Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors of lakes and ponds as well as learning how lakes form through reading and video clips.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Features, including zonation, of ponds and lakes.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Features of ponds and lakes.

At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about the wide variety of plant and animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems. Click on the links to "wetlands," "Ponds and Lakes," or "Rivers and Streams" to view...

An Earth System Project shows the interaction between the Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere. This project provides a model of a pond ecosystem and can easily be woven into the hydrosphere unit.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Features, including zonation, of ponds and lakes.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The abcteach directory contains sample pages from their pond unit for non-members. Handouts are in PDF format.

Can you give a definition for a pond? This site provides information ranging from types of plants living in ponds to how ponds were formed. Don't miss out on the photographs found within the site too.

During the lab, students investigate the interaction of living and nonliving environmental factors affecting a run off pond near the school.

Students will investigate three aquatic ecosystems (pond, stream, bog) to determine the relative pollution index and the water quality of each ecosystem. They will collect and analyze the benthic organisms found in each system and...

The Adopt-A-Pond Program was created by the Toronto Zoo for teachers looking for a guide to wetland issues and resources.

This is a hands-on, technology rich lesson involving wetlands and the effects humans and human development have on these precious ecosystems. This is a follow-up lesson to a wetlands introduction and discussion.

Kids learn about the freshwater aquatic biome. Ecosystems such as rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands, swamps, and bogs.

This is a field investigation at the Bass Ponds Trailhead area in the MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge in which learners will collect data in the field and samples to test back in the classroom. Students will try to elicit the...

By looking at the bottom dwelling macroinvertebrates, students will investigate water quality and habitat quality in this field lab. Students will record the number of creatures found at the bottom of a pond, lake, ditch, stream or river...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...

This presentation provides information about the characteristics of several different freshwater ecosystems.

Nice animation of how to create a Winogradsky column using bacteria from pond mud. Learn how "mud can be mixed with several ingredients to provide food and other substrates for the bacteria to use" to survive.

Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks - Naturally explains the critical importance of healthy shorelines for preventing soil erosion and filtering out pollutants. It looks specifically at riparian areas, such as those in Alberta, which...

What is a lake? Discover the answer to this question when you explore this informative resource. This site provides information on how temperature and seasonal changes effects lakes, how lakes are formed, how lakes compare in numbers to...

This is a comprehensive and detailed site providing information on aquatic macroinvertebrates. The emphasis is on biomonitoring of water quality through quantitative assessment of numbers and types of small aquatic organisms.

Can you name the two types of tundra? Find the answer to this question and many more when you explore this educational resource. The content of this site includes a look at this biome's characteristics, plant life, animal life and more....

This animation in storybook format tells the story of Tules Pond and also gets into pond and lake ecosystem information.

This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of freshwater biomes, and its effect on living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Freshwater Biomes."