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WHAT IS
SALMON IN THE CLASSROOM?
(SIC)
• Experiential learning experience
• 3rd grade through 12th grade
• Raise, care for and release Chinook salmon
• Eggs in fall until spring “smolt” release
• Release of the young fish in a local watershed that feeds one of the Great Lakes.
• Curriculum support, professional development credits and peer support
GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM
0 50 100 150 200 250
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
SIC Number of Schools
SIC
LOCATIONS
36%
46%
18%
SIC Classrooms
Elementary
Middle/Jr. High
High School
TEACHER
SUPPORT
• Coordinator via email or phone
• Facebook closed group
• Manual and Curriculum Guide
• Teacher Resource Kit
• Salmon Sense Newsletter
• SIC Website michigan.gov/sic
• How To Videos
WEBSITE
WEBSITE
WEBSITE
WEBSITE
WEBSITE
TEACHER KIT
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Release
Rearing
Classroom Activities
Teacher Professional
Development &
Egg Pickup
Tank Setup
Sponsors
Application
TEACHER TIMELINE
TEACHER TIMELINE
May
October February
September November January March
December April
May
October February
September November January March
December April
May
October February
September November January March
December April
• Set up tank
TANK
SETUP
EGG TAKE
EYED EGGS
RETURNING TEACHER EGG PICKUP
Detroit Area
• Tank temp 52 degrees
• Acclimate eggs
• Check daily and remove dead eggs/shells
• Will begin hatching in a couple weeks
BRINGING YOUR EGGS
BACK TO YOUR TANK
TANK MAINTENANCE CHART
SAC FRY
“BUTTONED UP”
WHEN 80% ARE
BUTTONED UP YOU
BEGIN FEEDING
FISH FOOD
• Distributed at egg pick up
• Biologist approved
• Various sizes to cover the year
• Includes:
– Fish feeding guide
– Feeding schedule
• Underfeed rather than overfeed
• Split daily into several small feedings
FEEDING ON
WEEKENDS AND
HOLIDAYS
• Feed late on Fridays, early on Mondays
• Holiday break
– Check on them at least twice a week
– Siphon on schedule
– Feed daily
• Spring break
– Feed daily
– Siphon twice a week
– Check equipment weekly
Daily Tasks• Check for mortalities (white eggs = dead)
• Remove debris
• Observe behavior
• Check equipment
• Feed (after they are buttoned up)
DAILY AND
WEEKLY
TASKS
Weekly Tasks• Test and record water parameters
• Siphon debris and exchange 25% water
• Treat new water (prime and/or buffer)
• Reset food or auto feeder
• Record feeding in food chart
Monthly Tasks• Squeeze out sponge
filters
• Replace filter material
3-month Tasks• Back flush chiller
SCIENCE
SIC IS CROSS-CURRICULAR
For egg pick up each fall• Scientific Collector’s Permit
For Release Day• Stocking Permit
For end of year• Stocking Report
* Submitting a Stocking Report
renews you in the program, and
will generate your Scientific
Collector’s Permit the following fall.
*Failure to submit causes your removal from the program
PERMITS AND
REPORTING
RELEASE DAY!
UP NEXT….
HISTORY OF SALMON IN MICHIGAN
WHAT DO
YOU
KNOW
ABOUT
SALMON?
THE GREATEST FISH
TALE EVER TOLD
SEAGOING
ROCK
SUCKER
BUT IT DOESN’T START IN MICHIGAN…
Atlantic OceanLake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lak
e M
ich
igan
Lake
Hu
ron
Lake Superior
ERIE CANAL
NATURE
KNOWS
BEST
THE
WELLAND
CANAL
CIRCA 1825
INVASION OF
THE BODY
SNATCHERS
THE GREAT LAKES LAMPREY TOUR
THE SEA LAMPREY
LIFE CYCLE
SEA LAMPREY
LAKE TROUT
AND YOU
THOUGHT IT
WOULDN’T GET
WORSE…
THE RISE &
FALL OF THE
INVASIVE
ALEWIFE
EARLY SEA LAMPREY CONTROL
STEP ONE:
CONTROL THE
SEA LAMPREYTFM
THE PACIFIC
CONNECTION
COHO FEVER
BRING ON THE
CHINOOK
FISH ON!
