Kindergarten curriculum is focused on Ponds
Curriculum Overview
Knowing Ponds
Just like in a tidepool, life in a pond is "living on the edge." Ponds are pockets of water bounded by land. Lots of pond dwellers spend their time entirely in the water, but quite a diversity of life can be found along the boundaries between water and air and water and land. Each living thing—fish, snail, lily pad, frog, water strider, or turtle—is interconnected and makes a unique living in this freshwater habitat.
Websites
You can now search for Habitat specific web links through our Resource Materials search.
To find general web links about ocean sciences, visit the useful web links page in our News section.
Teaching Ponds
The MARE Kindergarten curriculum includes themes of animal homes and animal adaptations.
Join MARE's Ponds Forum!
Contribute your ideas and ask questions of other people teaching about Ponds. New features of this website and professional development opportunities will be shared in the Forum.
Field Trip Tips
Whether you visit a real or a virtual pond, balance the need to identify what your students see with the need to observe it. Help them get more out of seeing an organism than just its name!
Order Now, Grade K Ponds
Ponds Teacher Guides may be ordered at our online store or directly from MARE.
