Students use digital photographs and research to create a two-page field guide to be used as a reference sheet when completing field observations at the pond next to the school.

Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...

3rd grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts created this field guide as part of a learning expedition on ecosystems and pond life. Students did fieldwork in the city park and worked with local experts, closely examining the ponds....

This field experience takes place at our school site pond. Students will use inquiry and direct observation to discover the types of aquatic animals that live in our school site pond. Students will record their findings in a journal, and...

The zoologist Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) began her career as an assistant to Cornelia Clapp at Mt. Holyoke College. After receiving a Ph.D. from Cornell University (1912), Morgan did research at the Marine Biological Laboratory and...