Outdoor Education Program : Wetlands

Hidden Life of Wetlands
A whole world teaming with life and hidden from the human eye, is revealed with the help of some good optical equipment. Students can observe cyclops in action, follow the pathways of elegant spinning daphnia, and witness the multi-armed hydra engulf its prey. Students become familiar with the unique adaptive features, which enable these tiny organisms to survive in an aquatic environment. Make the minuscule something to remember!
Grades 6 (This program can be modified to suit any grade)

Life Systems - Diversity of Living Things
6s7	identify and describe the characteristics of invertebrates, and classify invertebrates into phyla (e.g., sponges, worms, molluscs, arthropods);
6s10	describe microscopic living things using appropriate tools to assist them with their observations (e.g., nets and microscopes for pond study);
6s11	describe ways in which micro-organisms meet their basic needs (e.g., for food, water, air, movement).

Hidden Life of Wetlands