Hooks and Ladders
Overview & objectives: Students will learn about how fish migrate and their life cycles with limiting factors especially affecting Pacific Salmon.
Rotation 1
WHEREBeach
WHOParents and 7th/8th Graders
MATERIALS500 ft of rope or 10 traffic cones for marking boundaries
2 cardboard boxes or dish pans (fishermen)
100 tokens (poker chips)
Jump rope (for the waterfalls)
ACTIVITIESActivity Procedures
Original Lesson from Project Wet
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NGSS Alignment
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Earth ScienceLife Science
LS1.A Structure and function
LS1.B Growth and development of organisms
LS1.D- Information Processing
LS2.A-Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.C - Ecosystem dynamics, functioning & resilience
LS2.D Social interactions and group behavior
LS3.A-Inheritance of Traits
LS4.A - Evidence of common ancestry
LS4.B - Natural Selection
LS4.C Adaptation
LS4.D Biodiversity and humans
Physical Science