(Mlive.com – GRANDVILLE, MI — Calvin Christian High School students are contributing to the salmon population from their classroom and recently got a closeup look at what will be the fruit of their efforts. As students hovered around a slide-out tray full of fish eggs, some giggled as they softly ran their fingers through the...
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Salmon release and bug identification
On May 13th, LaMont Christian students released the 100+ salmon in Deer Creek as is joins the Grand River. This was the first year science teacher Brent Seinen offered Salmon in the Classroom – made possible with a $1,000 grant from Schrems West Michigan TU – and has found it to be a great teaching tool. Back...
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Salmon in the Classroom update
We welcome two schools offering Salmon in the Classroom (SIC) during the 2010-11 school-year: Belding High School and Lamont Christian School. Schrems is pleased to fund the start-up cost ($1000) for necessary equipment for SIC. Thanks to funds raised at our annual banquets, we’re able to add two schools per year. Six schools are now offering SIC thanks...
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Salmon cam at Hopkins Middle School
One of our Salmon in the Classroom participants has a video camera pointed at its fish tank. Check it out and watch the salmon grow.
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Record 86 salmon released
On May 1st, students from Lowell High School’s three Ecology & NaturalResouce management classes of teacher (and former Schrems board member) Tammy Coleman, released a record 86 Chinook Salmon into the Flat River just upstream from the Grand River. > Read the article from the Grand Rapids Press. The salmon were raised from their egg...