Resources

Pond Life WebQuest Resources
by A. Meyerhorn created April 2002

>>Scroll down for table of resources.<<

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Introduction

Task

Process

Resources

Conclusion

Evaluation

Results

Web Sites with Photographs
Most of these sites have color photographs. Others have drawings.
Some have information, but the reading is at an adult level.

Kinds of Wetlands	Vernal Pools Northern Bogs More about Vernal Pools	Forested Swamps Shrub Swamps
Kinds of Frogs	Wood Frog Spring Peeper Green Frog	American Bullfrog Pickerel Frog Gray Treefrog
Kinds of Toads	Eastern American Toad	.Fowler's Toad
Kinds of Salamanders Salamander Eggs	Spotted Salamander Marbled Salamander	Redback Salamander Red-Spotted Newt
Kinds of Turtles	Eastern Painted Turtle Eastern Box Turtle	Snapping Turtle Spotted Turtle
Kinds of Snakes	Garter Snake	Northern Water Snake
Invertebrates	Dragonfly Damselfly showing Metamorphosis Mayfly also showing the nymph stage Giant Diving Beetle also showing the nymph stage	Water Strider Giant Water Bug Fishing Spider Backswimmer
Kinds of Birds	Great Blue Heron Osprey or Fish Hawk Swan Common Loon	Redwing Blackbird Mallard Duck Northern Pintail Duck Canada Goose
Kinds of Mammals	White-Tailed Deer Moose Raccoon	Beaver Otter Muskrat

Pond Explorer ~ excellent page designed for children
includes drawings and explanations of small pond animals

Web Pages at Enchanted Learning
This is a site designed for children. There is a wealth of information, but no color photographs.

Pond Life Contents	Draonfly	Muskrat	Snapping Turtle
Pond Life Picture	Fish ~ Trout	Newt / Salamander	Swan
Beaver	Frog	Painted Turtle	Toad
Canada Goose	Great Blue Heron	River Otter	Water-Strider
Copepod	Mallard Duck	Shrimp	White-Tailed Deer
Crayfish	Mosquito	Snail	Zooplankton

For fun, here's a link to a

swan picture you can paint online!

You can collect pond water and examine it to see what organisms (small animals) are in it.

Bucket Buddies has excellent information about identifying small organisms found in pond water. is a project for children the world over. At this site, you can see what other children have found in pond water.