Salmon and Steelhead

A Multi-Disciplinary Instructional Unit for 6^th Graders

A collaboration between Adopt-A-Watershed and The University of California Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program

Salmon and steelhead were once abundant throughout many of California’s rivers and streams. Today, though their numbers are reduced, they are still a vital part of our state’s ecosystems and are an important indicator of water quality and watershed health.

Through the activities in this unit, participants will explore relationships between the people and the salmon and steelhead that live, or onced lived, within their community’s watershed.

Click here to download a text version of the entire unit.

If you would like to access individual downloads for the unit, click on Documents in the menu to the left.

For more information about the developers and writers of this unit, please visit the Acknowledgements page.

The Curriculum

• Acknowledgements
Acknowledging all those who helped develop this curriculum to bring the world of salmon and steelhead into the classroom.

• Materials List
A listing of all the materials and equipment needed to complete the unit activities, including the source of each material.

• Participant Activities
Here, participants will find descriptions of selected activities written just for them to work through on their own.

• Resources
An annotated listing of all the resources you will need to complete the unit, and then some.

• Unit Activities
Educators, go here to explore the 13 activities that make up the unit and find out what participants will be doing to learn about salmon and steelehead.

• Unit Overview
Here you will find an overview of the entire unit, with links to different informative sections in the overview.

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