Goldstream Fall (Salmon Run)

*UPDATE* Goldstream Fall- Salmon Run - Reserve a time to visit the Nature House for the inside portion of the salmon run programs!

Hello Salmon Educators,

We are sending this message with an update about fall programs at Goldstream. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are having to handle our salmon run programs for classes and groups in a different way this season. We are opening the doors of the Goldstream Nature House Wednesday through Friday. We would like to invite you to visit and engage with our staff at the Nature House, who will be happy to share information with your students. We ARE now able to offer the inside portion of the salmon run programs we have offered in the past - The Salmon Storybook, Chum Salmon Cycle and Salmon Forest. We are also trying to have one of our Discover Parks Ambassadors in the Day-Use area sharing salmon dissections and salmon viewing tips.

We are asking groups to please confirm with us if you intend to visit the Nature House. We want you to have the best experience possible so will be attempting to keep a schedule of class visits and allow one class at a time in the Nature House. If we have already reached out to you with a tentative salmon run booking time on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, we can maintain that time as your Nature House visit. If you were planning a visit on a Monday or Tuesday, we will need to arrange a different time for you to visit if you wish to bring your students to the Nature House.

If you do not arrange a time with us to visit the Nature House and arrive at a time when the Nature House is at capacity with other classes we will need to ask your group to wait until the space is cleared. We will also have staff roving the salmon viewing areas who will be available to answer questions and share information in those areas as well.

We are so very hopeful we will still get to see many of you and your students and keep the magic of the salmon run alive. And we are looking forward to welcoming groups back in spring 2023 and for the full salmon run experience again in 2023. For this year we know we can still connect and share with your students in a different way. Please contact us to arrange your Nature House visit.

Sincerely,

Goldstream Nature House Staff

BC Parks Foundation

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It is very important that this learning opportunity is available to all children, and local businesses have come together as part of the Goldstream Chums Sponsorship Program to provide the funding to help keep these programs affordable!

The Goldstream Nature House needs your support more than ever after being closed for much of 2020 and 2021 and we will continue our fundraising efforts this year.

For more information on how you or someone you know can become a Goldstream Chum and help send children to the salmon run, please click here.

These 1 hour school programs run Mon-Fri, from late-October to early December beginning every half hour at the Nature House from 9am to 2pm. Registration is on a first-emailed-first served basis. **1 class per program** Review our salmon run programs below, then register online or contact us directly This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Each program is a minimum of a $150 donation. We have had to increase the donation amount due to the rapidly increasing costs of staffing.

	Salmon Storybook Time Gr. K-2 Younger children discover the salmon cycle with an over-sized storybook. Outside story-time is followed by a salmon habitat exploration and may include a dissection- if available. $150 Minimum Donation -1 class per program BIG IDEAS: Observable featurures/Lifecycles and Adaptations	LS's covered
	The Chum Salmon Cycle Gr. 3-5 Introduce your class to the life-cycle of Pacific Salmon with a focus on specific courtship and spawning beahviours of the Chum salmon that can be observed in the Goldstream River. The program involves an outdoor presentation followed by a salmon habitat exploration. May include a salmon dissection - if available. $150 Minimum Donation -1 class per program BIG IDEAS: Lifecycles and Adaptations/Survival/Diversity of living things/Interactions and Ecosystems	LS's covered
	The Salmon Forest Gr. 4-9 Imagine a tree eating a salmon!? Discover the secrets of our diverse coastal rainforests and how they depend on healthy populations of salmon returning to their home rivers. Learn about the connection between plants, bears, songbirds, and insects, as well as the concepts of nutrient cycling and forest ecology. May include a salmon dissection -if available. $150 Minimum Donation -1 class per program BIG IDEAS: Lifecycles/Adaptations/Survival and diversity/Interactions and Ecosystems/Matter Cycles	LS's covered
	Eddit The Eagle and the Estuary Gr. K-7 Discover the success story of the Eagles at Goldstream and the amazing life history of these much-loved birds with an over-sized storybook and interactive presentation. We will cross our fingers (and wings) that the eagles show up for viewing in the Estuary! $150 Minimum Donation per program - 1 class per program. BIG IDEAS: Observable features/Lifecycles and Adaptations/Survival/Interactions and Ecosystems

