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OCEANS with Dr. Ayana Johnson — alie ward

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ANNOUNCEMENT: SMOLOGIES NOW HAS ITS OWN FEED! SUBSCRIBE  FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY. Just in time to celebrate World Oceans Day, let’s dive into this fan favorite: Are plastic straws really that bad? Why is the sea salty? How do currents work? Do you have to be a marine biologist to

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ANNOUNCEMENT: SMOLOGIES NOW HAS ITS OWN FEED! SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY.

Ichthyology is not easy to say, but fish are easy to love. Dr. Chris Thacker will get you so thrilled to stare into a pond or look up pictures of silvery sea serpent-looking fish friends.

Hilariously charming fish expert and LA County Natural History Museum Curator of Ichthyology, Dr. Thacker took Alie to a basement full of several million jars of fish to chat about the worst fish husbands, the weirdest mating behaviors, the scariest fish, the nicest fish, the tiniest fish, how they breathe, how you can help reverse global warming, and whether you should pee in wetsuits. I love her so much and so will you.

Listen via Stitcher, Apple, Spotify, Google, Podbay, Podcast Addict, Overcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Smologies #20: FISHES with Dr. Chris Thacker - alie ward

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ANNOUNCEMENT: SMOLOGIES NOW HAS ITS OWN FEED! SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY. Ichthyology is not easy to say, but fish are easy to love. Dr. Chris Thacker will get you so thrilled to stare into a pond or look up pictures of silvery sea serpent-looking fish friends. Hilariou

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Meet Sally Salmon! Sally may live in the ocean, but she began her life in a small stream in Alaska. Learn about the long journey home to spawn, how salmon jump up waterfalls, and how a salmon's s... - Listen to Sally Salmon by Deep Blue Sea instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed.

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This activity book by the Snoqualmie Tribe about kokanee in Lake Sammamish. It teaches you about the lake and kokanee, has coloring pages, and helps you take action to help them!

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A short animation by NOAA about the life cycle of Pacific salmon

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A beautiful children's book by NOAA about salmon, their journey, and the people that rely on them. There is a Spanish version as well.

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Select a salmon species and follow them throughout their life! You will encounter challenges and get quizzed on how you think each challenge will affect the salmon!

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Keep Your Salmon Alive

Guide your salmon upstream to spawn, and help them make important decisions and avoid dangerous obstacles along the way.

Explore and Learn

Encounter (tap or click) animated objects as they float down the river to learn about salmon - maybe even find more fish to join you on your journey to spawn!

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The National Museum of the American Indian

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Salmon Challenges: The Return Upstream - Native Knowledge 360°

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Learn what itâ€™s like to be a salmon. Play this interactive game and navigate the challenges that salmon face in their long journey upstream.

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Free print-out board game from NOAA to model salmon survival rates as they go through their life stages.

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This is a wonderful documentary about the people who removed the Elwha dam and how the river (and salmon!) returned afterward.

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Return of the River - A documentary film about the Elwha River, the removal of its dams and the restoration of an ecosystem.

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A documentary film on the removal of the Elwha River dams, and the changes it will bring to the ecosystems and the people of the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

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Have students individually, in groups, or as a class test their salmon knowledge and learn some new salmon facts!

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I just took the Pacific Salmon Quiz!, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Students can investigate different elements of a salmon's habitat in this series of coloring pages. Streamkeepers is a series of excellent salmon/ salmon habitat coloring pages you can access here https://www.pskf.ca/publications/sheets/index.html

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Step-by-step instructions for a simple origami salmon you can make with students

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MAKE AN EASY ORIGAMI PAPER SALMON | PAPER SALMON FISH CRAFT TUTORIAL | DIY PPAER CRAFT FOR KIDS

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A beautifully written and illustrated book following a girl from the Ojibwe tribe that was written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline. It is a call-to-action to protect our waters for countless cultural and ecological reasons. The author also has an activity guide for children that accompanies the book on her website chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/activity-guides/9781250203557AG.pdf

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Classrooms can participate in fish tagging live streams. Researchers will explain each step as they go and will answer student questions typed into the chat. Sessions last 20 min, and teachers will receive follow-up emails with data as the fish begin migration!

