Virtual Pond Dip

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/index.html
Or type "Virtual Pond Dip" into google search.

Instructions: A jar shows several organisms that might be found in pond water. When you click on one of the organisms, a page opens with more information. If you scroll over the organisms in the jar, you can see their names.

-Use the back buttons to return to the page with the jar.

-Find the answers to each of the questions by exploring the jar and clicking on each organism.

1. What is the largest organism in the jar? _________________________________

     How does this animal capture food? _________________________________

2. What organism is pictured? ________________________________________

   

    Why are these organisms easy to spot in the water? ________________________________  

3. What organism is long and stringy and found at the top of the jar? _________________________

4. Another organism is found floating near the top. This sun-shaped organism belongs to a group called ______________________.

5. Identify the organism pictured below: _____________________________________

    What is the "string of pearls" structure in the center of it? ______________________________

6. Find the organism shown below. What is it called? ________________________________

    What are the paired structures shown (found in females)? ________________________

7. Locate the rotifers. How many are in the jar? _____

     Why is this organism called a "wheel animacule" in older textbooks? _________________________

8. Find the volvox in the jar. What is volvox made of? _____________________________________

9. Find the organism shown below. What is it called? _______________________________

     Why is it hard to identify these organisms? _____________________

10.Find the organism shown below. What is it called? ____________________________

    What are the finger-like protrusions used for? _____________________________

11. Locate the diatoms. What is found on the outside of these organisms? ___________________________

12. Locate the euglena. Is it a single celled organism or multi-celled? ______________________

      What is the red spot on it? ____________________

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Other Resources on Microorganisms

Ameba Coloring – color the structures of an ameba; pseudopodia, vacuole, nucleus..

Paramecium Coloring – color paramecium, vacuole, mouth pore, macronucleus, cilia..

Euglena Coloring – color euglena; flagella, chloroplast, pellicle

Ameba & Paramecium Lab – view both specimens, compare and draw