Macroinvertebrates in the Ponds

4/16/2013

Today, Watershed Ambassador for the Mullica River Watershed, Kassandra Archer, taught the students how to observe and identify macroinvertebrates in Mr. B's Backyard ponds. She also explained how they are indicators of water quality.

Answer the following:
1. What did you learn today that you didn't know before this lesson?
2. What is something that surprised you or was really cool?

75 Comments

Ryan Morris

4/25/2013 10:13:28 pm

1. I learned that Red-Shouldered Hawks are threatened or endangered in many states
2. Red-Shouldered Hawks dive down with great force and hit their prey, then they eat the dead animal

Jenny Pae

4/25/2013 10:14:00 pm

1. I didn't know that male birds sing to attract the female.

2. What was really cool was that the male and female can be totally different colors sometimes.

Abdullah Noory

4/25/2013 10:16:07 pm

I learned that many invertebrates live in Mr. B's backyard, and that its their home. What surprised me is that there were so many water bugs, and i didn't expect it. I thought there would be like four or five different species of bugs, but there were hundreds.

Ryan Morris

4/25/2013 10:18:51 pm

1. Small organisms that you can't see can cause pollution.
2. You can learn turbitidy from hanging a the frisbee thing.

Thu D

4/25/2013 10:21:30 pm

1. I learned that there were hundreds of organisms living in Mr.B's backyard and that there were some signs of polution in the water.
2. Something that I thought was really cool about Mr.B's backyard were that there were the tadpole and frogs.

Yaya Arbieto

4/25/2013 10:31:15 pm

I learned that you can't really identify the water if it is clear and not dirty from dirty and not clean. Something that surprised me is that how any creatures can be in a pond. I haven't seen anything like that ever in my life.

Maniyah Sullay

4/25/2013 10:33:39 pm

1. I learned that tad pools breathe underwater and they are frogs .
2. Something that surprised me was how fast the tad pools could swim and how they hid under leaves and blend in with them when they felt somebody watching them.

Jenny Pae

4/25/2013 10:33:46 pm

1. I learned that tadpoles are baby frogs.
2. What really surprised me is that I saw a rabbit running around. It was so fast I could barely see it.

Sullaym

4/25/2013 10:36:31 pm

1. Something that surprised me today that I didn't know before was that tad pools are great swimmers and that they are really frogs.
2. Something that surprised me was their ability to hide under leaves when they felt like they were in danger.

Thu D

4/25/2013 10:39:26 pm

1. I learned that there can be hundreds of organisms in a small area like Mr.B's backyard.
2. I thought it was really cool to see the tadpoles and frogs out in Mr.B's backyard.

Sean B.

4/25/2013 10:43:11 pm

1) You can test the water quality just from a sample of the water and an oxygen tablet.
2) When a snake went into its snake hole when I was testing the water is what really surprised me because I didn't think I would ever see a snake in Mr. B's Backyard.

Mark P

4/25/2013 10:44:43 pm

1. I learned today at Mr.B’s backyard project that you can tell that the water is polluted by the animals that live in it. In Mr.B’s we found species that can live with polluted water but it can also live without it. So there is no clear sign if the pond in Mr.B’s backyard project is polluted or not but I learned first hand how they check to see if water is polluted.

2.Something that really surprised me at Mr.B’s Backyard project was how much livings things we found in the pond tadpoles,spiders,damselflies and many other living thing that were found in the pond

AnahP

4/25/2013 10:47:14 pm

1.What I learned today that i didnt know before was that tadpoles lived in Mr.B's backyard.
2.what suprised me was that I saw a bunny that I never saw before in Mr.B's backyard.

Alyssa G

4/25/2013 10:49:09 pm

1. Organisms can tell if the water is polluted or not.

2. When we tested to water and put in a dissolved oxygen and the color turned a light shade of pink

Kyle H

4/25/2013 10:49:53 pm

1. I learned that if their is low dissolved oxygen life can't live in the body of water. 2. I was surprised when we found leeches in the water.

