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Pond Ecosystem Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class trip. In this pond ecosystem instructional activity, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with ponds such as invertebrate and metamorphosis. Students...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-In The Small Small Pond

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read In The Small Small Pond by Denise Fleming. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of the pond ecosystem. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Pond Habitats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars 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...
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Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate organisms and animals by examining a nearby pond. In this ecosystem instructional activity, students participate in a field trip to a local pond where they utilize a net to gather animals, plants and pollution items,...
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Reflecting and Observing on the Field Trip to the Pond

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create an informative caption for photographs taken on a field trip to a pond.  In this pond ecosystem lesson, students take photographs and create captions for them.  Learners write a reflective essay on a picture they feel...
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Pond Water Survey

For Students 5th - 10th
In this pond ecosystem worksheet, students observe different species of plankton found in a pond water sample. They draw pictures of 5 specimens then describe them in detail.
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Pond Life Word Search Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this word search worksheet, students locate the names of pond life using the 18 pictures and labels that are shown on the page. They find the names of turtles, mammals, insects, and birds.
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Common Pond Mammals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students locate the names of 14 common pond mammals. They use the pictures and labels to find the names that are hidden in the puzzle.
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Common Pond Birds Word Search

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students find the names of 20 common pond birds in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each bird.
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Common Pond Birds Word Puzzle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students locate the names of 19 common pond birds. They use the pictures and labels shown on the page to find the words hidden the puzzle.
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Shadow Know-How- Identifying Pond Species

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science fill in the blank worksheet, students fill in 10 labels next to shadow pictures of pond animals. They check their answers with the names in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Visualizing Vocabulary in an Ecosystem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders observe the pond ecosystem. In this ecosystem instructional activity, 6th graders observe the organisms at the pond and create a poster that illustrates the pond.
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Urban Life: What Lives In Our Local Park?

For Teachers 5th
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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Locomotor Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain lakes, rivers and streams using jumping and leaping skills. This integrated lesson plan reinforce scientific knowledge of ponds, rivers, lakes and streams.
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Explore a Pond

For Students 4th - 6th
In this explore a pond worksheet, students observe a pond and then draw pictures of all of the animals and plants they see around the pond and in the water.
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Mr. Frog's Pond

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this pond picture worksheet, students view a picture of a pond, circle each thing found in the picture that does not belong at a pond and then color the picture of a pond.
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The Busy Pond

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this pond ecosystem mini book worksheets, students cut out, color, and study the pond plants, animals, and ecosystem by creating a mini book.
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Common Pond Plants and Invertebrates

For Students 4th - 6th
For this word search worksheet, student locate the names of 18 common pond plants and invertebrates. They use the pictures and labels on the page to find the words hidden in the puzzle.
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Habitats of the Pond

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore biology by researching habitats for organisms. In this water environment lesson, students utilize a magnifying glass to examine the different organisms that live on a nearby pond or lake and explore their habitats....
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Common Pond Creatures Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students find the names of 20 common pond creatures in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each species.
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Common Pond Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word search learning exercise, learners locate the names of 17 common pond plants. They look at the pictures and labels of the plants that are shown on the page to find the hidden words.
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Frogs in a Pond: Story Writing

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story writing worksheet, students analyze a picture of two frogs in a pond. Students write a story about the picture. Students make up a title for the story.
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Food Webs in a Pond

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore food chains and food webs in a pond and identify common creatures found in ponds. They look for tadpoles, fish, mites and other creatures in a pond during a field trip for first hand research.
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ExplorA-Pond:2nd Grade Perimeter

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders visit a real pond. They estimate the pond's perimeter using "student feet." In groups, they measure the pond's perimeter-each group measuring a section of the shoreline. They convert student feet into actual feet and find...

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