Programs
Salmon Stories
Affiliated Organization: Campbell Creek Science Center
Affiliated Organization Contact
- Campbell Creek Science Center
5600 Science Center Dr.
Anchorage, Alaska 99507 - http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/sciencecenter.html
- (907) 267-1247
- (907) 267-1258
Program Type
- Activity Guide
- Calendar
- Classroom Visits
- Curriculum-based Programs
- Demonstrations
- Environmental Monitoring
- Field Trip
- How to Manual
- Internet Activity
- Interpretation
- Lesson Plan/Activities
- Map
- Poster Brochure
- Presentation
- Residential and/or Camp
- Resource Guide/Catalogue
- Service-Learning
- Supplemental Curriculum
- Traveling Trunks
Description
What makes a fish a fish? Explore fish characteristics as well as those unique to salmon. Children follow the life cycle of a salmon from egg to spawning adult. They recreatethe salmon\'s journey from fresh water to the sea and back again. Active games and puzzles engage students as they learn about the changes in form and habitat that take place over the fascinating life of a salmon.
Subjects
- Alaska Ecology
- Archeology
- Arts
- Biology
- Climate Change
- Employability
- English/Language Arts
- Environmental Education
- Forest Service
- Geography
- Geology
- Health
- History
- Invasive Species
- Math
- Paleontology
- Recycling
- Social Studies
- STEM
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Safety
- World Languages
Audience
- K-12
- Elementary
- Junior High/Middle School
- High School
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Teachers/Educators
- Adults
- Public
Region
- Southcentral
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Interior
- Arctic Slope
City/Town/Village
Anchorage
Indoor/Outdoor/Both
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Both
Pay to Participate
- Yes
- No
Citizen Science Component
- Alaska Curriculum Standards
- Anchorage School District Common Cores
- U.S. Department of Education Standards
- Eppley Institute Standards for Interpretation
- NPS Interpretive Development Program Standards