A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake. Ponds support a very wide range of wildlife: ducks, turtles, swans, small fish and frogs can live in a pond. Usually, in most ponds sunlight can reach to bottom. In some cases ponds do not last all year round. We enjoyed our STEAM Station watching how different items would sink or float in the pond. We talked about how a pond is different from a river or a stream because it does not have moving water and it differs from a lake because it has a small area and is no more than around 1.8m deep. Some ponds are formed naturally, filled either by an underwater spring, or by rainwater.
We made our own ponds on a plate using cupcake liners or the lill’y pads and then putting our little frogs on them. We talked about the frog life cycle and are excited to hopefully be getting tadpoles soon.
The kids were surprised to find out how important algae is to a pond. Algae are organisms, or living things, that are found all over the world. Algae are very important because they make much of Earth’s oxygen, which humans and other animals need to breathe. Some algae, such as seaweed, look like plants. They did not mind mixing what looked like algae in the bag but did not want to touch it in real life.
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Bog plants are classified as marginals which are plants that grow in the shallow edges and along the banks of many lakes and rivers. These bog plants are called Cat Tails.
I spy pages have quickly become our favorite activity of each weak. They are so easy and fun to do!
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