Dean H

4/25/2013 10:50:20 pm

I learned that their is low oxygen in Mr. B's pond. THe thing that surprised me is that the pond can still support life even though their is low oxygen.

Daniela Nunez

4/25/2013 10:51:36 pm

I learned that there are living species in Mr. B’s Backyard Classroom besides tadpoles, I also learned how to check and see if the water is purified or not. I learned more about predatory birds and the other animals and plants that are native to New Jersey.What surprised me most were the small animals living in the pond, like the aquatic worm and the tadpoles, the birds also caught my eye along with the dead frog we found on the side of the pond.

Karen L

4/25/2013 11:26:37 pm

I did not know that dragonflies lived in their adult, flying stage for only 1 month.
I thought the amount and size of the tadpoles were really cool. The amount of life overall really surprised me.

Nasaiah

4/25/2013 11:27:33 pm

1. I never thought that most bugs could completely submerge into water

2. I was surprised that the dragonflies live underwater at young age. thanks for fun times Mr.B * thumbs up *.

Victoria L.

4/25/2013 11:28:20 pm

1. I learned that there are MANY different kinds of birds.
2. What surprised was that the Scarlet Tanager kills large prey by pushing it into a brunch.

Jalina Alosi

4/25/2013 11:28:32 pm

1. i learned that theyre are many differnt types of animails and species
2.that birds all have differnt calls.

Yustina I

4/26/2013 01:28:47 am

Before I didn't know that the some of the creatures in the water tested the water quality, but now i know that it does. Also the bull frogs, birds, and tadpoles suprised me, there were so many of them just outside our school. Its really nice to provide some place for them to live.

Melinda H.

4/26/2013 01:33:34 am

I learned that there's insects that actually live underwater. They live underwater for their entire life. Something that surprised me was that dragonflies live underwater for 3 years. Then, they live on land for only a short amount of time.

Bhavik P

4/26/2013 01:34:14 am

1.What I learned about that lesson about macroinnvvertebrates is that they can help you determine water quality. These organisms live in the water hiding and protect6ing themselves. If there are only leeches in the water you can tell that the water quality is bad. But, if you find these oorganisms you can tell the water quality is not bad

Bhavik P

4/26/2013 01:37:20 am

2. There were many things in Mr.B's backyard that day. One thing that really surprized me that one day was that there are so many organisms in one small boddy of water.

Vincenzo S

4/26/2013 01:38:08 am

1. Cicada's are very intresting bugs. I had the luck of getting the dog day cicada. They live for only about 2 to 5 of life which is very unfortunate.
2. What is really cool about the dog day cicada is that they sing! But only the males have this amazing ability.

Gianna M.

4/26/2013 01:41:42 am

1. Today I learned that if there is pollution in the water of our pond then some of the living things that live in the there will die, so it's very important to keep our waters clean.
2. Something that surprised me was when Kassandra Archer told us that dragonflies live underwater for most of their lifetime and when they come out they only live for about a month.

Tyler R

4/26/2013 01:44:45 am

1. The Leeches live through any type of water.
2. How you have to scoop the water a special way.

David Stueber

4/26/2013 01:47:22 am

In Mr.B's backyard I learned about my community's water shed and about vertebrata and invertebrate's. That there aren't just large animals in the water sheds.

Also what was really cool was how many vertebrata and invertebrate's that where in the little scoop of mud we picked up.

Yovanka Roa ♥♣

4/26/2013 01:51:34 am

1. What i learned at that day is that there is a lot of species I didn't know about

2. What was really surprising of how many animals\bugs are hiding in the water. It was pretty cool

Louisa Quarshie

4/26/2013 01:53:59 am

1.what i learn is all the organism that live in the lake.

2.the thing the suprised me was i got a tag ploe that suprised me the most.

