Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Ponds and Pollywogs
Overview
Participants use nets and
equipment at creek edge to discover what lives in the water. Students will discuss why different
organisms live in particular areas and how they adapt to their environment. LTVCA staff and volunteers
will assist in reviewing the food chain and interdependency.
Curriculum Link
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Investigate the interdependence among plants, animals, and their specific habitats (O.E.)
Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community, and identify the factors
that could affect habitats and communities of plants and animals (O.E.)
Identify various factors that affect plants and animals in a specific habitat (S.E.)
Demonstrate an understanding of a food chain as part of a system in which energy is transferred
from one organism to another (S.E.)
Describe structural adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive in specific habitats (S.E.)
Identify organisms, including humans, according to their role in a food chain (eg, producer, consumer, decomposer) (S.E.)