| Field Trip | Location | Web Page | |
| Allouette hatchery, | Maple Ridge | Web Page | |
| Capilano hatchery, | North Vancouver | Web Page | |
| Chehalis hatchery, | Aggasiz | Web Page | |
| Chilliwack hatchery, | Chilliwack | Web Page | |
| Hyde Creek Watershed Society Hatchery, | Coquitlam | Web Page | |
| Inch Creek hatchery, | Dewdney | Web Page | |
| Kanaka hatchery, | Maple Ridge | Web Page | |
| Little Campbell hatchery, | Surrey | Web Page | |
| Nicomekle hatchery, | Langley | Web Page | |
| Noons Creek hatchery, | Port Moody | Web Page | |
| Trinity Western University, | Langley | Web Page | |
| Tynehead hatchery, | Surrey | Web Page | |
| Seymour hatchery, | North Vancouver | Web Page | |
| Strait of Georgia Cannery, | Richmond | Web Page | |
| Vancouver Aquarium | Stanley Park | Web Page |
Trinity Western University Langley, BC
SALMON IN THE VALLEY Field Trip
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Salmon in the Valley is a full-day, environment-based curriculum designed to complement and build on concepts students are already learning in the classroom. Developed with specific life science learning outcomes and objectives, the program offers students a chance to explore and appreciate their natural surroundings. They’ll develop a better understanding of the living organisms, simple food chains and natural processes found in a local forest setting.
Studying aqautic insects during field trip.
Your students will spend their day in TWU's Ecosystem Study Area (ESA)—60-acres dedicated to the study, preservation, and proper management of the environment. This valuable area of diverse and sensitive habitat contains part of the Salmon River, a large pond, several tributaries, and a second-growth forest. The area is maintained and studied by TWU students, faculty, and staff, and will be the main location for the hands-on learning your students will be doing.
Under the dynamic instruction of trained guides, your class can look forward to a guided forest walk, water quality testing, aquatic invertebrate sampling, plant and animal identification and salmon habitat exploration through fun learning-based games. Teachers will be provided with pre-trip and post-trip classroom materials, including background information for lesson planning, suggested pre- and post-trip learning activities, a full itinerary, directions and a fieldtrip planning guide.
NEW! This year we hope to be piloting a program for Grade 5 students, in addition to running our Grade 4 program.
Contact: Christopher Hall
GENTLY DOWN THE SEYMOUR Field Trip
Seymour Hatchery, North Vancouver
SPRING BOOKING INFORMATION
Dear Salmon Teachers:
Gently Down the Seymour is a program for teachers and students, grades 1 through 6, participating in Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Salmonids in the Classroom program. Students spend a complete day at Seymour hatchery experiencing the life and habitat of salmon in their watershed.
Field trip spaces are limited and book up very quickly...
BOOKING BEGINS FEBRUARY 4th, 2009.
Bookings will not be accepted prior to this date and the application must be made in your name at gds@seymoursalmon.com.
The Seymour Salmonid Society works hard each year to gather funds to offer this free spring field trip opportunity to fifty registered Salmonids in the Classroom classes (upon receipt of a $60 refundable deposit).
To book your class for Gently Down the Seymour:
- On Monday, January 26, 2009 a notice will be emailed to teachers who are on their district's Salmon Coordinator contact list to prepare you for the official booking date. (If you are not on this list you are not eligible to book).
- On Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 the official 2009 GDS booking begins.
- On February 4th you can register by contacting gds@seymoursalmon.com and provide your name, school name, class grade, number of students, and a list of at least three (minimum) preferred dates.
- Ensure that you are presently registered in Fisheries and Oceans' Salmonids in the Classrooms and are raising salmon in your classroom. If you are uncertain, contact your district Salmon Coordinator or Bev Bowler (DFO Education Coordinator) at bbowler@telus.net and give your email address, school name, and phone number.
- A period of one week is required to process all booking requests after which you will be informed of the success of your application.
- Please note that we can only host one class each day and we cannot mix primary and intermediate level students.
Related web links:
Seymour Salmonid Society
Salmonids in the Classroom -
Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR in the Seymour Watershed) –
Directions to the LSCR –
Gently Down the Seymour is administered and served through Esse Environmental Education and Community Development Ltd. [esse@telus.net]
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Capilano hatchery tours
Capilano hatchery has resumed tours for Salmonids in the Classroom participants.
To book call (604) 666-1790
When booking your tour please keep in mind:
Capilano Hatchery
- Tours are restricted to ONE CLASS.
- Mondays are preferred tour days as more staff are available.
- You will be ‘behind the scenes’ ; please prepare students – they may see fish being killed during spawning and egg-takes.
- The tour takes place outdoors; please have students dress accordingly.
- Tours are free of charge.
Directions:
Capilano Road north (Capilano Road exit from Highway #1 or North Vancouver exit off Lions Gate Bridge, then left up Capilano Road) .5 km past the Suspension Bridge. Turn Left on to Capilano Park Road (Look for sign "Capilano River Regional Park") and proceed down 1 km to end of the road.
Tours:
Community groups and special educational programs that participate in fisheries renewal and educational activities, such as classroom incubation and stream enhancement, may obtain guided tours. For more detailed information contact the hatchery.
All public tours are self-guided and a new downloadable tour brochure is available from this website. The tour takes approximately one-half hour. Please obey all signs!
Contact: capilano@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Take a Virtual Tour:
http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/facilities/capilano/tour/intro_e.htm
To encourage continuation of this special opportunity, please consider communicating your appreciation to the hatchery staff, as well as to:
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans,
House of Commons, Parliament Bldgs.,
Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0A6
Email: min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca