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A Homemade PowerPoint Game
By
Heather L. Huskes
University of Georgia
Time to play
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Click on a dragonfly to go to a question
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What is a macroinvertebrate?
Macroinvertebrates are organisms that
lack a backbone and can be seen with
the naked eye.
What does ecology mean?
The study of how living and
nonliving things relate to each other
in an environment
Dragon flies go though which
kind of metamorphosis?
Incomplete
eggs – nymph - adult
Which creature is super sensitive to
pollution?
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Dragonflies
Stoneflies
Damselflies
Crayfish
What is detritus?
The decomposed plant and animal
mater on the bottom of the lake
What percentage of lakes in Georgia
are man-made?
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25%
50%
75%
100%
What are the stages of incomplete
metamorphosis?
Incomplete Metamorphosis
• Eggs
• Nymph
• Adult
All of the following creatures are
pollution tolerant and can live in any
quality of water except…
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Scud
Leeches
Midge fly Larva
Pond snail
In which stage of complete
metamorphosis does the insect stay
the longest?
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Egg
Larva
Pupa
Adult
What is an ecosystem?
All the biotic and abiotic factors
that make up an environment.
Natural lakes are formed through all
of the following except…
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Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Tornados
Glaciers
What are the stages of complete
metamorphosis?
Stages of complete
metamorphosis
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Eggs
Larva
Pupa
Adult
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Audience
– 5-6 grade Science
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Subject Area Objectives
– Students will be able to learn about what an ecosystem is, what a lake
ecosystem consists of, see examples of different macroinvertabrates, learn
the stages of complete and incomplete metamorphosis, and learn about
different sources of pollution.
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You are going on a class field trip to learn more about lake ecology! It is
a great day to get your feet wet and collect some bugs and other
creatures! As a class you are going to learn about the lake ecosystem,
pollutants in the lake and collect as many dragonfly nymphs, aquatic
insects, and fish at possible. Each student or group of students is given a
net to scoop up the creatures. Please remember not to hit each other on
the head with the nets!
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 The goal of the game is to collect as many lake creatures as possible. The
creatures are worth varying point values.
 To play the game you have to roll a die and then go however many squares the
die indicates.
 Once on the square you have to answer a question. If you answer the question
correctly, you can collect the card and add the points to your total.
 Your goal is to collect as many as the creature cards as possible and obtain the
most points.
 If you collect a lake card you receive no point,.
 If you collect a pollution card, click on the bug holding the no pollution sign.
Then read the part of the table that coincides with the pollution card.
 If you land on a square where the card has already been taken you have to
answer a question and then move to the next square that still has a card and
answer another question to turn this card over.
 To win the game you have to obtain as many creatures as possible and then
count up the point value at the end. Whoever has the most points wins!
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Gameboard: Print out slides 31-34, and tape together
Creature, Pollutant, and Lake Cards: Print out slides 25-30, cut them
apart and lay them face down on the game board squares
Game Pieces: Print out slide 35 and cut pieces apart, fold into a
triangle and tape
Lake Ecology questions: Use Power Point slide 2 to connect to the
questions and answers.
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All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game
at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
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Originally designed by Heather L. Huskes, University of Georgia, June 30, 2003
with the title “Dragonfly Lake”.
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Nonpoint Source Pollution Table from: Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
4220 International Parkway, Suite 101, Atlanta, GA 30354
404-675-1636 or 1639
www.riveralive.org/aas.htm
Educator’s Guide for Grades K-12
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www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bugs/water_bug/
http://www.lakecountyohio.org/soil/monitoring_information.htm
http://www.iisgcp.org/EXOTICSP/Mosquitofish.htm
www.mackers.com/crayfish/crayfis1.jpg
www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bugs/water_boatman/
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Copyright 2003 Heather L. Huskes
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and
students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit
schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the
condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of
the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their
names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names
already there.
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Creature Cards 1
Crayfish 100
Water 150
boatman
Giant 100
Water Bug
Crayfish 100
Return
Mosquito Fish 100
Mosquito Fish 100
Next
Creature Cards 2
Scud 100
Leech 125
Midge Larva
100
Predacious Diving
Beetle Larva 175
Scud 100
Next
Pollution Cards
Sediment -200
Pesticides -200
Pathogens -200
Toxic -200
Substances
Thermal Stress -200
Return
Creature Cards 3
Dragonfly
Nymph 100
Dragonfly Nymph
100
Dragonfly Nymph 100
Dragonfly
Nymph 100
Pond Snail
125
Next
Dragonfly Nymph
100
Lake Cards
Next
Creature Cards 4
Yellow bellied slider 150
Caddisfly Larva 200
Stonefly Larva 200
Damselfly Larva 125
Mayfly Larva 200
Common Snapping
Turtle 175
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Creature
Cards
Game pieces
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These are the nets students use to scoop up any fun critters.
Instructions:
Cut on the dashed line
Fold on the solid line
Tape the two end edges together to make a triangle
A table from Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
4220 International Parkway, Suite 101, Atlanta, GA 30354
404-675-1636 or 1639 www.riveralive.org/aas.htm
Educator’s Guide for Grades K-12
Extra slides for later
Macroinvertebrates are organisms
that lack a backbone and can be seen
with the naked eye.
All of the following are abiotic
factors in an environment except…
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Sun
Rock
Detritus
water
What is molting?
Molting is the process of
shedding the old exoskeleton
What is an empty exoskeleton
called?
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Shuck
Husk
Shed
Chaff
How often in a life time do mayflies,
stoneflies, dragonflies and
damselflies molt?
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5-15 times
15-30 times
30-45 times
45- 55 times
What covers the opening in the snail
shell?
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Ventral cover
Operculum
Posterior plate
Opostum
All of the following go through complete
metamorphosis except…
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Caddisflies
Aquatic Beetle
Dobsonflies
Dragonflies
• http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/ponddip/nymphs.htm