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Fisheries
Management
Class Description:
Fisheries Management is an aquatic ecology class. After investigating the habitat needs of stream fish, students visit the Sawmill Creek field stations where they will make a working stream model, identify aquatic invertebrates and fish for trout and other fish.
Outcomes
Upon completion of the Stream Study class students will be able to:
- Evaluate a population graph for carrying capacity, predator/prey relationships and habitat health.
- Compare and contrast stream and lake environments as they relate to habitat for aquatic life.
- Identify at least two aquatic invertebrates and describe their roles in the food chain.
- Bait hooks and angle for fish using catch and release techniques.
- Identify at least two different species of fish.
Minnesota Graduation Standards
Wolf Ridge has aligned the Center's entire curriculum to Minnesota Department of Education Academic Standards. As the primary student audience at Wolf Ridge is from 4th-12th grade, the matrices address these grade levels. Teachers may request that their students focus upon a specific benchmark while attending Wolf Ridge. The Wolf Ridge Curriculum Standards Matrix addresses benchmarks in
- Science
- Math
- History and Social Science
- Language Arts
- Arts
Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts
- The carrying capacity of a habitat is determined by availability of food, water, air, shelter, and space.
- Extreme disease, predation, weather or habitat loss can reduce populations below carrying capacity.
- Energy flows from one organism to another in a complex food web.
- Renewable resources must be used at a sustainable level to remain available.
- Awareness, knowledge and appreciation lead to an understanding of our impact.
- See entire Wolf Ridge Curriculum Framework
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Time
3 hours total
2 hours outdoors
Audience
4th grade - adult
Activity level
strenuous
Travel
1 1/4 mile
Total uphill travel
320 feet
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