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Use Your Senses!

How can you use your senses to observe a pond?

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At a pond, you can use many of your senses, like sight, hearing, smelling, and touching. Do not taste anything at the pond unless you bring your own picnic lunch. Learn more about how you can use your senses at the pond by clicking through the tabs below.

side view of pond and the plants and animals in it.

You can use your sense of sight to see plants, animals, and insects in and around a pond.

green swampy water

Your nose might smell a stinky smell of rotten eggs, fish, or standing water.

frog on lily pads

You can use your sense of hearing to listen to birds, croaking frogs, animals swimming, and wind blowing through the plants.

cattail plants near edge of water.

Use your sense of touch to feel the water or the fuzzy tops of the cattail plants.

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How can you use your senses to observe a pond?

You can use your senses to see animals and plants, hear nature sounds, touch water and plants, and smell pond smells.