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Hatchery Tour - Primary Version

Students will gain a basic understanding of the role of hatcheries in helping salmon. The tour consists of a tour of the Hyde Creek Hatchery and its role in protecting and feeding salmon in a protected environment to help support the numbers of salmon in the system.

Hatchery Tour - Intermediate Version

This tour includes a tour of the Hyde Creek Hatchery as well as its role in sustaining salmon numbers within the Hyde Creek Watershed. We will cover the stages in a salmon's life cycle and how each stage has specific needs and is vulnerable to disruption and mortality and how each stage in the salmon life cycle relies on parts of the aquatic ecosystem in which they live. Students should already know the life cycle of salmon.

Bug Expedition

Come observe, magnify, and identify all the creepy-crawlies inhabiting your local streams. This program explores what salmon eat - and how these insects indicate the overall health of a stream or watershed.

Why is the Water Green? Lab Investigation

Recommended for gr. 7 and up.

Time requirements: 1 hour initial set up, then observation each day starting at day 4 up to day 8. Then a wrap up tour at the Hyde Creek Education Center and Hatchery of one and a half hours.

Algae are common and normal inhabitants of fresh and salt water. They are found in virtually every body of water exposed to sunlight. Algae are important producers in ecosystems and supply much of the oxygen on earth. However, a sudden and excessive growth of algae - called an "algal bloom" - is ultimately harmful to the ecosystem and can be caused by the addition of excessive phosphates and nitrates. In this lab, you will create an algal bloom by adding phosphate and nitrate pollutants to a simulated pond that you will create.

Each tour takes approximately one and a half hours.

Students should wear weather-appropriate clothing but will not be entering the stream themselves.

Please phone (604) 461-FISH and leave a message to arrange a tour.

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	Hatchery Tour - Primary Version Students will gain a basic understanding of the role of hatcheries in helping salmon. The tour consists of a tour of the Hyde Creek Hatchery and its role in protecting and feeding salmon in a protected environment to help support the numbers of salmon in the system. Hatchery Tour - Intermediate Version This tour includes a tour of the Hyde Creek Hatchery as well as its role in sustaining salmon numbers within the Hyde Creek Watershed. We will cover the stages in a salmon's life cycle and how each stage has specific needs and is vulnerable to disruption and mortality and how each stage in the salmon life cycle relies on parts of the aquatic ecosystem in which they live. Students should already know the life cycle of salmon. Bug Expedition Come observe, magnify, and identify all the creepy-crawlies inhabiting your local streams. This program explores what salmon eat - and how these insects indicate the overall health of a stream or watershed. Why is the Water Green? Lab Investigation Recommended for gr. 7 and up. Time requirements: 1 hour initial set up, then observation each day starting at day 4 up to day 8. Then a wrap up tour at the Hyde Creek Education Center and Hatchery of one and a half hours. Algae are common and normal inhabitants of fresh and salt water. They are found in virtually every body of water exposed to sunlight. Algae are important producers in ecosystems and supply much of the oxygen on earth. However, a sudden and excessive growth of algae - called an "algal bloom" - is ultimately harmful to the ecosystem and can be caused by the addition of excessive phosphates and nitrates. In this lab, you will create an algal bloom by adding phosphate and nitrate pollutants to a simulated pond that you will create. Each tour takes approximately one and a half hours. Students should wear weather-appropriate clothing but will not be entering the stream themselves. Please phone (604) 461-FISH and leave a message to arrange a tour.
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