Physical Education Developmental Analysis
Salmon Fishing

The Salmon fishing unit will last for four weeks. Each class is 50 minutes long, and we meet three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Below is a brief description of each lesson and learning objectives. For more detailed lesson plans please click on the corresponding lesson.
 
 

Lesson One ~ Fish and Their Needs
  Salmon
  The Life Cycle of Salmon

Lesson Two ~ Identification of Salmon
Chinook (King) Salmon
Coho (Silver) Salmon
Sockeye (Red) Salmon

Lesson Three ~ Identification of Salmon Continued


Lesson Four ~ Amazing Salmon Facts

Did You Know...
Salmon Species Tree
Salmon Trivia
Salmon Ladders
 

Lesson Five ~ Salmon Fishing Regulations


Lesson Six ~ Life Cycle of The Salmon Activity

Test on What You Can Do to Help Salmon
Activity: Understanding concepts of salmon life cycle, dependency, recycling, and innate behavior

Lesson Seven ~ Field Trip


Lesson Eight ~ Introduction of Fishing Equipment


Lesson Nine ~ Casting 101/Fishing Knots

Written Test on Fishing Equipment ~ Rods, Reels, Lures...
Introduction to Casting
The Basic Fishing Knots
 
 

Lesson Ten ~ Guest Speakers


Lesson Eleven ~ Power Point/Web Page Presentations


Lesson Twelve ~ Salmon Preservation Project

Preservation General Information
Salmon in the Classroom Project

 








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