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Vernal Pond 1 The Pond People: Lauren Bergh Michelle Hofmann Kristen Swanberg Rosalie Faubon Amanda Hartman

Vernal Pools: Not Just a Mud Puddle!. Vernal Pond 1 The Pond People: Lauren Bergh Michelle Hofmann Kristen Swanberg Rosalie Faubon Amanda Hartman. Participants will learn that the life cycles of a vernal pool includes the pool itself and the unique animals and plants that exist there.

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Vernal Pond 1 The Pond People: Lauren Bergh Michelle Hofmann Kristen Swanberg Rosalie Faubon Amanda Hartman

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  1. Vernal Pools: Not Just a Mud Puddle! Vernal Pond 1 The Pond People: Lauren Bergh Michelle Hofmann Kristen Swanberg Rosalie Faubon Amanda Hartman

  2. Participants will learn that the life cycles of a vernal pool includes the pool itself and the unique animals and plants that exist there.

  3. Performance Objectives • Participants will: • Be able to define a vernal pool and state its importance • Name two animals who depend on vernal pools • Describe the life cycle of one obligate (dependent) animal

  4. Program Design

  5. Standard Lesson Plan • Assumptions: • High school education • Accommodations / Modifications: • Age-related limitations (a) • Blind/low vision (b) • Cognitive (c)

  6. Universal Instructional Design • Power point presentation • High-contrast • White space • Six-by-six • Line-by-line (fly in) • Assisted listening devices • Name badges • Clip boards with pencils attached • Room safety

  7. Lesson Introduction • Introduction (power point) • Program logistics (a, b, c) • Program Schedule • Room safety

  8. Lesson Plan (1) • What is a vernal pool? • Definition: words and pictures (a, b, c) • Unique, rare, lacks inlet/outlet • Cycles of a vernal pool (seasonal photos) • Activity: Tactile maps (a, b, c) • Holding water: words/pictures (a, b, c) • Activity: Sediment investigation (a, b, c)

  9. Lesson Plan (2) • Vernal Pool Animal: Frog • Identification: words and pictures ( a, b, c) • Activity: adult frog model (a, b, c) • Life cycle: words and pictures • Activity: life cycle models (a, b, c) • 5 phases in tactile models • Activity: life cycle handout • Photo/label stickers

  10. Lesson Plan (3) • Vernal Pool Animal: Fairy Shrimp • Identification: words and pictures (a, b, c) • Activity: adult shrimp model (a, b, c) • Life cycle: words and pictures • Activity: life cycle models (a, b, c) • 3 phases in tactile models • Activity: life cycle handout • Photo/label stickers

  11. Lesson Plan: Field Experience • Visit a vernal pool! • Water safety • Field guide: poster/communication board and audio • Field journal (a, b, c) • Pictures/labels on clip board • Date/season, time of day, weather, temp. (air/water) • Activity: Dip net (a, b, c) • Examine catch with field magnification tool • Check-list in Field Journal • Activity: Photograph Vernal Pool • Photo of pool, dip net, frog

  12. Lesson Plan: Inclement Weather • Activity: Animals in classroom aquariums • Lab (Field) journal (a, b, c) • Pictures/labels on clip board • Date/season, time of day, weather, temp. (air/water) • Activity: Photograph Vernal Pool Animals • Ken-A-Vision scope • Photo of frog, shrimp (or equivalent) • Activity: Touch animals

  13. Wrap-Up • “Not just a mud puddle!” • Review objectives: • Be able to define a vernal pool and state its importance • Name two animals who depend on vernal pools • Describe the life cycle of one obligate (dependent) animal

  14. Accommodations/Modifications • Cognitive • Printed slides • Modified field guide • Models instead of live animals • One life cycle • “stand here” footprints

  15. Accommodations/Modifications • Blind/Low Vision • Audio calls (for frog ID) • Foam tactile map • Magnification devices • “Talking” tools • Sediment activity • Models • Large print (power point and field guide/journal)

  16. Accommodations/Modifications • Age Related Limitations • Assistive listening devices • Modified dip net • Combination of any of those previously mentioned as needed

  17. If we did more… • Enhanced program • Citizen science • Seasonal program /semi-annual • Ecosystem approach • GPS mapping of vernal pool • Create a new vernal pool • Examine more species of animals, include plants

  18. FUNdamental • Life Cycle of a Frog • Focus on life cycle • Tactile, oversized models of each life cycle stage • Live tadpoles/frogs in lab • Activity: Participants fill in the life cycle using stickers and/or stamps

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