Species Identification: Benthics

GRCA Administrative Office, Port Hope

Category
SHSM

Duration
Half-Day

Grade
Grade 11, Grade 12

On-a-Roll In Your Schoolyard
No

Season
May-October

Program Outline
Students visit our beaver ponds to collect benthic macroinvertebrates (bottom-dwelling creatures) and utilize key anatomical features to assist in identifying the species of benthic. This program emphasizes the importance of each species to the pond ecosystem. Students will then complete a benthic station gallery walk to demonstrate their species ID skills.

Education