All Schools Within S.D. #73

To: Administrators and Teachers of

All Schools within S.D. #73

From: Gord Stewart and Joanne Nicklas

BIG Little Science Centre

Phone: (250) 554 – 2572

Email:

Subject: Application for a Salmonid Aquarium

(For Interested Parties NOT presently involved in the program)

Date: For 2017 – 2018 School Year

For the next year, the Stream to Sea Program (formerly called the Salmonid Program) will be run out of the BIG Little Science Centre, with Gord Stewart and Joanne Nicklas coordinating the program. For those familiar with the program, we are planning on keeping technical and educational services the same as in previous years, and for new teachers interested in becoming involved in the program, please apply using the following form, or contact either Gord or Joanne at the BLSC.

Message:

For over thirty-five years our school district has been involved in the Salmonid Classroom Incubation Program, now called the Stream To Sea Program. Teachers and students involved in this program complement their studies by having a salmon aquarium in their care. Teachers are provided with salmon eggs, incubators, teacher resources, and technical assistance, courtesy of a contract the BIG Little Science Centre has with the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Salmonid Enhancement Program stresses, among its goals, the importance of involving school children in meaningful and interactive ways with the valuable salmon resource.

The Kamloops/Thompson School District presently has over thirty aquariums in elementary and secondary schools. However, each year there are many new requests from teachers to acquire an aquarium. There are usually some aquariums to be re-assigned due to teachers moving schools, assuming a different role, or having a different classroom focus.

If you have a staff member who wishes to become involved, please ensure he/she completes the attached application form no later than September 22nd, 2017.

Teachers who presently are in charge of an aquarium at their school and wish to continue with the program, need not re-apply.

Thank you for your continued interest and support in the Stream to Sea Program.

Application Form

Stream To Sea Program

Responsibilities include such things as:

·  Preparing the tank for eggs

·  Feeding the fry (daily, for the first few weekends, and Spring Break)

·  Overseeing a water exchange on a weekly basis

·  Ensuring all supplies are in good working order and stored safely during non-program months

·  Willingness to share/coordinate activities with others

Participant responsible for incubator:

Name:

School:

Telephone:

Email:

Previous experience (if any) with the Salmonid Enhancement Program:

What resources do you presently have in your school that could be used to complement the salmonid study?

Comment on the following:

How will the incubator be used in the classroom/school?

·  Location of incubator

·  Grade levels and objectives and/or learning outcomes you or other staff hope to accomplish

·  How will the program be used in relation to other environmental topics?

Additional information you would like to comment on:

Please return no later than Friday, September 22nd, 2017 to:

Gord Stewart or Joanne Nicklas

Program Coordinators

BIG Little Science Centre

655 Holt Street

Kamloops, BC V2B 5G2

Please send a separate email to ensure your application did arrive! Thanks.