Vernal Pond 1

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Vernal Pools Not Just a Mud Puddle!

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

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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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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

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Program Design
Science Content Life cycles Site-Specific Content Vernal pools Vernal pool shrimp Vernal pool amphibian
Science Tools Field guide (audio/visual) Maps - Models Magnification - Dip nets Live Animals - Cameras Thermometer Documentation Life cycle diagrams Field journal ejournal (optional)
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Standard Lesson Plan

• Assumptions
• High school education
• Accommodations / Modifications
• Age-related limitations (a)
• Blind/low vision (b)
• Cognitive (c)

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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

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Lesson Introduction

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Accommodations/Modifications

• Cognitive
• Printed slides
• Modified field guide
• Models instead of live animals
• One life cycle
• stand here footprints

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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)

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Accommodations/Modifications

• Age Related Limitations
• Assistive listening devices
• Modified dip net
• Combination of any of those previously mentioned
  as needed

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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

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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