Freshwater Invertebrate Sampling

Pond dipping equipment

The students work in small groups taking turns to pond dip to sample the freshwater invertebrates in our pond. They will use our freshwater invertebrate identification sheet to identify the freshwater invertebrates that they find. We can link pond dipping to life cycles, if you would like us to, learning how the pond creatures change during their lives. It is possible that in our pond dipping sessions we will split the students into two groups and have one group pond dipping whilst the other group does another self-led activity. The groups would then swap over part way through the session. (This is a half day workshop.)

This workshop is available from late April to October only.

Half-day activity Late April to October only KS3 KS4 

This workshop is available at the following locations between late April to October only: