Classroom Aquarium Education Program

Curriculum Aids

Curriculum and Activity Guides

• AguaPura: Exploring Salmon and Steelhead in California Communities (UC Davis)
  A Multi-Disciplinary Instructional Unit for 6th Graders
  American River Salmon Educator Activity Guide
• Salmon-Trout Enhancement Program (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• Salmon and Trout Go To School (PDF)
  A guide to setting up and operating a classroom aquarium
• Salmon and Trout Go to Preschool and Kindergarten -- A Thematic Unit (PDF)
• Salmon and Trout Go to First Grade -- A Thematic Unit (PDF)
• The Salmon Source: An Educator's Guide (PDF)
  This curriculum focuses on salmon biology and ecology, aimed at grades three through eight.

Posters

• A Trout's Anatomy (PDF)
  Órganos Internos de la Trucha (PDF - Español)
• A Trout's Habitat (PDF)
  El Hábitat de la Trucha (PDF - Español)
• A Trout's Diet (PDF)
  La Dieta de una Trucha (PDF - Español)
• Water Education Posters (US Geological Survey)

Worksheets, handouts

• Trout External Anatomy with labels
• Shaded Trout Anatomy (PDF)
• Trout External Anatomy student worksheet
• Trout Outline
• Color drawing of a Rainbow Trout
• Internal Trout Anatomy Handout, with labls (PDF)
• Internal Trout Anatomy Handout, without labels (PDF)
• Predict the Hatch: Student worksheet
• Final Trout Journal and Release Data (PDF)

More fun stuff

• My Healthy Streams (PDF)
• Race to the Redd Game (PDF)
• Fish Puzzle (PDF)
• Trout Hats (PDF)
• Trout Books (PDF) (list of books about trout)

Correlations

• Correlating CAEP with CA Science Content Standards (PDF)
• WILD About CAEP: Classroom Aquarium Education Program and Project WILD correlation of activities (PDF)

Videos

• California's Central Valley Chinook Salmon
• The Way of a Trout