Trading Card Activity

Today students will each take a type of Pond Creature and Take a Deeper "Dive".  We will research the creature of our choice and create a trading card poster about that creature.

Helpful Links:

Pond Life Identification Kit

Pond ID Hard Copy

Pond Creature Identification

Kingdom Links

Class Links


Link to "Bingo" Document for Research

Pond Water Investigation

Today we started a study of aquatic life from the pond in the HS.  The following link will help you identify organisms you find.

Pond Life Guide

Life Cycles and Reproduction

This week we are beginning the investigation of life cycles and reproduction of pond organisms.  This event will end in the creation of a film around the life cycle of an organism students choose.  There will not be homework.  Check in with the blog to see how this project progresses.  Today we are gathering samples of aquatic life to investigate!

Cutting Instructions

Here is a link to cutting instructions for your bottle biology project.  This makes a pretty cool three bottle column.

Cutting Instructions

Bottle Biology Introduction!!!

First of all...I hope your day is going awesome!  

Below you will find a couple of links to some helpful resources in the area of bottle biology. As you choose a design to build...please follow directions on how to cut the bottles. Bad cuts mean ruined bottles! However, please feel free to unleash your creativity and design your own eco-columns while still following the ideas of how to cut and piece together your bottles. 

http://www.bottlebiology.org/

http://www.learner.org/courses/essential/life/bottlebio/ecocol/