1. Water Quality in Local Lakes and Ponds Aquatic Ecology Unit

2. Warm-up question What organisms (animals, plants, and other living things) do you think live in this lake?

3. Aquatic life Lots of things live in our lakes and ponds! In what ways can humans affect them? Do we ever change their habitat?

4. Eutrophication It happens when lots of nutrients get into a lake or pond. Definition: over abundance of algae and plants (green organism that make their own food)

5. Field trip to local park We’ll study: –Water quality –Tiny algae (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton)

6. Map of lakes