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This is a craft MidSound Fisheries Enhancement Group did with their Youth Crew where they had participants use natural materials to create the different PNW salmon species

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Free resource from Pacific Wild in BC

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A lyrically written children's book that follows the pacific salmon lifecycle

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An inspirational nonfiction story about a local class in Everett who successfully worked together to salmon populations in Pigeon Creek

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This children's book teaches the indigenous idea of two-eyed seeing, looking and learning from the perspectives of others both human and other species. This idea can be applied to salmon to understand their lifecycle and challenges they are faced with.

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Pacific Salmon Foundation has a few free resources as part of their "Salmon School" including the Paper Salmon Dissection. Scroll down on their webpage to find the video and pdf lesson plan.

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Salmon School " Pacific Salmon Foundation

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NatureKids BC has created this Salmon Toolkit to teach kids about salmon and their importance to ecosystems. With models, games, books, flashcards, and activity ideas, this educator's toolkit has everything you need to make education fun. Great for kids aged 5-12. Also check out their Salmon Wild and Nature Wild magazines!

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Free curriculum resources from World Salmon Council

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The Salmon Watch curriculum is designed to provide a holistic, multi-disciplinary and watershed-based approach to environmental education, using the salmon as the key indicator species of watershed health and the cultural icon of the Pacific Northwest.

The following units contain many different ideas, lessons, and supplementary resources to help in your teaching about nature, salmon, water quality, and human choices. In addition to option of downloading entire Curriculum, each Unit and Lesson is available for download as a separate PDF. At least one of the Sample Lesson Plans at the bottom of the page is a Power Point presentation.
Please Note: Clicking a heading link below will open the PDF or other document in the same window tab. Click your back button to return to this screen.
FULL SALMON WATCH CURRICULUM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to Salmon Watch

Timeline of Teacher Responsibilities

Responsibilities of All Participants

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1.2

Student Handout 1A-1. Celebration of Wild Fish

Student Handout 1A-2. The Importance of Wild Salmon

Student Handout 1A-3. Student Responsibilities for Salmon Watch

Student Handout 1A-4. Nature Awareness and Observation

Student Handout 1A-5. Pathways to Nature

1.12 - 1.16

Student Handout 1B-1. The Sacred Circle

Student Handout 1B-2. What is a Watershed?

1.27 - 1.28

Student Handout 1C-1. Using Maps

Student Handout 1C-2. Topographic map example

Student Handout 1C-3. Topographic mapping symbols

1.36

1.37

2.1 - 2.16

3.1 - 3.7

This section is under construction until further notice, so that we may offer the most thoughtful, accurate and considerate resources to you.
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UNIT 4. SALMON

UNIT 4_ Student Handouts List

4.2

Student Handout 4A-1. The Journey of Pacific Wild Salmon

Student Handout 4A-2. The Life Cycle of Wild Salmon

Student Handout 4A-3. Potential Challenges to Salmon

Student Handout 4A-3. Potential Challenges to Salmon-Answers

Student Handout 4A-4. My Life Compared to a Salmon

4.14

Student Handout 4B. External Characteristics of Salmonids

Student Handout 4B. External Characteristics of Salmonids-Answers

4.19 - 4.21

Student Handout 4C-1. Let's Go Fishin'

Student Handout 4C-2. Fish and Fish Facts

Student Handout 4C-3. Dichotomy Key for Five Salmon Species

4.32

Student Handout 4D-1. Sniffin' Salmon!

Student Handout 4D-2. Sniffin' Salmon Diagram

4.38

Student Handout 4E-1. A Changing Columbia Basin, 1770-1996

Student Handout 4E-2. Causes of Salmon Mortality, 1770-1996

Student Handout 4E-3. Where Are the Salmon, When?

