BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WEBSITES
about Salmon and Watersheds
compiled by Jan Duncan-Vaughn
4H River=s Edge Curriculum Guide: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fourh/RiversEdge/leaders/
A series of 25 lessons, mostly on the physical sciences (water, soil, rocks) and pollution.
4H Watershed Project, From Ridges to Rivers:
http://clubs.ca4h.org/sanluisobispo/!ridges.html
Download lesson plans for K-12, including how to build your own watershed model.. Put together by SLO 4H.
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Teacher Resources:
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/aquaticed/teacherresource.cfm
Tons of links to resources about many species, the online lessons and information about the different kinds of salmon are awesome. Connect to a classroom video cam. Excellent site!
Adopt A Salmon Family: http://www.fws.gov/r5cneafp/coloring.htm
An impressive curriculum from New England about Atlantic salmon. Very extensive, includes lessons and curriculum, copies of their newsletter, a coloring book, an incubation manual, and lots of activities all of which can be downloaded. Links to all kinds of information about Alaska wildlife and resources
Aquademics, Aquarium Education for Americas Schools.
http://www.tetra-fish.com/aquademics/ - All about aquariums, set-up, maintenance, lessons
plans, resources and references. Very informative! Download a teachers guide to keeping a
classroom aquarium inc. lesson plans.
BC Salmon Page: http://www.goldseal.ca/wildsalmon/ From British Columbia. Extensive information about PNW salmon. Links section especially well done. Very nice!
BCTF Lesson Aids http://www.bctf.bc.ca/LessonAids/LessonAids #100 – 550 West 6th Ave,
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2. The source for the series of 8 salmon life cycle posters, great
curriculum + other nifty salmon items. Call at 604-871-2295.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Resources for Teachers:
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/KR/ed/6-curricula.htm
From the Bonneville Power Administration in Oregon. Tons of lessons and curricula, some of it in Spanish, most of which are downloadable including Hydromania I, II and III, Kids In the Creek, and SOLD: Science Outreach Discovery Through Learning, a story, Journey of the Oncorynchus and the Northwest Power System Curriculum.
Citizen Stream Monitoring & Water Action Volunteers
http://clean-water.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/index.htm
Elem. School in Everett, WA reclaimed a nearby stream. Ages 6-14.
EE Link http://eelink.net/ee-linkintroduction.html
Produced by the North American Assoc. for Environmental Education (NAAEE), links of all kinds: resources, funding, curriuclum, information
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) websites:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/educational.htm - For kids and adults
http://www.epa.gov/kids/ - The Kids Environmental Explorers Club site.
http://www.epa.gov/surf - Surf Your Watershed and find out about where you live.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/ a Watershed Academy (for older students and adults), you can get a certificate upon completing it. It links to educational resources for students, info on how to adopt your watershed, and a list of 15 things you can do to make a difference.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/monitor/ - Estuary Monitoring site http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/kids/index.htm - Monitoring Page for Kids & Teachers
Includes case studies of var. recovery programs, their success=, failures and lessons learned.
Exploring the Environment – Water Quality
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/waterq/methods.html
Fish Eggs To Fry. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/VolunteerProg/STEP.html Oregon
Fish & Wildlife incubation manual. Can be downloaded from the internet. VERY GOOD! Also
find out more about STEP (Salmon Trout Education Program).
GLOBE.gov http://www.globe.gov/fsl/html/aboutglobe.cgi?intro&lang=en&nav=1
A world-wide, hands-on, primary and secondary, school-based education and science program.
Hands On Save Our Streams, Teachers Manual. Izaak Walton League of America @ http://www.iwla.org/ Save Our Streams Program. Binder. Curriculum for grades 1-12. Available on the website (IWL Store/books) Teacher Manual $15, project guide $6.25
The Hero=s Journey. http://www.cseec.org/sitc/curriculum.html
Available on-line or you can order it. A Salmon In the Classroom curriculum from Washington that covers a lot more then just salmon.
Hydromania I, II, and III. http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/KR/ed/6-curricula.htm
Lots of info on the chemistry and physics of water; about electricity,
where it comes from, how it works; some very nice Native American stories; how to put together
and use the salmon and water hexaflexagons learning tools. Available on-line through the
Bonneville Power site.
Kids In The Creeks. http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/KR/ed/6-curricula.htm
A curriculum about macroinvertebrates, how to survey them and how to do a stream study. Available on-line through the Bonneville Power site.
NatureMapping Homepage http://www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/
The goal of NatureMapping is to create a national network that links resource agencies, land planners, and local communities, primarily through schools, by training individuals to become aware of the environment and to inventory and monitor their resources. Only recently being implemented in California.
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Publicatoins: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/VolunteerProg/STEP.html
PDF download of ‘Fish Eggs to Fry’ and ‘An Educators Resource Guide for Hatching Salmon and Trout In the Classroom’, both terrific curricula.
Oregon SeaGrant: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/links/salmsites.html
Links to just about everything releated to salmon and education. Great!
Osprey Learning Center: www.hits/org This site was put together by the students at Osprey in Garberville, CA. Lots of photos about salmon in the classroom in Humboldt County.
Oregon Watershed Assessment Manual from Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
http://www.oweb.state.or.us/publications/wa_manual99.shtml A comprehensive work for
restorationists, citizen groups and professionals alike. It is available to download on the web.
Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/pacificfisheries/main.html
From Canada, on-line lessons about salmon and watersheds. Some are suitable for K-6, others are aimed at older students. Each lesson has a section of the expected outcomes for each age. The section on habitat is great; the activities are fun (I liked the Fishing Projects section where you use natural materials to build Native American style fishing equipment). The link to the Canadian Dept. of Fish and Game Biological Sampling Manual for Salmonids with its full color photos of all the species is also very nice. A good glossary and bibliography.
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Coloring Book http://pacific.fws.gov/publications/salmnbk.pdf.
US Fish and Wildlife. One of the best! It’s free from any USFWS office or you can download it!
Project WILD: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/coned/projectwild/
The California Project WILD site, has a link to the national program site.
Renton Schl Dist: Salmon in the Classroom Program:
http://www.renton.wednet.edu/salmon/index.html
This Oregon elementary school has put together an extensive website with lots of links and info about salmon. I especially liked the Problems & Solutions and the How to Feed Salmon.
Rivers of Life, Center for Global Environmental Education:
http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/Links/Links
An extensive list of links to: Interactive Learning Sites, River Curricula, Students Studying Rivers, and Conservation Organizations and Resources.
River of Words htpp://irn.org/row/index
River of Words is an annual envrironmental poetry and art contest for children.
River Quiz: http://www.enn.com/enn-features-archive/2000/07/07182000/riparianhabitatquiz_14694.asp
Salmon Challenge Game, The http://www6.metrokc.gov/salmon/index.htm
Salmon In the Classroom: Educational Resources from Washington.: http://www.fish.washington.edu/sic/resources/ A short, but nice booklet on how to raise salmon in an aquarium. Especially nice sections on fungus and disease.
Salmon Links B Dialogue for Kids, from Idaho F&G. http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/salmon/links.html
Salmon Page, The: Hosted by Riverdale School
http://www.fh-koblenz.de/koblenz/remstecken/rhine/lachs/lachs-infos/Lachs-Page/salmon.html
A little bit of everything and anything about salmon. A cool site by kids for kids.
Salmon: Spirit of the Land and Sea: Website for grades 5-8 & 9-12
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/salmon/low/learn/edu.html
Salmon Web.org - http://www.salmonweb.org/salmonweb/related.html - Lots of links
Sea Resources: Watershed Learning Center www.searesouces.org
SRWLC is a non-profit education group on the Chinook River in SW Washington.
Siskiyou County Watershed Education Programs:
http://sisscoe.sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us/~h2ofp/index - Links to programs in Siskiyou County, CA
SOLD: Science Outrreach Learning Thru Discovery.
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/KR/ed/6-curricula.htm
This curriculum is aimed at grades K-1, 2-3, & 4-5 with lessons on water, energy and fish and wildlife for each grade level. I liked the 7 Ways to Save Salmon list, the Fish Habitat Tanagram. the Food Web game, and the Oil Spill Lesson. It also includes a 3-pg Volunteer Tip section.
Spotlight On Salmon htpp://usafishing.com/fishfact/salmon
An interesting website with lots of information about salmon and fishing
Stream Scene: Watersheds, Wildlife and People.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/VolunteerProg/STEP.html.
Oregon Fish and Wildlife. Binder. Curriculum for grades 9-12. Excellent. Order from ODFW
Attention Stream Scene POB 59 Portland, OR 97207 or download PDF from ODFW website.
Cost $32.00
Stream Watch – Testing Procedures (Turbidity)
http://www.streamwatch.org.au/main.jsp?qref=25.5
The Tree of Life: http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny
This site has info on the biology of just about everything, plants and animals.
Trout In the Classroom http://www.troutintheclassroom.com/ A curriculum from New York.
Trout and Salmon Online: http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/ey/html/trout.html
A site with links to lots of resources. The Trout In the Classroom Online lessons are great and you can link to other schools and students from here.
Turbidity Monitoring, var. sites:
World of Water Turbidity testing protocols http://it.wce.wwu.edu/projects/jvy/Water_Transparency.htm
Definition of Terms http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wdr/wdrnd991/htdocs/d.definitionwq99.html
What is turbidity? http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/education/modules/primary/water_cycles_catchments/resourcesheet9.html
Student Activity Sheet http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/globe/Hydro/G3/Turbiditystation.html
Turbidity Tube Construction Instructions
http://clean-water.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/turbidity/tubedirections.htm
Water Action Volunteers – Tips for Teaching Turbidity
http://clean-water.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/turbidity/turbtips.htm
Water Quality Monitoring – Turbidity http://www.fivecreeks.org/monitor/turbidity.html
WaterWatch Australia – Manual, Turbidity Chapter
http://www.waterwatch.org.au/library/module-4/turbidity.html
Up the Creek: The Salmon Survival Game - http://www.worldfish.org/game/salgame.htm
Volunteer Monitor: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/monitoring/volunteer/vm_index.html
A free, quarterly magazine about monitoring. Some issues are available on-line.
Volunteer Monitor “Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow” (article about turbidity)
http://www.epa.gov/volunteer/fall94/wtrshd19.htm
The Watershed Game: http://www.bellmuseum.org/mnideals/watershed/watershed2.html
Water Quality Monitoring – A How To Guide - http://www.crcwater.org/wqmanual.html
Watershed Uplands Scene: Catching the Rain.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/VolunteerProg/STEP.html Oregon Fish and Wildlife.
Binder. Curriculum for grades 9-12. Excellent. $25
WEF for Students http://www.wef.org/WefStudents/
Water Environment Federation put together this series of downloadable lessons about water and pollution. Lessons divided into K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grade levels. Some lessons in Spanish.