Pond Plants
Our nature topic of the month is ponds. We’ve been having so much fun studying plant life, water birds, erosion, pond sources, pond health and so much more! Our most recent trip to a pond focused on pond plants. Below are some pictures of the wonderful finds – even in October!
Algae
Duckweed
Rush
We think the foremost plant might be water buttercup.
Pondweed
Possibly hornwort
Measuring the perimeter of the pond
This particular pond is stream-fed and a stream leads away from it, too. We followed the stream and the kids decided to build a bridge across with some downed limbs.
Just a little quiet time. Oh, how I wish there were more! 
An underwater root
Ideas for learning about pond plants can be found in the NaturExplorers unit Peaceful Ponds. This unit is currently being revamped, which means the price will go up soon!
1Kristin
wrote on 19 October 2009 at 18:58
Hi, I’ve been visiting your blog for a little over a year now. Thanks so much for the resources you offer here. I’ve gleaned lots of great ideas from the information you offer about monthly artist and music studies as well as your sidebar book lists. Also, posts such as this one are very inspiring; they’re short and sweet, but somehow seeing what you’re actually doing (as opposed to reading about your lesson plan or a description of how the lesson played out)always sets off fireworks of ideas for my own home school time. ~K