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Peer reviewedDanks, Sharon Gamson – Green Teacher, 2001
Engaging, attractive schoolyard ponds provide habitat for wildlife and hold great educational promise. Reviews water safety and liability issues including mud, stagnant pond water that serves as mosquito breeding grounds, and drowning. Offers ideas for creatively addressing those issues through site planning, shallow water depth, signage and…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Instruction
