Salmon

Supplementary Activities:

• Conduct a media study of salmon and salmon-related issues. Have the class collect newspaper articles and view television broadcasts. Discuss and evaluate the social and political implications, use of improper evidence or facts and bias.
• Play the Vancouver AquariumÌs online Salmon Detectives game Ò www.vanaqua.org/tour/Salmon/SD1.htm
• Perform one of the plays contained in Fish in the Floodlights (nine short plays about salmon).
• Research and map the main salmonid producing river systems in B.C.
• Draw the life cycle of a salmon and feature the environmental and biological hazards faced at each stage.
• Take part in the Department of Fisheries and OceansÌ Salmon Enhancement Program and watch salmon develop from eggs to fry in the classroom before releasing them in a local stream.

Recommended Resources:

• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1988. Salmonids in the Classroom.
• Wiese, Jim and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1993. Salmon Below the Surface.
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 1993. Fish in the Floodlights.

Streamnet
www.streamnet.org/ff/fishfacts/index.html
Kid pics are produced by young artists who love salmon, fish and the environment.

Salmon from A to Z
www2.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/chena/salmon/salmon.html
Salmon from alevin to zoology! A fifth grade class completed a study of Chena River salmon and share what they learned.

BC Adventure
www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/game_fish/index.html
A fisherman looks at salmon, with illustrations.