JonathanW

4/26/2013 02:41:22 am

I learned many things at our last adventure at Mr.B's. For example we learned that they're were insecets living in the water. Like the dragon fly and the dansal fly. We also got to use nets and magnifing glasses. It was a really fun day at Mr.B's.

Susana M.

4/26/2013 02:42:55 am

1.Dragonflies live underwater for three years.

2.Dragonflies live underwater.

Marissa B.

4/26/2013 02:45:12 am

1. I learned about the natural elements of watersheds, and learned a lot about ponds, things in which i knew slim to nothing about before
2. something that was really cool to me was learning about the natural water around my area, because normally it is on a country or world level, not just my county.

Allyson Tees

4/26/2013 03:41:20 am

I learned that you can tell the water quality by looking at the organisms that live in it.Something that really surprised me was the fact that some bugs can live (and some spend their whole life) in the water!

Arianna G

4/26/2013 03:58:28 am

1. I had learn that for the majority of its life, the dragon fly lives under water and only lives out of the water for the last month of its life.
2. I was surprised to see how big bull frog tadpoles can grow. to add, I was also surprised by the noise the bull frogs had made.; the noise resembled a cows "moo".

Jessica L.

4/26/2013 04:07:20 am

Kassandra has taught me that dragon flies normally spend most of their life time just under water. When the time comes, the dragon flies then grow their wings and live in the sky. Another aspect that I learned was that the pond wasn't exactly clean. The water quality was a little bit dirty as you can tell from the bugs swimming through this pond. What surprised me the most was how many insects were living in Mr. B's Backyard. There were several bugs that I haven't even seen just from looking at the pond.

Tommy B

4/26/2013 04:09:45 am

what i did learn that i didn't know before that dragon flies live under water.the one thing that surprised me was that the huge tadpole that i saw because i never saw a tadpole that huge

Kody Bevan

4/26/2013 04:10:07 am

1. I learned that dragonflies dropped there wings after three months of having wings.
2. Something that was cool or or surprised me was that a snake was caught in one of the nets.

Patrick M

4/29/2013 01:15:26 am

I learned that there are many little bugs that are living under water in ponds. Tadpoles, worms snakes and other bugs.

That dragon flies live under water most of there life instead of above water flying around. they only fly about 1 month of there l4 year lives

Ebose E.

4/30/2013 05:47:37 am

1. I learned that dragonflies can live up to three years.

2. Nothing surprised me.

Etimbuk

4/30/2013 06:49:28 am

1. I did not learn anything in this lesson.

2. The only thing that suprised me was dragoflies live most of their lives underwater.

Morshed Majumder

5/1/2013 01:38:43 am

I learned many new things today at Mr.B's backyard. What i learned was that there are many more species at Mr.B's backyard then snakes and ducks and etc. Something that suprised me was that there was actually many species and macroinvertebrates in the water at Mr. B's Then I thought.

Nirjar D

5/1/2013 05:37:24 am

1.What I learned today that I didn't know before this lesson was that dragon flies live about for 3 years.
2.Something that was really cool was seeing bugs at my friend's tray.

sabbee

5/2/2013 03:29:58 am

1.I never knew dragonflies live on the water, i saw it today.

2.The water level of the pond was really cool.

Manjari S.

5/2/2013 04:55:33 am

1. I never knew that there were so many spicesin the pond, I thought that it was just a few fish, and some algae. I also didn't know that they types of organisms living in the pond could tell us about the water quality.
2. Something that was really cool was getting to look closely at all of the organizams, and getting to identify them.

Shannon H.

5/2/2013 05:03:31 am

1) I learned that organisms can tell you about the water quality of a water source. They can do this because if there are certain animals that can’t stand pollution in the water source you know that it is a good water source. For example, if you see frogs and dragonflies which cannot stand much pollution you can infer that the water quality is good.
2) I was surprised to find so many organisms within all of the small scoops we collected. It was cool to see a dragonfly in bug form because I didn't know they were capable of that.