Learning Standards met by our Salmon Run Programs

Salmon Storybook Gr. K-2	Kindergarten	LS's: Science- Describe basic needs and adaptations of local animals. Living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal changes. Social Studies- Will know people, places and events in the local community and know rights, roles and responsibilities of individuals and groups. Physical Education– Demonstrate caring behavior in groups and how to participate in different types of physical activities. Demonstrate proper technique for performing specific locomotor movement - Identify safety; follow rules and directions when participating in activities. English Language Arts– Demonstrate oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.- Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
	Grade 1	LS’s: Science- Classify living and non-living things. Name local plants and animals. Name the structural features of living things in the local environment. Know the behavioural adaptations of animals in the local community. Social Studies- Will know people, places and events in the local community and know rights, roles and responsibilities of individuals and groups. Understand the relationships between community and its environment.  Know natural and human-made features of the local environment. Physical Education– Demonstrate caring behavior in groups and how to participate in different types of physical activities. Demonstrate proper technique for performing specific locomotor movement - Identify safety; follow rules and directions when participating in activities. English Language Arts– Demonstrate oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.-Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
	Grade 2	LS’s: -Science- Classify and compare the lifecycles of different organisms.  Compare the similarities and differences between offspring and adults. Understand local living things have lifecycles and are adapted to their ecosystems including watersheds. Social Studies - Understand the relationships between people and the local environment. Physical Education– Move through defined space while maintaining control (walking blind-folded).-Change level of body position while maintaining control. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.-Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
Chum Salmon Cycle Gr.3-5	Grade 3	LS’s: -Science– Understand that living things are diverse, can be grouped and interact with their ecosystems. Examine the biodiversity I the local environment. Social Studies - Understand the relationships between humans and their environments. Physical Education– Move through defined space while maintaining control (walking blind-folded). Change level of body position while maintaining control. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.-Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
	Grade 4	LS’s: Science- Analyze that all living things sense and respond to their environment.Physical Education– Identify opportunities for activity in a variety of settings.-Demonstrate an ability to participate safely in specific activities.- Demonstrate leadership in selected activity. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.-Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
	Grade 5	LS’s: Science– Analyze how multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact with their environment. Physical Education– Identify opportunities for activity in a variety of settings.-Demonstrate an ability to participate safely in specific activities.- Demonstrate leadership in selected activity. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Question what they hear and read to further enhance their understanding.
Salmon Forest Gr. 4-9	Grade 4	LS’s: Science- Analyze that all living things sense and respond to their environment. systems. Physical Education– Identify opportunities for activity in a variety of settings.-Demonstrate an ability to participate safely in specific activities.- Demonstrate leadership in selected activity. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Demonstrate abilities to follow simple oral instructions.-Interact with others, speak in turn and listen actively, providing verbal and non-verbal responses appropriate to their stages of development and to their cultures.
	Grade 5	LS’s: Science– Analyze how multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact with their environment. Physical Education– Identify opportunities for activity in a variety of settings.-Demonstrate an ability to participate safely in specific activities.- Demonstrate leadership in selected activity. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Question what they hear and read to further enhance their understanding.
	Grade 6	LS’s: Science– Analyze how multicellular organisms rely on their internal systems that enable them to survive, reproduce and interact with their environment. Physical Education– Identify opportunities for activity in a variety of settings. Demonstrate an ability to participate safely in specific activities. Demonstrate leadership in selected activity. English Language Arts– Demonstrate reading strategies, oral language and metacognitive strategies by asking questions as an aid to understand while listening, or viewing. Use questioning, predicting, summarizing, and inferring to accomplish specific purposes for viewing and listening. Use information they have heard or viewed to develop questions and activities that will extend their understanding. Locate and interpret details to answer specific questions or complete tasks. Demonstrate a willingness to assume a variety of roles in group interactions.
	Grade 7	LS’s: Science- Analyze how organisms have evolved over time as well as their survival needs Understand that the diversity and survival of living things has changed over time, by natural selection. Physical Education– Demonstrate/apply safe procedures for specific physical activities. English Language Arts– Interpret details in simple and direct illustrations and other required representations.-Share the responsibility for the effective functioning of groups. Encourage others to participate.
	Grade 8	LS's: Science- Interpret characteristics of life processes. Physical Education– Demonstrate/apply safe procedures for specific physical activities. English Language Arts– Interpret details in simple and direct illustrations and other required representations.  Share the responsibility for the effective functioning of groups. Encourage others to participate.
	Grade 9	LS’s: -Science-  Analyze the different matter cycles and the biotic and abiotic components of a variety of ecosystems. Physical Education– Demonstrate/apply safe procedures for specific physical activities .English Language Arts– Interpret details in simple and direct illustrations and other required representations. Share the responsibility for the effective functioning of groups.