9-12 Japanese Tree Frogs
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Bronze level
Published on 1/15/2015
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Created for
Ages 14 - 18
Subject
Biology
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Problem solving & innovation (creativity)
Required hardware
PC
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Independent study
Learning activity details
(Look around the broad-leafed forests, meadows, and swamps of Japan, Korea, China, and even parts of Mongolia and Russia to catch a glimpse of the Japanese tree frog. Better yet, listen for the reedy call of the males.
In habitats where their population is high, the chorus of Japanese tree frogs can sound like a cacophony. But they’ve developed the ability to croak for the attention of female tree frogs without overlapping each other. This ability means each male frog can be heard and distinguished from his competitors.
The skill is so refined, researchers at Spain’s Polytechnic University of Catalonia studied the frogs’ differentiation pattern and created an algorithm based on it that vastly improves the efficiency of wireless computer networks.)
What are some of the ways that studying animals has influenced technology and inventions?
© Shinji Kusano/Minden Pictures
In habitats where their population is high, the chorus of Japanese tree frogs can sound like a cacophony. But they’ve developed the ability to croak for the attention of female tree frogs without overlapping each other. This ability means each male frog can be heard and distinguished from his competitors.
The skill is so refined, researchers at Spain’s Polytechnic University of Catalonia studied the frogs’ differentiation pattern and created an algorithm based on it that vastly improves the efficiency of wireless computer networks.)
What are some of the ways that studying animals has influenced technology and inventions?
© Shinji Kusano/Minden Pictures