salmon Archives ⋆ R.E.A.L.-World Learners https://realworldlearners.com/tag/salmon/ Engaging, authentic learning resources for students of all ages Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://realworldlearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-8516c9f3047b5127c72aba019d664e56-32x32.jpeg salmon Archives ⋆ R.E.A.L.-World Learners https://realworldlearners.com/tag/salmon/ 32 32 Memorial Day Weekend https://realworldlearners.com/memorial-day-weekend/ https://realworldlearners.com/memorial-day-weekend/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:13:51 +0000 https://realworldlearners.com/?p=100 ... When they (I don't know who) designed it, they accounted for the salmon that needed to travel upstream back to their home to spawn so they built a fish ladder with glass viewing windows for visitors to see the 5 feet (?) fish swimming in large groups upstream against a massive current. It's amazing to see this, and it's neat for the boys to get a close up look at life-cycles and the ways that people have worked to maintain species in their natural habitat in spite of industrialization. We'll try to go back during peak season and get more pictures. There was a great little history museum there describing the process of digging the canals and building the locks, but it was way above the boys' interest/understanding levels at this point. ... Read more...

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