Student Handout 4E-4. Salmonid Habitat Requirements

4.48 - 4.49

5.1

Student Handout 5A-1 (Watersheds, Stream Scene, ODFW)

Student Handout 5B-1. Water Temperature

Student Handout 5B-2. Where Am I Comfortable?

Student Handout 5B-3. Fish and Water Temperature

Student Handout 5B-4. Effects of Temperature on Goldfish Respiration

5.18 - 5.24

Student Handout 5C-1. Wading into Wetlands

5.32 - 5.34

Student Handout 5D-1. Stream Structure and Fish Habitat

Student Handout 5D-2. Fish Habitat Needs Vocabulary

5.41

Student Handout 5E-1. Home Wet Home

Student Handout 5E-1. Home Wet Home (Answers)

5.47

UNIT 6. HUMANS and THEIR ENVIRONMENT

UNIT 6- List of Student Handouts

6.5a

Student Handout 6A-1. John Day Dam Drawdown

Student Handout 6A-2. John Day Dam Options

Student Handout 6A-3. Role Play Profiles

6.15 - 6.25

Student Handout 6B-1. Salmon Fisheries Group Worksheet

Student Handout 6B-2. Salmon Fisheries Simulation Directions & Questions

Student Handout 6B-3. Pacific Fisheries Status Report

Student Handout 6B-4. Salmon Fisheries Graph

6.33

Student Handout 6C-1. Population Information

Student Handout 6C-2. Population Data

Student Handout 6C-3. Population Unit Evaluation

6.39

Student Handout 6E-1. Salmon Political Science Activity

6.57

Student Handout 6F-1. History of the Hatchery System

Student Handout 6F-2. The Trask Hatchery Scenario

Student Handout 6F-3. Profiles of Hatchery Roles

6.67 -6.69
UNIT 6 (All Pages)
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Appendix 1. StreamWebs Field and Classroom Watershed Investigation Curriculum
(Data Collection & Analysis Lessons)

Appendix 2. Supplemental Online Resources - Coming Soon!

B.1 - B.4

G.1 - G.9
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SALMON WATCH LESSON PLANS
Below are individual lessons and lesson plans developed by experienced Salmon Watch teachers and provided for your use. Please feel free to integrate into your classroom.

If you have lessons and/or presentations that you've put together and want to share, please contact Rachel at rachel [at] worldsalmoncouncil [dot] org.

Biology Slides-Power Point Presentation
(Provided by Walt Hollands, Science Teacher, Grant HS)

A Short Salmon Unit - 4 Lessons1.PBS Video: Running the Gauntlet, with Discussion Questions
2.Biotic and Abiotic Factors of the River Ecosystem
3.Temperature and Respiration Rate
4.Socratic Salmon Seminar
(Provided by Walt Hollands, Science Teacher, Grant HS)

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Salmon Watch Curriculum | World Salmon Council

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The Salmon Watch curriculum is designed to provide a holistic, multi-disciplinary and watershed-based approach to environmental education, using the salmon as the key indicator species of watershed health and the cultural icon of the Pacific Northwest. The following units contain many different ideas, lessons, and supplementary resources to help in your teaching about nature, salmon, water quality, and human choices.

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NOAA curriculum resources

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An Incredible Journey – Curriculum About Issues Affecting Salmon and How to Become a Salmon Steward

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This curriculum includes 10 hands-on lesson plans that explore the salmon life cycle; the cultural, environmental, and economic importance of salmon; the major issues facing salmon; and how individuals can get involved to protect these iconic species.

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Learn the lifecycle of Pacific salmon by singing along with this parody version of "I will Survive"

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Learn the 5 PNW salmon species by singing and dancing along!

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This is on Netflix and absolutely wonderful, I've seen it twice! The documentary follows multiple species on Vancouver Island and has some great information about salmon. There are good sections you can play for students.