Frog Jumping Jubilee

Purpose:

The purpose of this activity is to fold an origami
jumping frog and to test how far the frog can jump and share this data with other students.

Materials:

Directions for folding an origami jumping frog
  1 Green 3" x 5" index card
  Metric Ruler

Procedure:

  Read the short story,
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain (1865).

  Fold your frog.

  Work with a partner.

  Jump your frog.

  Measure the distance the frog jumped in centimeters and record.

  Repeat this three times, recording the data each time.

  Find the average of the three jumps.

Frog Jumping Data
Jump #1	Jump #2	Jump #3	Ave. Jump

  Submit your data to us to post and share with other students.

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