  We present ground-based optical and Spitzer infrared imaging observations of
the interacting galaxy UGC 10214, the "Tadpole Galaxy" (z = 0.0310), focusing
on the star formation activity in the nuclear, disk, spiral arms and tidal tail
regions. The major findings of this study are that the Tadpole is actively
forming stars in the main disk outside of the nucleus and in the tidal plume,
with an estimated mean star formation rate of ~2 to 4 M_sun/yr. The most
prominent sites of mid-infrared emission define a "ring" morphology that,
combined with the overall morphology of the system, suggest the interaction may
belong to the rare class of off-center collisional ring systems that form both
shock-induced rings of star formation and tidal plumes. The nuclear emission is
solely powered by older stars, with little evidence for ongoing star formation
at the center of the Tadpole. Extra-nuclear star formation accounts for >50% of
the total star formation in the disk and spiral arms, featuring infrared-bright
'hot spots' that exhibit strong PAH emission, whose band strength is comparable
to that of late-type star-forming disk galaxies. The tidal tail, which extends
2 arcmin (~75 kpc) into the intergalactic medium, is populated by super massive
star clusters likely triggered by the galaxy-galaxy interaction that has
distorted UGC 10214 into its current "tadpole" shape.