TELLING THE
STORY OF
FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Lake Michigan's salmon populations still fluctuateDuluth News Tribune
Alewife crash on Lake Michigan
raises concerns for salmon fishing Milwaukee Sentinel
Salmon population plummeting in
Lake Michigan, Detroit Free Press
SIC IS CROSS-CURRICULAR
SCIENCE
SCIENCE & MATH
Females Males
Age 1 1% 28%
Age 2 27% 55%
Age 3 70% 16%
Age 4 2% 1%
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
CIVICS
Salmon in the Classroom
Columbia River
Bonneville
McNaryThe
DallesIce Harbor
Little
Goose
Lower
Monumental
Lower
Granite
OREGON Payette
River
Black Canyon
Swan Falls
CJ Strike
Upper
Salmon Falls
Minidoka
American Falls
Idaho
Hells
Canyon
Complex
ClearwaterRiver
Salmon RiverJohn
Day
Dworshak
Snake River
Milner
Washington
ART
LANGUAGE ARTS
UP NEXT
AQUARIUM 101
YOUR
AQUARIUM
• 52 degrees: egg – release• GH & KH: 25ppm - Stability is key
– Treat consistently if way off– High alkalinity: dilute with RO water
• pH: 6.8-8.0 - Stability is more important than number– Treat consistently if way off
• Ammonia: Zero is always the goal– If reading, you need more bacteria established
• Nitrite: Zero is always the goal– If reading, you need more bacteria established
• Nitrate: Keep below 40ppm through water changes– If above 40ppm, do 10% changes every other day until stable
INITIAL
WATER
PARAMETERS
NITROGEN
CYCLE
Water change
Cycling complete
zero nitriteAmmonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
Daily Tasks• Check for mortalities (white eggs = dead)
• Remove debris
• Observe behavior
• Check equipment
• Feed (after they are buttoned up)
DAILY AND
WEEKLY
TASKS
Weekly Tasks• Test and record water parameters
• Siphon debris and exchange 25% water
• Treat new water (prime and/or buffer)
• Reset food or auto feeder
• Record feeding in food chart
Monthly Tasks• Squeeze out sponge
filters
• Replace filter material
3-month Tasks• Back flush chiller
WATER
TESTING
Ke
ep
sta
ble
GH & KHKeep stable
Optimal 25ppm
SIPHONING
Watch a good how to video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3dhg5ylCnQ&t=3s
Mark at 25%
• Cloudy water
– Bacterial bloom: siphon waste, reduce light, replace/flush filters
• Green water
– Algae bloom: reduce light, scrub glass before water change
• Warm water
– Chiller failure: add bags of ice, troubleshoot chiller, call customer support, call HVAC expert, replace if needed
• Swimming oddly
– High ammonia or low oxygen: Test parameters, check bubblers, water change, add airstones
• Swimming at top/bottom
– Low oxygen: add airstones, water change
• Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS)
– Spinning, swimming on side: rare. Treatment at weir for thiamine deficiency, nothing you can do
TROUBLE
SHOOTING
END OF YEAR
TASKS
DECON
SO THEY SURVIVED ALL YEAR….
NOW WHAT??
RELEASE DAY!
1,000
5,000
9,000
13,000
17,000
21,000
25,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 *
Number of Salmon Released
HOW TO
SELECT A
RELEASE SITE
• Release date window
– April 15 – May 15 Lower Peninsula
– May 1 – June 1 Upper Peninsula
• Download and have Stocking Permit
• Week before release, adjust chiller to meet stream temp. in tank
• Following release, within 14 days complete and return the MANDATORY STOCKING REPORT. This renews you in the program for next year.
PREPARATION FOR RELEASE
Release day proceedings
• Load fish into buckets of tank water
• 25-50 fish per bucket
• Lids on buckets , drill holes for tubing
• Aerate water with battery aerators
• Load fish immediately before leaving
• Release fish first thing at site
• Streamside, acclimate the bucket temp. to stream temp.
• Place 1 fish per cup, or per bag for kids to release
RELEASE DAY
ACTIVITIES
FUNDING AND
PARTNERSHIPS
PAUSE FOR A COMMERCIAL BREAK…
• SIC Summit
ACADEMY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Aug. 4-9
July 14-19
Scholarships available!
SCECHs and Ferris S.U. credits.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Project WILD and Project Learning Tree professional development programs for educators provide expertise in:
– Hands-on experiences
– Inquiry-based field investigation
– NGSS and cross curricular integration
– FUN!
DNR VISITOR CENTERS
Staffed visitor centers with nature exhibits and trails, education programs and
field trips.
www.michigan.gov
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