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Pond Peering at Van Dusen Gardens
Adventures with Mrs. Ang: Pond Peering
Tuesday, May 16 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where: VanDusen Garden, 5151 Oak Street Vancouver BC V6M 4H1
Grade K-5 TLA students are invited to participate (non-TLA students are welcome, too)
Maximum 30 people: $10 per person attending.
Pond Peering: Hidden beneath the surface of VanDusen’s ponds and streams is a diverse world of beautiful and strange life. Students learn about and explore the aquatic environment, use nets to dip below the surface and identify the creatures they find. Students will also seek out the plants and animals that make their homes along the pond’s edge.
Learning Objectives:
- Investigate various water bodies looking for plants and wildlife
- Understand the pond as a layered ecosystem (edges, bottom, water column, surface)
- Collect, observe, and identify aquatic invertebrates
- Learn that life cycles and survival are features of animal life
More info and sign-up form here.
