Our Water Habitat Project:
Local to Global Environmental Education
This website tells the story of how we study a water habitat at our City of Pullman Sunnyside Park near our school and how we learn about water habitats around the world.
Click here for an INTRODUCTION to our Water Habitat Project
Click on INDEX of Water Habitat Project Webpages to learn more.
Click on Water Habitat Curriculum to see the Harvard University Teaching for Understanding Framework for this project.
Sunnyside children
have studied the pond habitats at the park since
1993. We make science
observations of the pond. We observe the water, trees,
plants, wildlife, weather, and changes in the habitat. We
take water temperature and pH readings at the pond. We use
our digital camera to take pictures of the pond
habitat. Then we come back to
our classroom to write about the pond. We make photo
journals with digital images about our field
trip. We write and send
email to children in other schools on the I*EARN network. to
tell them about our pond. They send us email about their
water habitats. We learn about oceans, ponds, lakes, and
rivers from other schools around the world . We do artwork and
drawings baout the pond habitat. Sometimes we take
video tape of the pond habitat. We are making a video about
the water habitat.
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There is a waterfall at the big pond. There is a little pond without an island. Water is pumped from the little pond to a pool above a waterfall. The water spills from the pool down to the big pond. This makes the waterfall. There is a spillway from the big pond to a stream that goes down to the little pond. This is the pond water cycle! |
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1. The island was getting smaller. 2. There were fewer and fewer ducks and the Canada Geese stopped coming. 3. The black swans that used to be at the pond died. 4. The pond water was dirty. 5. There were lots and lots of goldfish because people put their pet goldfish in the ponds. The ponds got crowded with goldfish! |
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Mr. Davis likes that the class cares about the ponds. He has asked the class to help him take care of them. In May, 1998, the class made a presentation to the City of Pullman asking them to restore the island so it would be a better nesting site for ducks and Canada Geese. |
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