I was so happy with our field trip to the fish hatchery! The students enjoyed seeing the fish, and I was so appreciative of all the parents that were able to come and help!
I am sorry it was so cold! The wind coming off the ice and the water made it pretty chilly!
First, we went into the outside building and saw the brood stock. The brood stock are the fish they keep to spawn. They are huge!
Brad with the fish hatchery was so great with the kids! He put a big line of food on the cement side of the "pond" and told the kids to come and push it in. The fish went crazy and splashed all over, getting the kids pretty wet! There were lots of giggles. Then he got out one of the fish from the brood stock and let the children all come and touch it if they wanted to. One of the boys was very concerned about that--he knew that it couldn't survive if it wasn't in the water. :)
We walked down through the building and saw the various fish and the sizes. We saw rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and kokanee salmon there. He also mentioned that just in that one area they had over 450,000 fish! Amazing!
When we finished there we went into the building where we saw fish eggs and really small fish in the big "bathtub" type tanks.
It was such a fun trip! A huge thanks to the Whiterocks Fish Hatchery for letting us come! They are available for tours M-F, just call and set up a time if you are interested in learning some more!
Morning class:
I am sorry it was so cold! The wind coming off the ice and the water made it pretty chilly!
First, we went into the outside building and saw the brood stock. The brood stock are the fish they keep to spawn. They are huge!
Brad with the fish hatchery was so great with the kids! He put a big line of food on the cement side of the "pond" and told the kids to come and push it in. The fish went crazy and splashed all over, getting the kids pretty wet! There were lots of giggles. Then he got out one of the fish from the brood stock and let the children all come and touch it if they wanted to. One of the boys was very concerned about that--he knew that it couldn't survive if it wasn't in the water. :)
We walked down through the building and saw the various fish and the sizes. We saw rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and kokanee salmon there. He also mentioned that just in that one area they had over 450,000 fish! Amazing!
When we finished there we went into the building where we saw fish eggs and really small fish in the big "bathtub" type tanks.
It was such a fun trip! A huge thanks to the Whiterocks Fish Hatchery for letting us come! They are available for tours M-F, just call and set up a time if you are interested in learning some more!
Morning class:
Afternoon class:
After the fish started splashing, all the kids ran away, but there was still a little bit of food on the side. Ava, Paige and Kinsey, and then Harold, all were super brave and went over and pushed the rest of it in, even though they got spashed! Also, if you notice the poster, Brad gave us one like that to put up in the preschool. Cool!
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