Fresh algae has to be brought in to replenish the aquarium where the frogs are developing. The students have also been incorporating frog material into other disciplines. Students were hugging and jumping and congratulating each other on becoming parents. The fourth graders hope that the remaining tadpoles will develop into brother and sister toads. Two toads mating by fertilizing frog eggs.
Toads have three mating seasons per year producing many, many toads.
The fourth grade is ready to release the toad couple into the wild to complete their life cycle peacefully. In small ponds of water they also look for more frog eggs and tadpoles. Don't look now, but there IS a very, very tiny TOAD in that pond water. The rocks provide a place for the baby toad to rest as he learns to breathe and live on land. The baby toad is quite active in his pond water and algae environment.