Ottawa Elementary School
Petoskey, Michigan
Mrs. Slack’s PALS group – Second and Third Grades
We investigated our pond 4 different times. We used Stutsmanville pond in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Hypothesis: Our whole group thought that pond life would be different around the world.
Our first investigation date was March 27, 2007. Mrs. Slack brought pond water to our classroom to investigate.
We found:
|
Midge pupa |
Many |
|
Crawling Water Beetle |
Very few |
Our second investigation date was April 17, 2007. Mrs. Slack brought pond water to our classroom to investigate.
We found:
|
Midge larva |
Many |
|
Cyclops |
Few |
|
Midge pupa |
Very few |
Our third investigation date was May 1, 2007. Mrs. Slack brought pond water to our classroom to investigate.
We found:
|
Amphipod or scud |
Very few |
|
Leaf beetle |
Very few |
|
Leech |
Very few |
|
Mayfly nymph |
Very few |
Our fourth investigation date was May 15, 2007. We took a fieldtrip to the pond to do our investigation.
We found:
|
Pouch snail |
Many |
|
Water spider |
Few |
|
Water boatman |
Many |
|
Tadpole |
Very few |
|
Water beetle |
Few |
|
Water strider |
Many |
|
Orb snail |
Many |
|
Dragonfly nymph |
Very few |
|
Mayfly nymph |
Many |
|
Amphipod or scud |
Few |
As we continued our investigation we noticed that each time we found different macroinvertebrates.