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Creating a Pond Habitat

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a pond habitat inside and outside their classroom. In this pond lesson plan, students create a habitat with animals, water, and plants in order to create a proper pond habitat.
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Meadow Madness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the evolution from a pond habitat to a meadow.  In this habitat lesson plan, students become familiar with a beaver meadow habitat.  Students are aasigned an animal to research and find why the animal best survives in...
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What Is in the Water?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare bottled water qualities to water found naturally in a pond habitat. They research their state's laws/regulations in regard to bottled water and study the advertising, cost, and quality of brands of bottled water. They...
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Life in a Pond

For Teachers K - 5th
What living things call an aquatic habitat home? Young learners consider the question after they discuss the characteristics of a typical pond habitat. They identify an animal and then determine if a pond would have all the components to...
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Aquatic Science

For Teachers 7th - 8th
What a terrific way to explore the pond habitat! Learners discuss the animal and plant life found in the Long Island area. They also discuss vocabulary terms, identify pollution concerns, and resource conservation.
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The Great Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Field trip! The class will review what they know about organisms that dwell in freshwater ponds, then trek down to the old water hole to collect specimens for examination. This includes several web links, useful tips, and an excellent...
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Venn Diagram: Pond and Other Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Venn Diagram worksheet, students compare the pond habitat with another habitat of their choice. Students compare and contrast two habitats.
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Water, Water Everywhere (Pond Animals)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the characteristics of animals who live in a pond environment. In groups, they describe the various stages in the life of a frog and identify the characteristics of other pond animals. Using this information,...
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Small Pond Creatures

For Teachers K - 6th
Students complete a unit about the different creatures that can live in a small pond habitat. They create a glossary, create a class Small Pond mural, develop a Frog Fact File, read a variety of books, and conduct research for a report...
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Pond Water Web

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students familiarize themselves with the common organisms that live in a pond and discover their importance in a balanced aquatic habitat as they create food webs. They also investigate how an environmental change affects the habitat as...
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Kansas Ponds, Lakes & Reservoirs

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare the ponds, lakes, and reservoirs of Kansas.  In this geography lesson, students use Google Earth to research the different ponds, lakes, and reservoirs in Kansas.  Students will discover that many of the bodies of water...
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Pond-life Safari

For Teachers K
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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Animal Habitat Dioramas

For Teachers K - 5th
What a better way to have learners show what they know than with a diorama? Kids research an animal, its habitat, ecosystem, and environment in order to create a three-dimensional diorama. Have older children write a short paper on their...
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What Is a Pond?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Wildlife Habitat Checklist

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Take a walk on the wild side with a project about animal habitats. After kids observe a chosen animal in its home, they describe the animal's food and water sources, shelter, and how it raises its young. They then write a short fictional...
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Pond Dipping: Worksheet 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this environment worksheet, students put a tick in the tally box when they find 1 of 7 pond creatures as they experiment with the process of going pond dipping.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 7th
In this science study of habitats worksheet, students create a venn diagram to compare the pond habitat with another habitat of their choice.
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Pond Habitats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students define what a pond habitat is and explain what animals live in this habitat. They discuss what can harm or destroy a pond habitat. They create a poster of what could harm a pond habitat including illustrations and sentences. ...
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Habitat Assessment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate the effects of varying environmental components on plants and animals: chemical, physical and biological characteristics of a habitat. They find chemical, physical and biological characteristics of the lake at...
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Build an Anchialine Pond

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore biology by conducting a nature experiment. In this pond examination lesson, students utilize recycled materials, play-doh and water to recreate a pond and its inhabitants. Students identify the different elements within...
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Pond Theme Unit

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this pond theme worksheet students research facts on pond life. Students complete comprehension questions, crosswords, word search, and math puzzles. Students write a short report.
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Lakes and Ponds

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe and recognize the difference between a lake and a pond. They name six ways in which a lake or pond can be formed. They describe the importance and act of evaporation on a waterway.
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Habitat Sunprints

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars recognize various habitats and where they are found.  In this habitat sunprints lesson, students observe the contents of habitats and record what the sunprint might represent.  Young scholars use blueprint paper and small...

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