This page includes a collection of generally applicable lesson plans, activities and materials. See the 'For Teachers' page for season specific suggestions from the Finger Lakes TIC network.
National Curriculum Resources:
Videos & YouTube Channel:
- YouTube channel for FLX Trout in the Classroom & Floating Classroom.
Where do the eggs come from?
- Short video of spawning rainbow trout and redd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyxhQtSnp4Q
- A very cool very short video of spawning Brown Trout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nfGn-_MOT4
- Life Cycle of the Brook Trout https://youtu.be/DJ9qxmErHK8
- Hatchery Worker Stripping Eggs from Live Adult Trout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IHStV-5MDR4
- Egg Stripping Day at the SUNY Morrisville Hatchery. This is where our brook trout eggs come from!
Daphnia:
- Daphnia culture care from WARD SCIENTIFIC: http://youtu.be/2XL_czMydqU
- Daphnia Heartbeat (U-Tube): http://youtu.be/2g-04Uk0ut0
- Up-Close Daphnia: http://youtu.be/m4G2YFFZQcA
- Daphnia in a tank: http://youtu.be/pRkjgHHx1A8
Indoor/Classroom Activities
- Learn to Draw a Trout A nice, detailed, realistic Rainbow Trout!
- Word searchs...
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| Trout Word Search ~ Elementary |
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| Trout Word Search ~ Advanced |
Websites: Trout Life History & Anatomy:
- Wild Trout Trust, A very nice site focusing on Brown Trout, from England
- The Trout Dissecting Game
- Stream Explorers - TU's Trout/Salmon Education Website. Trout Life Cycle & Anatomy, etc.
- Stream Explorers-based Webquest by L. Hamilton: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3YQEIugFOi6SVd0ZGFsREU3ZjA?usp=sharing
- Leaf Pack Network - Stroud Water Research Center - Great study-research resources!
Outdoor Exploring:
- Trout Unlimited: Activities and Games to do Outdoors
- Environmental Protection Agency's "Macroinvertebrates In Our Waters" (Middle & High School)
On-Line Aquarium Tracking Form:
- This Google-sheets form allows us (and you) to monitoring water quality and aquarium issues throughout our network of schools. To use this form, simply copy the blank page and create a new page for your classroom.
Under Construction zone....
We are adding new materials. Here is a worksheet to use exploring your local stream. Here are some fun free online water quality related games. Here is a watershed land use game. More material is on its way. And be sure to check out our Facebook posts to find out more about other aspects of DCL and what our goals are for this season.
April 2020:
We expect to keep adding new materials, suitable for families and at home learning, over the next several weeks. To stay up to date, please follow our blog (sign up to the right) and like our Facebook page.
March 2020:
With schools closing in March, we had to release young trout from 17 classroom aquariums earlier than anticipated. We're sad that we couldn't do this exciting event with all the kids who have been raising them since receiving eggs in their classrooms back in October. But, we've visited 14 of our annual school release sites along local streams, and we've got video and information to share, so you can watch at home! Better yet, when the time is right, we encourage families to visit these public access sites. What a great way to get outside, learn more about stream habitat and see if they can spot a trout!
Here is our map of trout release locations. Click on an icon for images and video links.
Also, below this map our many links to interesting activities and website you can visit to learn more and interact more with trout and streams. Never stop learning!
Here is our map of trout release locations. Click on an icon for images and video links.
Also, below this map our many links to interesting activities and website you can visit to learn more and interact more with trout and streams. Never stop learning!
January 2021:
We are creating new lesson plans and adapting our tried and true ones to become just as good online. Here is a worksheet game that explores Nitrogen cycling in aquariums and compares it to circuits. Here is the slideshow that goes along with the game and gives context to the Nitrogen cycle. And here is a slideshow created for learning more about daphnia and a worksheet to go along with that.
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