Applications for the Salmonid Project (raising salmon in classrooms) will be sent to interested Burnaby schools in mid to late October.  Here are a few links that might be helpful if you are considering applying:

www.salmonidsintheclassroom.ca   (outlines the program’s timelines)

www.streamtosea.ca    (K-12 learning resources)

http://www.salmonidsintheclassroom.ca/cooling.html   (information on refrigeration units – approximately $1200 – schools are encouraged to apply for funding and purchase one for the school’s use – these are usually borrowed from DFO for the first year ) – contact Bev Bowler from DFO ( bgbowler@me.com ) for information on grants for chillers if school/district funding is not available – note: Sd41 Salmon Co-ordinator is Coleen Barndt (at Gilmore)

Burnaby Schools recently involved:

Alpha, Aubrey, Brentwood Park, Burnaby Central, Chaffey-Burke, Confederation Park, Gilmore, Inman, Lochdale, Parkcrest, Sperling, Stoney Creek, Taylor Park, Twelfth Ave, University Highlands and Windor

Karl Wodtke (Abbotsford Curriculum Helping Teacher) has shared a couple of his review files that you might find useful.

science 10 review

science 9 review key

The DLRC has a great set of resources for Science and Literacy: Picture Perfect Science Lessons, Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6, published by the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association).

This series contains 15 National Science Education Standards-based, ready-t0-teach science lessons that use children’s picture books and inquiry to develop students’ interest and expertise in science.  Each lesson comes complete with reproducible student pages and assessments.  The lessons cover a broad spectrum of science content, including physical science, life science, and Earth and space science.  Drawing upon diverse children’s works as Dr. Xargle’s Book of Earthlets, Sheep in a Jeep, and Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom, this series connects literacy and science in a fun and fantastic way.

The DLRC has a complete set, including the teacher’s resource and all the children’s books.  If you are interested in having your own teacher’s resource, contact me through this blog and I can send one along to you through the district mail.

The series has expanded to the K-4 classrooms with More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, which incorporates such fiction and non-fiction books as Diary of a Worm, Sunshine on My Shoulders, and Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester.

Check out the DLRC catalogue website for other great resources available.