I can find copepods in the pond water in Mrs. Loher's classroom, but it isn't as easy as it seems, I can't just get one every time. I have to look very carefully for some of the specs in the water moving. Then I have to capture them with the eye dropper. There seems to be more than one species of copepod in the pond water.
The copepods we've been finding seem to have a red spot which seems to be either their brain or their heart:
Here's another example, a different copepod from a different day:
Note that the difference in the front appendages show that they are different species.
Here is a video of the heartbeat or breathing of the copepod.
This one looks like it's been eating something green. Algae, maybe?
And here's a view of the hairs on the copepod's tail: