Critter Dipping

  • Grades: Elementary – Grade 3 and up
  • Duration: 30 minutes (plus travel time to and from the wetland)
  • Setting: At a wetland

Get your dip nets ready! Students explore the wet part of a wetland and discover the large diversity of invertebrate animals living in the water.

Learning objectives

  • Observe adaptations that help invertebrates live in wetlands.
  • Compare the aquatic and terrestrial stages of the lifecycle of some insects.
  • Realize the role and the importance of invertebrates in wetland food chains/webs.
  • Recognize the impact that human activities like water pollution can have on aquatic invertebrates and the effects
    on wetland ecosystems.
Kids critter dipping on boardwalk