Frog Lesson: King 5th-Graders Sure to Remember Hands-On Experience

Things were really hopping Friday afternoon in Fred Felix’ 5th grade classroom at Irene King Elementary School in Romeoville.

No, not literally hopping. But Felix’ 5th graders did learn a lot about frogs thanks a carefully planned and executed scientific observation of the dissected animals.

“They’ll remember this unique hands-on experience for sure,” said Felix, who cut the half dozen laboratory frogs himself before class and then took students through a search for various organs “to determine their relative locations” in a frog’s body.

Once the search was completed, the class invited King’s two other 5th grade sections into the room and proceeded to “educate” their classmates on everything that makes a frog tick.

This is the second year Felix classes have gone through the “observe and identify” science lesson.