Web Quest Scavenger Hunt

Technology tips to help you navigate through our pond site.

To access our pond site, click on Internet Explorer, go to favorites and scroll down to Pond Site.

1.      Use the “back arrow” and “forward arrow” button to return or forward yourself to a portion you would like to return to.

2.      You do not have permission to click on advertisements that are not a part of our pond site. ( If you have a questions about whether or not you can access a certain link, raise your hand )

3.      After you answer the first question on your scavenger hunt, you may wish to take the first 10 minutes of lab time to explore the site and then begin your scavenger hunt tasks. It will not be necessary for you to access the Teacher button or Missing Gator button for today’s purpose. Click on the “Surprise” bton when you have finished all of the questions.

Before you begin your Web Quest scavenger hunt, visualize Troute Brook…what does it look like? How wide is it? Is the water fast running, slow running, or both depending on the day and conditions? Now think about the pond at Westmoor Park or another pond you are familiar with. Jot down some thoughts about how you think rivers, streams and/or lakes are different than ponds. ( 2 points)

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1. Water is so important to the world we live in because it…. (2 points)

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2.  Three important “Pond Facts” that I discovered from the General Facts Pages are: (3 points)

1.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. The  4 stages of pond succession are  (4 points)
   1. _________________________   3._________________________
   2. _________________________    4._________________________

3. Take a “Vitual Pond Dip” and click on some of the organisms in the spoon. Decide which one you would like to use for your Passport to the Pond activity.

      My Passport to the Pond organism is      (1 point)   ___________________________________

4. Henry David Thoreau made it into the Ecology Hall of Fame. He lived from_______________ to _________________. (1 point)
5.  He believed that humans function best when we realize that we are a part of   _________________. (1 point)

Scroll down to the bottom of the Thoreau page and click on :

* See more pictures.”

 *Thoreau House Replica.”

6. Describe the simple conditions in which he lived. (2 points) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Bonus Question  (2 points)

Describe 2 ways in which the delicate ecosystem of pond life can be upset and threatened.

1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________

8. You may now got to the “surprise” link and print. Have fun!