I-106 FROGS MATTER!

 

Amphibians are an important component of the global ecosystem, as indicators of environmental health and contributors to human health. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half of them are themselves threatened with extinction. Addressing the amphibian extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in the history of humanity.

Here's a way to introduce or reinforce the term "amphibians" and, because of problems and changes in our environment, highlight what's happening to amphibians around the world. The script has a serious message, but is still fun to read and features some frog jokes and riddles to help lighten the mood. Most important, the script suggests ways students can actually help!

This is an RT script for Intermediate to Advanced readers and is formatted for 5 SOLO READERS, READERS 2,3,4,5, and ALL.

Script Length: 10 1/2 pages of reading text.  Sample pages link can be found below...

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"The global conservation community has formulated a response in the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan, and an integral part of that response is the "Amphibian Ark" - in which select species that would otherwise go extinct will be maintained in captivity until they can be secured in the wild. Without immediate captive management as a stopgap component of an integrated conservation effort, hundreds of species could become extinct."

From The Amphibian Ark homepage at: http://www.amphibianark.org/

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For sample pages of this script, please click HERE.