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Students involved in this project will be engaged by a real-life experience of watching the salmon eggs hatch, the alevin grow and the free swimmers released into the Mokolumne River. They will learn about the life cycle of the salmon, their anadromous migration from fresh water to the salt water of the ocean and then back to fresh water to spawn.
To Participate in this program, teachers must attend Classroom Aquarium Education training at least once . We aspire to loan all new teachers with the equipment after the training. Mini grants for field days are limited.
Project timeline:
October - November: New teacher training/Salmon spawning in Mokolumne river and hatchery (possible field day for students)
December: Tank set up, prepare for egg delivery.
January: salmon egg delivery.
Eighteen days after the egg delivery, the eyes of the fish will be easily seen. Twenty-six - thirty-seven days later, eggs hatch.
March: Baby fish (fry) release, (possible field day to the Mokolumne Fish Hatchery)
Please Check in for 2019 - 2020 Classroom Aquarium Education training dates.
To Participate in this program, teachers must attend Classroom Aquarium Education training at least once . We aspire to loan all new teachers with the equipment after the training. Mini grants for field days are limited.
Project timeline:
October - November: New teacher training/Salmon spawning in Mokolumne river and hatchery (possible field day for students)
December: Tank set up, prepare for egg delivery.
January: salmon egg delivery.
Eighteen days after the egg delivery, the eyes of the fish will be easily seen. Twenty-six - thirty-seven days later, eggs hatch.
March: Baby fish (fry) release, (possible field day to the Mokolumne Fish Hatchery)
Please Check in for 2019 - 2020 Classroom Aquarium Education training dates.
