Ecology in action

Yesterday a number of tiny froglets were released into the school's Ecology Garden Pond. 

Students have enjoyed witnessing their development from tiny dots within frogspawn into juvenile frogs.  The frequent changes within the observation tank caused quite a stir with many students visiting the Biology lab on a daily basis to check on their progress.

The metamorphosis of frogspawn into tadpoles and, eventually, froglets offers a unique window into amphibian development – from ovum to embryo, larva and adult