1. The Pond By Rachel, Lauren, Bly and William

2. Dragonflies • Young dragonflies eat water insects. • Dragonflies have a wingspan of 3 to 5 inches long. • Dragonflies sometimes eat each other.

3. Life cycle of a dragonfly

4. Food chain of a Dragonfly

5. Ducks • Duck’s basic needs are food, water and air • Adaptations- a duck has webbed feet to help it swim. It also has oil on it to keep it from getting wet

6. Ducks’ Behaviors Ducks say quack to communicate with each other

7. Snapping turtles • The basic needs of a snapping turtle include bugs, frogs, salamanders, and sometimes even small winter birds. • Snapping turtles live in North America. • Turtle’s shells help protect them from predators. • Turtles hibernate in the winter by swimming to the bottom of the pond and covering themselves in mud.

8. Life cycle of the turtle

9. Cattails • Cattails have fuzzy brown fruit. • Cattails can reach up to 3 to 10 feet long • Cattails can grow faster than crops on the field

10. Cattails • Cattails are also called ‘Club Rush’ • Cattails go dormant for the winter • Basic needs of a cattail are soil, water and nutrients from the soil

11. Parts of a Cattail

12. Life cycle of a cattail • Starts out as a seed • It starts to make a stem • It makes leaves • Last, it makes a flower