humans) and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water.
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