Programs

Salmon in the Classroom

Affiliated Organization: Copper River Watershed Project

Description
Subjects & Audience
Locations
Cost
Partners

Affiliated Organization Contact

Copper River Watershed Project

P.O. Box 1560, Cordova

Cordova, Alaska 99574
http://copperriver.org/
(907) 424-3334
(907) 424-4318

Program Contact

Kate Morse
(907) 424-3334

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

ÊEach winter, the tank is set up using eyed coho eggs delivered by float plan from the Wally Noerenberg Hatchery on Esther Island in Prince William Sound. Each month one of the 4-6th grade classes monitors the tank, collecting daily water temperature readings and tracking development of the eggs. Once the eggs hatch and the alevins develop into fry, staff from CRWP and the PWS Science Center teach the students how to feed the fry and help with regular water exchanges to keep the salmon healthy. At the conclusion of the school year, the 5th grade class releases the salmon at Fleming Spit.

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

Cordova

Indoor/Outdoor/Both

Indoor
Outdoor
Both

Duration of Program

Less than 2 hours
2 hours to a day
2 to 7 days
More than a week
More than a month

Pay to Participate

Partners

ADF&G