Photo Credit: Trish Mace
Study the world of ponds! Start by exploring water – how it feels and moves, how some things sink in water and other things float, how drops form and hold together, and how different it would be to live and breath and feed in water. Learn about habitats and about the things that all organisms need. Learn about food webs and how plants and animals are interconnected. Study insects, snails and tadpoles, and build your own classroom ponds with pondweed, worms, snails, and fish. Observe and question, make and test predictions, observe and question some more!
MARE lessons (Teacher’s Guide to Ponds)
Water Water Everywhere
A Snails Place
Pond Homes
Build Paper Ponds
Adopt a Playground
Lessons
Introduction to Scientists & Ponds
Metamorphosis – Frog Life Cycle
Pond Bugs: Caddis Flies & More
Surface Tension & Water Striders
Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
End of Unit Review: Pond Bingo
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 0338153 and 0638731. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
