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Dipping Into Our Vernal Pool

Dipping Into Our Vernal Pool. Or … Exploring “ Wicked Big Puddles ”. AIM Participants:. Jennifer Jendzejec-third grade teacher; clinical instructor-Washington Oak School Greg Kniseley-professor; course instructor-Rhode Island College

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Dipping Into Our Vernal Pool

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  1. Dipping Into Our Vernal Pool Or… Exploring “Wicked Big Puddles”

  2. AIM Participants: • Jennifer Jendzejec-third grade teacher; clinical instructor-Washington Oak School • Greg Kniseley-professor; course instructor-Rhode Island College • Deborah Kolling-third grade teacher; clinical instructor-Washington Oak School

  3. Research Questions: • Exactly what is the “wicked big puddle” on our playground? • Is it safe? • Should we protect it? • Are there more of these puddles? Where?

  4. Background: In the past, students have questioned the fact that they’re not able to play on a large section of the playground. The reason provided: a large pool of water forms in that area at various times of the year and students are to avoid it.

  5. Hypothesis: • The standing body of water on our playground is not a pond, but a vernal pool. Why? • *It is an open body of water smaller than ¼ acre in size. • *It holds water for less than six months a year. • *It is capable of supporting and providing habitat for aquatic lifeforms. *RI Fresh Water Wetlands Act

  6. Standards • Science Grade Level Expectations • Reading/Language Arts GLEs • Math GLEs

  7. Possible Types for Data • Digital photographs of the pool over time • Location of the pool (GPS)

  8. Pool Characteristics • o Length, width, area, average depth, and approximate volume • o pH • o water color • o dissolved oxygen content • o water temperature • o pool bottom type (peat, leaf litter, mud, sand, gravel, cobbles, bedrock) • o presence of inlet and/or outlet to the pool

  9. Habitat Conditions • o Distance to nearest: road, building, lawn, woods • o Tree canopy cover over pool (percent) • o Vegetation types within pool (percent) • o Vegetation types within 100 feet of pool (percent) • o Pool type: woods depression, open field, drainage system, quarry or rocky area, swamp, coastal pond, bog, impoundment, man-made dug pool, other • o General description of pool • o Presence of inlet and/or outlet to pool

  10. Biological Conditions • o Observe vernal pool organisms over time and seasons • o Observe and photograph animal behaviors over time and seasons vernal pool animals observed. • o Monitor populations of species

  11. Data Transformation • Charts, tables, graphs, maps • Digital images • Sequencing photos over seasons • GPS/Google maps of the perimeter of the pool over time

  12. Camera Usage • Digital photographs of pool over time • Animated GIF • Digital photographs of organisms • Power Point presentation to community • Students utilizing cameras to capture evidence during investigations (FOSS Water Kit) • Photograph students engaged in hands on activities for assessment and reflection

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