“Salmon Parents are Amazing!” Video
Runtime 4:50 Kid-friendly video about salmon life cycle; best for younger students.
McLane Salmon Trail
“Life Cycle of the Pacific Salmon” Video
Runtime 5:37 Short animated overview of salmon life cycle.
“Salmon’s Lifecycle and Incredible Impact on Our Ecosystem” Video
Runtime: 3:47 Quick general video. Good graphics about percentage of salmon that survive and explanation of nutrient cycling.
“Pacific Salmon and Their Circle of Life” Video
Runtime: 13:17 Documentary-style info about Chum; male vs female, general lifecycle, great footage of spawning behaviors. Good explanation and footage of how ocean derived nutrients work.
“I Am Salmon” Video
Runtime: 9:05 Engaging, kid-friendly lifecycle from the POV of a coho salmon.
Salmon Guide
This colorful, 4 page Salmon Guide gives you information about the various species of salmon in the Nisqually, including life history and population trends.
One With the Watershed Curriculum
This curriculum, created by The Tribal Communities of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, and the Seattle Aquarium, helps students learn about salmon through story, experience and information. https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indianed/curriculum/onewiththewatershed.pdf
Trees to Seas Salmon Board Game
Salmon Board Game Parts -Print off these beautiful board pages with art from Nikki McClure! Salmon Board Game Instructions – loaded with excellent background information! Trees to Seas Follow-up Activity – thoughtful, engaging questions to wrap it all together
Salmon, Water, and Forests in the Classroom
This curriculum, created by Olympia School District, was our featured curriculum for Summer Teachers Institute 2012. It is a compilation of Salmonids in the Classroom by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Education Project, Salmon Rescue Curriculum (WDFW), The Salmon Box: An Educational Curriculum about Pacific Salmon, Wenatchee River […]
Salmon Activity Book
This Salmon Activity Book from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission has word searches, mazes, pictures to color, info about the native tribes that depend on salmon, and a whole lot more.
137 Species Poster
This printable poster from Salmon Nation nicely illustrates the concept of salmon as a keystone species.
“sčədadxʷ (salmon)” Video
“sčədadxʷ (salmon)” is an animated short featuring Billy Frank Jr. that takes the viewer up the river through the eyes of the salmon showing its pristine environment; its connection to the Pacific Northwest People; the arrival of the settlers; habitat degradation; the unification of people throughout the world working together […]
“As Long As the River Runs” Documentary
As Long as the River Runs examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually Indians of Frank’s Landing in Washington. This is a groundbreaking documentary produced by Carol Burns with Hank Adams originally released in 1971. https://youtu.be/lN46NWkEFow
“Salmon Life Cycle” Song
Use this fun parody of “I Will Survive” to learn more about the life cycle of the salmon!