Finger tip frog
You may not believe it, but that cute, teeny frog on that coin is real. It’s smaller than a dime, a Cheerio from breakfast, or a cricket — when most frogs eat crickets for breakfast themselves! How did anyone find such a teeny frog? Two scientists, Christopher Austin and Eric Rittmeyer, were exploring a tropical forest when they heard a weird sound. They hunted through the forest floor, but couldn’t find the thing that was making the noise. Finally they just scooped up a bunch of leaves, stuffed them in a plastic bag, and took it home to look through it. Then the teeniest frog they had ever seen hopped out. Hopping is what this frog does best: it can leap 30 times the length of its own body. The best part is, if you want one as a pet, you can carry him around in your wallet.
Wee ones: Frogs usually have 4 “fingers” on each front foot. You have 5 fingers on each hand. Whose “hand” has more fingers?
Little kids: If 1 frog sits on 10 cents coin and another sits on 1 cent coin, how many cents are the frogs sitting on all together? Bonus: How many more frogs on 1 cent coins would you need to make 14 cents total?
Big kids: If your hand is 15 cm long, and you can line up 3 frogs for every 5cm, how many frogs could you line up on your hand? Bonus: This tiny frog can leap 30 times its own length! Bonus: if you could jump 20x your height - how far would that be?
Answers:
Wee ones: You have more fingers.
Little kids: 11 cents. Bonus: 3 more cents.
Big kids: 9 frogs. Bonus: different for everyone.
Wee ones: Frogs usually have 4 “fingers” on each front foot. You have 5 fingers on each hand. Whose “hand” has more fingers?
Little kids: If 1 frog sits on 10 cents coin and another sits on 1 cent coin, how many cents are the frogs sitting on all together? Bonus: How many more frogs on 1 cent coins would you need to make 14 cents total?
Big kids: If your hand is 15 cm long, and you can line up 3 frogs for every 5cm, how many frogs could you line up on your hand? Bonus: This tiny frog can leap 30 times its own length! Bonus: if you could jump 20x your height - how far would that be?
Answers:
Wee ones: You have more fingers.
Little kids: 11 cents. Bonus: 3 more cents.
Big kids: 9 frogs. Bonus: different for everyone.