Science 7: Fish Monitoring (Indigenous Knowledge Lesson Plan)

• Tracking Change in the Classroom: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

• This lesson meets cross-curricular outcomes for Science 7, Social Studies 7, and English Language Arts 7. Students will learn the significant relationship between humans and the ecosystems in the circumpolar region, including the consequences of human activities on the environment and how to monitor those changes. They will also write a persuasive letter explaining their position on an environmental issue. Human societies are a major part of their local ecosystems, and human activities have both direct and indirect impacts on those ecosystems. One of these impacts is on fish habitat, health, and population – including the fish human beings rely on for food. This lesson introduces students to the concept of fish monitoring through Indigenous knowledge systems, the indicators of fish health used, and how to monitor fish habitat, health, and populations.

• Date created

  2020-06-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • fish habitat, fish health, fish populations, impacts of human activities, fish monitoring, Indigenous knowledge systems, environmental monitoring

• Type of Item

  Learning Object

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-pcdq-0579

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International