Recommended for grades 5-8In this activity, you will write an article that will be part of a newspaper that you will produce with your class. Your article should feature some of what you have learned about fish and fish hatcheries. Use what you learned in these lessons, what you learned during your hatchery visit, entries […]

Recommended for grades 4-7Columbia River Salmon: Legends & Stories of the 23rd CenturyMany stories and legends have been told about the salmon of the Columbia River. Most of these stories originate with Native Americans of the region. One such story tells how Coyote, the greatest of the animal people, created the Columbia River and “peopled” […]

Recommended for grades 5-8NOTE FROM DAVID: THIS LESSON IS NOT ALWAYS VERY CLEAR. IT NEEDS TO COMPLETE ITS THOUGHTS A LITTLE BETTER. DAVID HAS PROOFREAD SOME OF IT, BUT NEEDS SOMEONE ELSE TO JUMP IN HERE. REMEMBER, THIS NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE TO KIDS. LET’S DO BETTER.Today there are about 20,000 different kinds, or species, […]

Recommended for grades 5-8Fish Lunch Box: Aquatic InsectsYou will learn what fish at the fish hatchery eat for lunch during your visit. But what do fish eat in the wild? It can depend on the size of the fish, but much of the time young salmon — and all sizes of trout — eat “aquatic” […]