Jaylene Vidro

5/2/2013 05:42:47 am

1. Today I learned something that i did'nt know before. I learned that there are tiny living organisms in fresh water lakes, ponds, streams, and river. I also learned that if the water can be deternined by which organisms live in it. For example, if there is an abundance of leeches in the water the quality of the water is poor.

2. Somethings really suprised me today. One thing that suprised me was that there were leeches living in the water of Mr.B's. this suprised me because I did'nt know that leeches could live in both low and high quality water. Another thing that suprised me today was that the Dragon Fly nympth that I caught in the pond was clear and see through. This suprised me because I was unaware that Dragon Flies even live in the water and i was unaware that they could be see through. Due to the fact that when you see Dragon Flies they are a solid color like black or blue.

Emily E

5/2/2013 06:33:31 am

1. I learned about micro organisms and how they are small worms that we can't see without a microscope.
2. I was surprised to find so many organisms within all of the scoops we had collected because it just looked like mud to me, but it turned out to have tons of living insects and other organisms throughout it.

Riya G.

5/2/2013 06:41:38 am

1. There were many things that I learned from Kassandra Archer in Mr. B's Backyard visit. One of the most fascinating things were that dragonflies lived under the water. I thought they only flew around above the ground, but I was wrong. They actaully fly around under the water for about a year when they are born.

2. Something that surprised me was all the different organisms that we fished out of the water. I wouldn't say it was completely cool, but that's because I'm not really a bug person. But some things actually interested me, like seeing the leeches rapidly squiggle around in the water.

Sarah Eric

5/2/2013 07:23:41 am

1.) Something interesting that I learned today and that I was clueless before this opportunity was how many different species that lived at Mr.B's Backyard classroom. I didn't realize that there were other kinds of animals and plants. Seeing This many types of species surprises me.
2.) Another thing that really surprised me was how the guest speaker, Kassandra Archer, Taught us how to find macroinvertebrates in the ponds. when she taught us, she found a baby dragon fly. When I first saw that, I was Scared but then, I got used to seeing all of those creatures when hunting for them. It was honestly so cool.

Anita G

5/2/2013 12:15:59 pm

1. I learned that some organisms, like leeches, indicate that the water quality of the water they are living in is not very good. Before, I thought that there were only certain organisms that indicate that the water quality is good.
2. I was surprised when I learned that dragonfly nymphs use jet propulsion to swim through water. It allows them to navigate through water very rapidly.

Billy M.

5/2/2013 08:21:42 pm

I learned that the organisms tell you about the water quality of the ponds. Therefore there was organisms so you can infer that the pond was clean.
Something that surprised me was how clean the water was. Whem we did the turbidity test you could see the object the whole way down.

Omar B.

5/2/2013 09:44:59 pm

1. I learned that the water is filled with much more bugs then i thought.
2. I had no clue the Dragonflies spent most of their lives underwater.

Laura B

5/2/2013 09:45:48 pm

Today I learned about ponds and their ecosystems. I learned that if you find life in the pond then that means that the pond is healthy enough to support life.

Helena A

5/2/2013 09:46:24 pm

1. I didn't know that you could tell if the water was pollutated of not by the animals that live in it.
2. What suprised me was that there were so many small organisms living in the lake.

Braden McNeill

5/3/2013 12:54:09 am

1. I learned that dragonflies live in the water when they are born.

2. I learned that the water in Mr. B's Backyard Classroom is polluted.

Gianna C.

5/3/2013 12:55:20 am

One thing I learned today is that macroinvertebrates can tell you a lot about water quality and pollution.
I was surprised by the leeches in the pond.

Ryan A.

5/3/2013 01:12:22 am

I learned that just because the water looked green.. dose not mean it is not clear. the water looked green but that was only at the bottom of the lake. the rest of the water was clear.

What surprised me and was really cool is that there was little organisms on the lake that you could not really see unless you really payed attention. The way the birds were already coming in and that the plants were already blooming also surprised me because it was really early and cold but yet they still bloomed.

