Bay and Pond Food Webs

Bay and Pond Food Webs Lesson Plan Time Required: Three sessions (times will vary)

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Students will

compare and contrast two water habitats
research and classify plants and animals
act out the Bay food web and diagram the flow of energy through it
discuss the impact of pollution, loss of underwater grasses, and over-fishing on the Bay's animal resources
identify and classify plants and animals found in a pond ecosystem and analyze data.

3.1.a; 3.1.g; 3.1.j; 3.5.a; 3.5.b; 3.5.c; 3.6.a; 3.10.a; 3.10.d;
4.1.a; 4.1.b; 4.5.b; 4.5.c; 4.5.d; 4.8.b;
5.1.e; 5.1.f

3.21;
4.19; 4.20;
5.18

3.1.c; 3.7.a; 3.7.b; 3.10.b;
4.1.b; 4.5.d; 4.5.e; 4.6.b; 4.6.c; 4.7.c; 4.8.a;
5.1.a; 5.6.f; 5.8.b;
6.5.a; 6.5.d

Crabbing in the Bay (PDF)
- Print on back-to-back pages. (If your printer will not print back-to-back, you can tape page 2 to the back of page 1, page 4 to the back of page 3, etc.)
- Fold the pages down the middle and staple together along the fold.
books and other reference materials on Bay plants and animals (see Resources)
hole-punchers
Lily Pad Pond, by Bianca Lavies (see Resources)
wildlife guidebooks (see Resources)
birdsong CD and portable player (optional)
2 long-handled nets (optional)
digital camera (optional)
tape recorder (optional)
plaster of Paris and a flexible plastic bucket to mix it in at the pond site (optional)