(Grades K-7) Assess the survival needs of white sturgeon with a special focus on evaluating human impacts on the environment. The program includes hands-on stations about sturgeon life cycle and anatomy, and a sturgeon survival game focused on the habitat needs of sturgeon in the Fraser River.
This program is divided into:
- Introduction to the Centre and Program Content (5 minutes)
- PowerPoint (15 minutes)
- Stations (20 minutes each)
- Anatomy and Life Cycle (Explore the life cycle stages of the river sturgeon with our life sized model and perserved samples)
- Sturgeon Survival Game (Consider the obstacles in the different stages of a sturgeons life with this consequence judgement game)
- Station #3 is Age Dependent
- Felt Board Habitat (K-2) (Explore and create a narrative story around the life of sturgeon)
- Water Testing (2-3) (Use the scientific method to test a water sample taken by the class from our boardwalk)
- Tagging Lesson (3-7) (Role-play as marine biologists, using the math inquiry that they would to learn more about sturgeon)
- Conclusion, Theatre (10 minutes)
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Outreach Wednesdays!
Can’t come to the Fraser River Discovery Centre? No problem! We can come to you! Two FRDC staff will bring all the materials necessary to run some of our most popular River School Programs right in your own classroom!
All materials will be fully sanitized between use, and the staff will wear masks. If there are additional safety protocols we need to follow, please contact us. Please note, small group work is part of each program, with frequent sanitation of touched objects.
Cost: $7 per student, plus $0.59 per kilometer between FRDC and your school.
When: Wednesdays
To provide us with more information on what you would like from in-class outreach, fill in our survey.