Alexa B.

5/3/2013 01:35:56 am

1. What learned that i did not know before doing Mr. B's was that groundhogs can swim and climb trees.

2. Something that surprised me was that there are lots of different species of animals in Mr. B's and that they all have different ways of living.

Kushal P

5/3/2013 05:00:41 am

1. Something I learned was that dragonflies live in the water when they are born and come out later.

2. Something that surprised me was the different bugs that live in the dirt near the grass at the edge of the lake.

Asad Bangash

5/4/2013 10:36:55 pm

That Dragonfly can live underwater.
Dragonfly can live underwater for 3 years.

Britney

5/5/2013 09:04:39 am

I learned something very cool that I didn't know before doing this lesson. I learned that organisms actually inform you what the water is like. You have to take samples of the water and obeserve different organisms and examine them. Certain species only live in clear water, so when we found that species, we knew that the water in the pond was farely clean. Something that I found cool was that dragonflies live most of their life underwater. Also, they only spend three to four months flying around like we see them. I just thought that dragonlfies were always a flying creature, not a water organism.

Sofia Guerrero

5/5/2013 08:55:57 pm

Something that I learn today was that aboutr all the kinds of animals that can live in Mr.B"s Backyard. As I recall we discussed about the different types of animals that habit is there.

Something that I though was pretty awesome was when we were collecting the animals to put in containers and when my group scoops up many kinds of insects, animals from the dirt from the pond . You would of seen all those animals, it was pretty cool.

Everardo

5/5/2013 09:43:15 pm

I learned that there are many different species that live inside the water.
there were many different kinds of small bug inside the water that i never knew that lived there.

Ryan Hillman

5/5/2013 09:49:58 pm

One thing that I learned is that micro-organisms can determine the water quality.
Something that was really cool was that our group found lots and lots of organisms in the pond including tad poles.

Kayla B

5/6/2013 01:40:55 am

I learned that dragonflies and butterflies can live underwater, not just on land. I was suprised about how scary-looking the dragonfies look when they live underwater. Plus, how many smaller species depend on bodies of water to live.

Briana R.

5/6/2013 06:25:57 am

I learn that there are a lot of living organisms in ponds, so it's important to keep it clean. I was surprised when I saw dragonflies gliding across the water.

Todor

5/6/2013 06:43:31 am

Today I learned many new things. An example of a new thing that i learned was that most small organisms hide in the bushes and the dirt. A surprising experience from that day was the way that you catch the macroinvertebrates.

Elaina C

5/6/2013 09:31:09 am

I learned that our watershed is important , and we should take care of it. Eventually it ends up in the ocean and if its polluted, thats not good. Something that surprised me was that they purposely put hills in the land so water will flow down into drains

Nick P

5/6/2013 11:20:26 am

1: I never knew that bugs are born in the dirt, under the water. I always thought that they were born out of water
2: I thought it was really cool that we got to catch different bugs and examine them. Bugs are usually not my thing, but they were pretty interesting

joakzy delgado

5/7/2013 03:10:21 am

what i learn today was all the differnt insects how they have differnt sizes and legs .what surprise me was all the bugs how some were worms and some look like spiders that can swim

Jordan D

5/7/2013 09:27:44 am

I didn't know that the water quality can be judged based on the organisms that live in it. It was surprising how many things live it it! It's kind of gross.

Noel solomon

6/11/2013 10:31:39 pm

1.I learned that if u raised a water snake when it a baby it will start to get used to you and when its older i won't attack you unless your tryin to hurt it.
2.The thing that surprised me was that a lot of people were at the nature fest this year than last year.

Justice W.

5/15/2014 11:45:31 pm

2) What surprise me the most was that a bull frog was getting eaten by a snake. After the snake saw the students ti known that it was getting recorded and took the frog into the water in the pond next to Reeds Road pond!

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