by | Jan 19, 2018 | Salmon in the Classroom
The drive home with your stocking full of baby salmon was successful! You covered your tank, spread out a single layer of tiny pink eggs onto the gravel, posted baby salmon photos on Facebook. Awww! … Now what? There’s SO MUCH you can do to engage your...
by | Mar 15, 2017 | Salmon in the Classroom
4th graders from Hockinson and Tukes Valley helped release 10,000 coho salmon last Friday at an annual event hosted by Jim and Barb Orander. Students also dodged predators in the salmon life cycle obstacle course game, explored aquatic macro-invertebrates, learned...
by | Mar 10, 2017 | Salmon in the Classroom
Many Salmon in the Classroom teachers do water testing projects at local creeks with their students through the Water Monitoring Network. After a bit of practice, students get comfortable with the procedures for testing chemical parameters such as ammonia, nitrates,...
by | Feb 7, 2017 | Salmon in the Classroom
Gross but AWESOME! That’s how students usually describe the fish dissections we do with the Salmon in the Classroom program! Last week we had our first dissection of 2017 with Mike Walsh’s 5th graders at Daybreak Middle in Battleground. Students’...
by | Jan 31, 2017 | Salmon in the Classroom
Thanks to our Salmon in the Classroom superstars for joining us last week at the Teacher Gathering! On January 25th, Salmon in the Classroom teachers gathered at Columbia Springs for an evening of delicious food, salmon learning, and community building. All our SITC...
by | Dec 15, 2016 | Salmon in the Classroom
You open your baggie of salmon chow to discover… it’s nearly empty! Can you get more?? These fish are HUNGRY!!! As a general rule of thumb, we typically don’t resupply food. There are a few reasons for this: Getting additional food can be tricky: SITC...
