Kenan Fellows
Microorganisms in Pond Water
That is living in the water? Groups of two to three view pond water with microscopes in order to find microorganisms. They draw pictures of the ones they find in their slides. The groups compare their drawings to pictures of common pond...
National Science Teachers Association
Hop into Action
Young scientists find out what makes amphibians such unique and interesting animals in this simple life science activity. After looking at pictures and discussing the characteristics of amphibians, learners complete a series of three...
Curated OER
The Great Pond Safari
Students study pond life by visiting a pond and completing an associated worksheet. They play an online game based on the pond learning experience.
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World of the Pond Crossword
In this pond life learning exercise, 5th graders read 13 clues and place the correct answer in each space within the crossword puzzle. Students must fill in the answers inside the puzzle boxes.
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Pond Life Word Search
In this pond environment instructional activity, 6th graders search for 55 science words which are hidden in the word search puzzle. The words include insects which live in pond environments.
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Urban Life: What Lives In Our Local Park?
Fifth graders participate in activities during a visit to Central Park. In this urban life lesson, 5th graders visit Central Park where they explore pond dipping, stream chemistry, and play a native plant Bingo game.
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Pond Life
Learners recognize the habitats of animals that live near or in a pond. In this pond lesson, students examine pond water and look for pond organisms. Learners observe organisms with a loupe and complete a worksheet.
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Pond-life Safari
Students determine the living and non-living parts of pond life. In this pond life lesson, students examine the plants, animals, and insects that live in ponds. They look through a variety of print media, cut out pictures, and arrange...
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Visualizing Vocabulary in an Ecosystem
Sixth graders observe the pond ecosystem. In this ecosystem lesson, 6th graders observe the organisms at the pond and create a poster that illustrates the pond.
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Examining Pond Life
Students collect and examine microscopic life from a local pond. In this biology activity, students examine local pond water, searching for protozoa, with the use of a microscope. Students identify the various life forms in their slides...
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Discover a Pond Food Web
Students study the biodiversity of animal life in a pond. They investigate the interdependence between pond organisms by completing a pond dipping activity and completing a checklist.
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What Is a Pond?
Pupils identify animals and plants that live in a pond. For this marine biology lesson, students create a chart of animals and plants they think they would see at the pond. Pupils create a "pond symphony" by imitating the sounds they...
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Pond Creature Name Match
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the names of various pond animals. Students will identify fourteen pond creatures by matching the picture to the correct name.
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Pond Animals
In this science worksheet, learners read about a pond and draw their own plants and animals to the picture. Students also name six water plants and ten small animals that live in and around the pond.
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Pond Animals Word Search Puzzle
In this science worksheet, students read 16 species names of pond animals and locate them in a word search puzzle. There are no graphics on this puzzle which has a word bank.
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Drawing of a Duck
In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon-style duck swimming in water. There is no title on the page.
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Pond Ecology
Fifth graders examine pond ecology, testing how temperature affects the respiration rate of fish. They collect various living things found at a pond, and identify the animal and plant life discovered. They observe a pond community in an...
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Pond 1: Pond Life
Young scholars investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems using Internet resources. They explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments and study the kinds of relationships that exist between organisms...
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Pond Animals During The Seasons
Students interact with a CD Rom to examine pond life. In this pond life activity, students access a CD Rom entitled "Sammy's Science House CD Rom" in order to see pond life during the different season of the year. They study the...
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Ecosystems
Third graders identify and define an Ecosystem and the basic needs of all animals. They collect pond water in a pickle jar. They observe the organisms that are in the jar to keep an ongoing record of the creatures and their population.
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Your Blooming Pond
Students model a pond system that becomes enriched with nutrients (fertilizer). They manipulate variables, make observations over time, and draw conclusions that may lead to further inquiry. They, in groups, simulate a pond environment.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Pondering the Pond
After a trip to the pond, learners will be able to name plants, animals, birds, and insects found at the pond. They will be able to categorize them and sort them into groups.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: World Biomes: Lakes and Ponds Biome
Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors of lakes and ponds as well as learning how lakes form through reading and video clips.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Protists Quiz Ii
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over protists, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.