Are you a middle or high school teacher looking for a way to integrate experiential education into your classroom? Apply to participate in Salmon Watch today!
What does it mean to be a Salmon Watch teacher?
Being a Salmon Watch teacher means that you are committed to helping instill in your students a deeper appreciation of the importance of wild salmon, watershed ecology, and being well-informed and responsible citizens.
As a Salmon Watch teacher, you will:
- Incorporate the Salmon Watch curriculum into your classroom lessons, and make further connections between the field trip and the subject matter in your class;
- Get to take your students on a field trip to one of our beautiful, nearby salmon-bearing streams where they will participate in four learning stations that will educate them on core principles of riparian ecology and salmon biology;
- Complete a Salmon Watch Project (research, art, advocacy or service project) designed to reinforce the connections made on the field trip and involve students in giving back to their human and natural communities.
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Your students will never forget their experience seeing salmon in the wild, and the opportunity to bring concepts related to ecology, resource management, and natural history to life.
The Salmon Watch program is applicable to many subjects (science, language arts, social studies, history), and we encourage teachers from all disciplines to apply!
New teachers will be provided a two-hour training session over the summer that will prepare you to participate. Returning teachers are encouraged to attend as well and learn about updates to the program.
Field trips occur during salmon spawning from September to November. Teachers will have the opportunity to take multiple groups on field trips, however, to create the best possible experience for students, we are committed to keeping each trip to no more than 36 students (max 9 per station).
The four field trip stations are: Salmon Biology, Water Quality Testing, Macroinvertebrate Sampling, and Riparian Zone Observation/Nature Awareness.
There is a $40 program fee per teacher to participate in Salmon Watch. This includes access to curriculum and materials, planning for one field trip, and coordination support for a service learning project. Additional field trips will incur a $40 fee per trip.
We are able to provide reimbursement funding to cover field trip expenses related to bus transportation and substitute teachers. Funds are limited and reimbursement amounts will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Funds offered will be a set amount that you may allocate as needed depending on your costs and number of trips taken.
Salmon Watch Projects are initiated by you with support available upon request. They can be as simple as having your class give a presentation on what they learned to another class, or as elaborate as a riparian restoration project.
Curriculum and sample lessons are available on our website under Salmon Watch Resources. You may utilize them in whatever way makes sense for your class.
Teacher applications are due April 10, 2017. Apply HERE today!
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