Acknowledgements
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Cooperative Extension have partnered for
more than 15 years to encourage salmon education in rural classrooms. This has
included educator training, technical resources and development of classroom activities
that incorporate the latest in science and local traditional knowledge. The materials and
activities featured here are designed to integrate local and regional data and culture to promote a
sense of place learning experience.
Identifying a need for salmon education resources for upper level students, Extension
and USFWS partnered with Beverly Chmielarczyk, a former high school teacher from the Lower
Kuskokwim School District,
to develop a thematic unit that allows high school students to explore the global issues
and politics surrounding Alaska’s Salmon in relevant learning activities. The unit
provides opportunities for students to become the decision makers as they assume the
roles of biologists, fisheries managers, community leaders and representatives of the
various user groups. Teachers are provided with resources and background information
to help make these experiences as real as possible and to help them understand the
issues being addressed.
Text by USFWS staff
Last modified 28 July, 2009
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