Shrinking Duck Pond

From Curious George

Shrinking Duck Pond
19 minPre-KK1st2ndScience
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Summary

The ducks' pond is shrinking and George wants to help. He learns how animals depend on water and their habitat to live.

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Discussion questions

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Animals need their habitat — including water — to survive. When the ducks' pond shrinks, they lose something they depend on, and George looks for a way to help.

  1. Why was the shrinking pond a problem for the ducks?
  2. What do ducks use their pond for?
  3. How could George help the ducks get what they need?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: pond, habitat, water, survive.

Try it: Draw a duck's pond. Label two things the ducks get from it.