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2
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Salmon Cycle Graphing Activity

Outdoors
First Peoples Principles
Math
This lesson plan introduces students to the salmon life cycle and different vocabulary associated with it. Students will incorporate math and graphing and research into learning more about salmon.

Concepts at a Glance

  • Explain and classify the life cycle of a salmon
  • Describe a salmon’s journey from the Fraser River, to the ocean and back
  • Identify types of salmon near you
  • Use graphing techniques to interpret data about salmon

Curriculum Connections

Grade 1 Science:

Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment. 

Names of local plants and animals - general classification of the animals. 

Grade 3 Science:

Biodiversity in the local environment 

Grade 4 Science:

Big Ideas: All living things sense and respond to their environment.

Grade 5 Science:

First Peoples knowledge of sustainable practices

Grade 1 Math:

Numbers to 20 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10 and 1s.

Concrete graphs help us to compare and interpret data and show one-to one correspondence

Grade 2 Math

Concrete items can be represented, compared, and interpreted pictorially in graphs.

Grade 4 Math:

Regular patterns can be identified and represented using tools and tables.

Grade 5 Math:

Data represented in graphs can be used to show many-to-one correspondence.

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