The Glass Frogs
Photo Left: Photo of a Reticulated glass frog,
photographed in the national park Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica
photographed in the national park Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica
Welcome to the Glass frogs resource page. Below is a guide to help you get the most out of this page.
- Browse through the web resource links at the top of the page.
- You can check the story of my herping adventure of finding a Yellow-spotted salamander.
- Look through the Projects & Activities.
- View any or all of the Main Lesson Videos.
- Consider doing a project from the Projects, Activities & Video Tutorials section. You can either select a small project to complete this week before the next class, or work on one larger project for the entire eWorkshop.
- If you complete a project for this eWorkshop, you can share it with the class. Post a link to your project (pictures, video, blog etc.) in the comments section on the course page. If you post a link to your project, I will give you feedback about it.
Web Resources
Costa Rica Amphibian Research Center - Glass Frogs
AmphibiaWeb - Fleischmann's glass frog
ARKIVE - Glass Frog ENTIRE List!!
Costa Rica Amphibian Research Center - Glass Frogs
AmphibiaWeb - Fleischmann's glass frog
ARKIVE - Glass Frog ENTIRE List!!
Click here for a 64-page eBook download about the Cost Rican Amphibian Research Center or C.R.A.R.C.
Projects & Activities
Glass Frog Art!
You can create artwork of your choice using a Glass frog species of your choice!
Directions: Think about your favorite type of art. Use that art form to create a work of art about glass frogs. Need help choosing your art type? Check out the list below.
Types of art to consider:
We Draw Animals.com - How to Draw a Glass Frog Tutorial
What's Your Favorite Subject?
Directions: Consider what your favorite subjects are in school. Math, history, geography, literature to name a few. Apply a subject to the study of Glass frogs! Below are some examples.
Glass Frog Collage or Lapbook Project
Directions:
You can create artwork of your choice using a Glass frog species of your choice!
Directions: Think about your favorite type of art. Use that art form to create a work of art about glass frogs. Need help choosing your art type? Check out the list below.
Types of art to consider:
- Watercolor painting
- Drawing using your favorite coloring media (crayons, colored pencils, etc.) You can use the video tutorial below to assist you in your drawing.
- Paper mache
- Clay model
- Picture collage
- Computer graphic art
- Lapbook
We Draw Animals.com - How to Draw a Glass Frog Tutorial
What's Your Favorite Subject?
Directions: Consider what your favorite subjects are in school. Math, history, geography, literature to name a few. Apply a subject to the study of Glass frogs! Below are some examples.
- Literature & grammar - write a story about Glass frogs.
- Literature - Create a rhyme related to Glass frogs.
- Math - create a story problem about them.
- History - Study the history of the Glass frog pet trade.
- Geography - Create a map of their geographic range and glue pictures of different species marking each species range on your map.
Glass Frog Collage or Lapbook Project
Directions:
- Go to Wikipedia's article on glass frogs here.
- Using Wikiwand.com (if you don't already have it downloaded), use it to read the page. It's great because you can scroll over each of the genus names and find the ones that have a photo that you can click on and drag to your desktop.
- You can also get a species list here from Archive.
- Collect as many pictures of different species as you can and want to.
- Add a few facts (geographic range, size etc.) or at least put the name of the species next to your picture.
- Assemble your images together to either print out or you can put them together digitally. I like to use Canva these days for such a project. But, you can also use PowerPoint and Word to put your pictures together digitally.
Main Lesson Videos
Why are glass frogs transparent? Find out what scientists think in the video below!
Informative Videos