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Here are some great sites relating to A Plague of Frogs
Curriculum Project:
The Book
Find out more about A Plague of Frogs by William Souder --excerpts, deformed-frog facts,
pictures of deformed frogs, and an interview with the author can all be found on the Hyperion Web site.
http://www.cgfi.com/book_detail.cfm?BID=124
Book review – some negative aspects
Agencies
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/frogs.html
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Biology/J_Baker/JBtxt.htm
The Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) Home Pages
http://www.im.nbs.gov/amphibs.html
North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) web site
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/
North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations
http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/ -- Main Site (good teacher resources)
http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/science/malform.html - Malformed frogs
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~mrjc/index.html
The Lab for Studies of Regeneration and Deformed Frogs
http://frogweb.gov/
Frogweb
Educational
http://scope.educ.washington.edu/frogs/about/frogs/index.html
"The Deformed Frogs Mystery"
http://www.mncs.k12.mn.us/html/projects/frog/frog.html
Minnesota New Country School Page, for students who first discovered deformed frogs
WISE - The Deformed Frogs Mystery
The Deformed Frogs Mystery Click here to enter the project WISE Project. UC-Berkeley.
Deformed Frog Discussion Zone
This discussion area is for teachers who are having their students learn about the deformed frog mystery.
http://scope.educ.washington.edu/frogs/teachers/ Teachers' version
Frogs WebQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/2801/
The Minnesota New Country School Frog Project – Think Quest
Articles
News Reports
www.npsc.nbs.gov/narcam/info/news/burlfree.htm
“Odd frogs Might Signal Future Threat: Deformity Cases Grow At alarming Rate” - July 26, 1997
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/frogs1.html
JOINT NEWS RELEASE BY: MPCA and the NIH Sept. 30, 1997
New Findings on Deformed Frogs in Minnesota
CNN articles:
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9712/09/deadly.sunlight.ap/index.html
Excess UV radiation found deadly to amphibian species -December 9, 1997
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9601/frogs/index.html
Frog study reveals environmental warning signs for man - January 16, 1996
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9610/24/deformed.frogs/index.html
Minnesota frogs sprouting eyes in all the wrong places - October 24, 1996
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9803/16/deformed.frogs.ap/index.html
Researchers point to vitamin A compounds in frog deformities - March 16, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9710/01/frogs.ap/index.html
Something in water likely causes deformed frogs -October 1, 1997
Interviews
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec96/frogs_12-23.html
Transcript of interview with Minnesota students:
www.annonline.com/interviews/000425/index.html
[Interview with William Souder]
By Souder…
www.junkscience.com/news2/souder.htm
William Souder newspaper article “Evidence Grows, Suspects Elusive in Frog’s Disappearance
Research Papers on the Issue
www.im.nbs.gov/naamp3/papers/54/54df.html
Stan Sessions paper “Evidence that Trematodes Cause Deformities, including Extra Limbs in Amphibians
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8048/frogs01.html
Malformed Frogs: An Environmental Warning- Student Research Paper
Amphibians
http://digitalfrog.com
Digital Frog International
http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html
An exploratorium frog exhibit
Embryology
Amphibian Embryology Tutorial
Songs, Jokes, etc…
http://www.stingetc.com/lyrics/canary.html
“Canary in the Coal Mine” Song lyrics by Sting
http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/students/writing/joke1.html
Frog jokes
Lab Activity Resources
http://www.iwla.org/siteindx.htm
The Izaak Walton League of America
http://www.epa.gov/docs/ozone/
EPA ozone depletion page
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1993/using.html
UV radiation labs, using yeast
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/menu.html
Virtual frog dissection
Non-Web
ABC News:
June 20, 1997 Nightline Report “Is increase in frog deformities a warning?”
Sept. 30, 1997 Nightline Report “The deformed frogs”
National Geographic Magazine February 1999 Biodiversity Issue
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