Bonus Academic PowerPoints

1. Play the game
Game Directions
Story
Credits
Copyright Notice
Game Preparation
Objectives
Game Pieces

2. Time to play !
Click on a dragonfly to go to a question
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3. Incorrect

4. Correct!!!

5. What is a macroinvertebrate?

6. Macroinvertebrates are organisms that
lack a backbone and can be seen with
the naked eye.

7. What does ecology mean?

8. The study of how living and
nonliving things relate to each other
in an environment

9. Dragon flies go though which
kind of metamorphosis?

10. Incomplete
eggs – nymph - adult

11. Which creature is super sensitive to
pollution?
• Dragonflies
• Stoneflies
• Damselflies
• Crayfish

12. What is detritus?

13. The decomposed plant and animal
mater on the bottom of the lake

14. What percentage of lakes in Georgia
are man-made?
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

15. What are the stages of
incomplete metamorphosis?

16. Incomplete Metamorphosis
• Eggs
• Nymph
• Adult

17. All of the following creatures are
pollution tolerant and can live in any
quality of water except…
• Scud
• Leeches
• Midge fly Larva
• Pond snail

18. In which stage of complete
metamorphosis does the insect stay
the longest?
• Egg
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult

19. What is an ecosystem?

20. All the biotic and abiotic factors
that make up an environment.

21. Natural lakes are formed through all
of the following except…
• Volcanoes
• Plate Tectonics
• Tornados
• Glaciers

22. What are the stages of complete
metamorphosis?

23. Stages of complete
metamorphosis
• Eggs
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult

24. • Audience
– 5-6 grade Science
• 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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25. 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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26.  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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27. • 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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28. 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.
• Originally designed by Heather L. Huskes, University of Georgia, June 30, 2003
with the title “Dragonfly Lake”.
• 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
• 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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29. • 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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30. Creature Cards 1
Next
Crayfish 100
Water 150
boatman
Giant 100
Water Bug
Crayfish 100
Mosquito Fish 100
Mosquito Fish 100
Return

31. Creature Cards 2
Next
Scud 100
Midge Larva
100
Scud 100
Predacious Diving
Beetle Larva 175
Leech 125

32. Pollution Cards
Return
Sediment -200
Pathogens -200
Toxic -200
Substances Thermal Stress -200
Pesticides -200

33. Creature Cards 3
Next
Pond Snail
125
Dragonfly
Nymph 100
Dragonfly Nymph 100
Dragonfly Nymph
100
Dragonfly Nymph
100
Dragonfly
Nymph 100

34. Lake Cards
Next

35. Creature Cards 4
Next
Yellow bellied slider 150
Caddisfly Larva 200
Damselfly Larva 125
Mayfly Larva 200
Stonefly Larva 200
Common Snapping
Turtle 175

40. Game pieces
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
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Creature
Cards

41. 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

42. Extra slides for later
Macroinvertebrates are organisms
that lack a backbone and can be seen
with the naked eye.

43. All of the following are abiotic
factors in an environment except…
• Sun
• Rock
• Detritus
• water

44. What is molting?

45. Molting is the process of
shedding the old exoskeleton

46. What is an empty exoskeleton
called?
• Shuck
• Husk
• Shed
• Chaff

47. How often in a life time do mayflies,
stoneflies, dragonflies and
damselflies molt?
• 5-15 times
• 15-30 times
• 30-45 times
• 45- 55 times

48. What covers the opening in the snail
shell?
• Ventral cover
• Operculum
• Posterior plate
• Opostum

49. All of the following go through complete
metamorphosis except…
• Caddisflies
• Aquatic Beetle
• Dobsonflies
• Dragonflies

50. • http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/pond-
dip/nymphs.htm