Mather Field Vernal Pools


 

Lesson Handouts & Worksheets

1. The Watershed Connection
- What is a Watershed?
- Sacramento Area Rivers Map
- Your Place in the Watershed Worksheet
- Watershed Crossword & Wordsearch Worksheet
2. Introduction to Vernal Pools
- What are Vernal Pools?
- The Vernal Pool Grassland
- Vernal Pools and Human History
- Vernal Pool Landscape Worksheet
- Introduction to Vernal Pools Worksheet
- is also used in this lesson
3. The Three Phases of the Vernal Pool Ecosystem
- The Wet Phase: Winter
- The Flower Phase: Spring
- The Dry Phase: Summer & Fall
- Three Phases of a Vernal Pool (worksheet)
- Vernal Pool Cross-Section Worksheet
- Vernal Pool Phases Worksheet
4. Looking Like a Scientist
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The Classroom Laboratory
- Critter Pie Worksheet
5. Tools for the Pools
- It's a Matter of Size
- Metric Measurement Worksheet
- Scale Up and Scale Down Worksheet
- How Big is that Tattoo? Worksheet
6. Create Your Own Critter Guide
- Critter Guide Worksheet 
- facts are also used in this lesson
7. Critter Commercial
- Critter Commercial Worksheet
- facts are also used in this lesson
8. What's For Dinner?
- Sharing Energy in the Food Web
- facts are also used in this lesson
9. Flower Facts 
- Why do Plants Have Flowers? or
- Flower Parts & Pollination Worksheet
- Flower Pie Worksheet
10. Create Your Own Flower Guide
- Flower Guide Worksheet
- facts are also used in this lesson
11. Create an Origami Book
- Materials and Procedure
- put and in  your book
12. Water Quality
- Wastewater and Runoff
- Keeping Our Water Clean
- See also Stormwater Pollution Solutions
- How you Can help Keep Runoff Clean Worksheet
13. How You Can Help
- How You Can Help Splash

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