Spring Spring at the vernal pool is a high action drama filled with migration, mating and eating after a long winter's nap. Students gear up for spring visits by researching individual species. Research projects result in life size models of creatures, educational posters and fold-out, life cycle books. We familiarize ourselves with not just the sights of the pool but the wild sounds as well. Frog mating calls are studied and practiced.
Students raise their voices in frog sound celebrations.
We share the wonder of vernal pools with families and other classrooms by telling them these amazing amphibian journeys. The spring field trips are filled with the moments we have all been waiting for. Every student re-maps the pool to document the changes that occur in this season. Snow melt reveals new ground cover, rains increase the depth and width of the pool, vegetation springs back to life and the creatures return. No study of a springtime vernal pool is complete without a nighttime visit.