Can frogs freeze?
“By passing winter frozen solid as a holiday fruitcake, the wood frog breaks all the rules.” Indeed the Wood Frog, Rana Sylvatica has a unique adaptation that allows it to remain completely frozen during winter, only to thaw in the springtime and begin breeding! Use this site to listen to Dr. Rubinksy speak about the strategies the Wood Frog employs and its importance to human research and scientific advancement. Teachers, capture the interest of your students to topics of endothermic/exothermic, physical states of matter, and the changing seasons by exploring the Wood Frog’s amazing adaptation! Extend your studies further, to explore desert frogs and the strategies they employ to survive in the arid climates in which they live. How can frogs live in the desert, when they require water to breed? Learn about the amazing desert frogs and how they have been able to survive away from the pond shoreline. Both would be great sites to use when studying biomes and unique plant and animal life
