The Pond

By Rachel, Lauren, Bly and William

Dragonflies• Young dragonflies eat water

insects.• Dragonflies have a wingspan of 3 to 5 inches

long.• Dragonflies sometimes eat each other.

Life cycle of a dragonfly

Food chain of a Dragonfly

Ducks

• Duck’s basic needs are food, water and air• Adaptations- a duck has webbed feet to help

it swim. It also has oil on it to keep it from getting wet

Ducks’ BehaviorsDucks say quack to communicate with each other

Snapping turtles

• The basic needs of a snapping turtle include bugs, frogs, salamanders, and sometimes even small winter birds.

• Snapping turtles live in North America.• Turtle’s shells help protect them from predators.• Turtles hibernate in the winter by swimming to

the bottom of the pond and covering themselves in mud.

Life cycle of the turtle

Cattails

• Cattails have fuzzy brown fruit.• Cattails can reach up to 3 to 10 feet long• Cattails can grow faster than crops on the field

Cattails

• Cattails are also called ‘Club Rush’• Cattails go dormant for the winter• Basic needs of a cattail are soil, water and

nutrients from the soil

Parts of a Cattail

Life cycle of a cattail

• Starts out as a seed• It starts to make a stem• It makes leaves• Last, it makes a flower