Local contact at Mile End

Education Officer
Lea Rivers Trust
at Mile End Park
Ecology Pavilion
125 Grove Road
LONDON
E3 5RP
Tel. 020 8981 3836
jayne.barber
@leariverstrust.co.uk

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Comparison of aquatic habitats at Mile End

Summary of the investigation

In this investigation, pupils use pond nets to take samples of invertebrates living in three unique aquatic habitats (the arts pavilion pond, the ecology pavilion pond and the canal). After identifying the animals, using keys, they construct food webs and pyramids of numbers, before using this information to explain how pollution and other environmental changes would affect the biodiversity of the habitats that they have studied.

Full support is given for pre-visit work at school, data collection in the field, and post-visit work at school to put the fieldwork in its wider context. Extensive teacher guidance, with PowerPoint presentations, a full sample risk assessment and detailed plan of a sequence of lessons, are also available for download.

Need more information on techniques? Read about sampling for freshwater invertebrates and measuring ligh levels in water.

Resources for download

You can EITHER download all the teacher resources as a single pdf document and all the student resources as a single pdf document OR download individual resources as editable text documents.